Vacancies in county offices
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In Re Appointment of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals (1957)
Most recently applied in In Re Appointment of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals (January 1957)
Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky
(1) A vacancy in the office of sheriff, coroner, surveyor, county clerk, county attorney, jailer, or constable, shall be filled by the county judge/executive, or by the mayor in a consolidated local government.
(2) Appointments to fill vacancies under this section shall be until the successor is elected, as provided in Section 152 of the Constitution, and qualified.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.