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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 134.270 (2026)

Repealed, 2010

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Limitation of action against sheriff and sureties. History: Repealed 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 71, effective January 1, 2010. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 258, effective June 20, 2005. -- Repealed and reenacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. V, sec. 344, effective July 13, 1990. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4134.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1945–1969 · leading case: Maryland Cas. Co. v. Magoffin Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 358 S.W.2d 353 (Ky. Ct. App. 1962).
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Maryland Cas. Co. v. Magoffin Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 358 S.W.2d 353 (Ky. Ct. App. 1962). · cites it 5× “260 provides that subject to the provisions of KRS 134.270 the sureties on the sheriff's revenue bonds shall be liable for any default of the sheriff during the calendar year in which the bond was executed and not for any other year.”
Laurel Cnty. v. Lucas, 185 S.W.2d 259 (Ky. Ct. App. 1945). · cites it 2× “It is insisted that the demurrer was properly sustained because the petition as amended failed to allege that notice of the alleged defaults of the sheriff had been given to the sureties pursuant to the provisions of KRS 134.270. The precise question was decided by this court in…”
Hogg's Adm'r v. Commonwealth, 192 S.W.2d 487 (Ky. Ct. App. 1946). “The-sureties also pleaded a failure to give notice of any shortage within 90 days after discovery, as it was claimed, is required by Section 4134, Kentucky Statutes, now KRS 134.270. Estoppel was pleaded by all the defendants.”
Thomas v. McCreary Cnty., 239 S.W.2d 942 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). · cites it 2× “Fiirther answering they pled affirmatively in the second paragraph noncompliance with KRS 134.270 as a bar to the maintenance of the action, which section reads as follows: “Neither the sheriff nor a surety shall be liable for any act or default of the sheriff in connection with…”
Nat'l Sur. Corp. v. Morgan Cnty., 440 S.W.2d 791 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “It will be noted that KRS 134.270 does provide in substance that neither the sheriff nor his surety shall be liable for any act or default of the sheriff in connection with his revenue duties, unless notice of the act giving rise to the claim has been given within ninety days…”
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