Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 415.060 (2026)

Proceedings for usurpation against person holding office

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A person who continues to exercise an office after having committed an act, or omitted to do an act, the commission or omission of which, by law, creates a forfeiture of his office, may be proceeded against for usurpation thereof. Effective: July 1, 1953 History: Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 486.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1961–1993 · leading case: State Bd. for Elementary & Secondary Educ. v. Ball, 847 S.W.2d 743 (Ky. 1993).
State Bd. for Elementary & Secondary Educ. v. Ball, 847 S.W.2d 743 (Ky. 1993). · cites it 2× “KRS 415.060 states: A person who continues to exercise an office after having committed an act, or omitted to do an act, the commission or omission of which, by law, creates a forfeiture of his office, may be proceeded against for usurpation thereof.”
Commonwealth ex rel. Stephens v. Stephenson, 574 S.W.2d 328 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “050 and KRS 415.060. To allow a school board to circumvent KRS 160.”
Jones v. Robinson, 351 S.W.2d 185 (Ky. Ct. App. 1961). · cites it 2× “We have no difficulty in declaring that this suit is concerned with forfeiture of an office because KRS 415.060 (C.C. § 486) provides: “A person who continues to exercise an office after having committed an act, or omitted to do an act, the commission or omission of which, by…”
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