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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 26.170 (2026)

Repealed, 1978

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Police judge, third-class cities, salary, qualifications. History: Repealed 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 491, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 73, sec. 1. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 3. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3352, 3353, 3354, 3356.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1949–1973 · leading case: City of Somerset v. Reid, 413 S.W.2d 611 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967).
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City of Somerset v. Reid, 413 S.W.2d 611 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 13× “50 per month failed to supersede KRS 26.170 wherein the appropriate salary is fixed at $6,000 per annum.”
City of Glasgow v. Burchett, 419 S.W.2d 544 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 6× “*545 The appellants assert: (1) that the appel-lee vacated the office of city judge by accepting the incompatible position of city attorney of Cave City; (2) the legislature did not intend that KRS 26.170 be construed as mandatory and that it should be qualified by the…”
City of Maysville v. Greenlee, 419 S.W.2d 551 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff appellee, police judge of the appellant City of Maysville, recovered judgment against the city for the difference between the salary of $2400 per annum established by an ordinance and $6000 which he alleges was prescribed by KRS 26.170. The city appeals. KRS 26.170,…”
Wells v. Roberts, 448 S.W.2d 658 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). · cites it 2× “Reid, supra, involved litigation over the police judge and the effect of KRS 26.170 on KRS 64.730. 2 *660 There the salary was fixed before “ * * the filing of nominating petitions * * * ” and the question whether the city could have acted afterwards was not determined, but we…”
City of Winchester v. Payne, 502 S.W.2d 531 (Ky. Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 5× “” Effective June 18, 1964, KRS 26.170 provided that the police judge “shall receive an annual salary of six thousand dollars ($6,000) unless the city legislative body fix such salary by ordinance in which event the salary shall not be less than two thousand four hundred dollars…”
City of Frankfort v. Jeffers, 223 S.W.2d 165 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). · cites it 3× “” KRS 26.170 provides that in cities of the third class, the police judge shall receive an annual salary of at least $600, payable out of the city treasury and, further, that it may be increased by ordinance, but not during his term of office.”
Snowden v. Rowady, Police Judge, 225 S.W.2d 305 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). · cites it 2× “KRS 26.170 provides that the police judge pf a city of the third class shall enter upon the discharge of the duties of his office on the first Monday in December after his election.”
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