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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 61.210 (2026)

Justices, county judges/executive, county attorneys, and mayors or council

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members of consolidated local government not to be interested in public improvements -- Penalty.

(1) No justice of the peace, while he is a member of the fiscal court, shall, directly or indirectly:

(a) Become interested in or receive benefits or emoluments from any contract let by the fiscal court of his county with relation to the building of roads or any internal improvements;

(b) Work or supervise work, for compensation, on any public road, bridge, culvert, fill, quarry pit, or any other road work or internal improvement under any contract made with the fiscal court; or

(c) Furnish, for compensation, any material to the county to be used in the construction of any road or bridge or other internal improvement.

(2) No county judge/executive, county attorney, or mayor or council member of a consolidated local government shall, directly or indirectly, receive any benefits or emoluments from, furnish any material or other thing of value to be used in, or be interested in any contract let by the fiscal court or consolidated local government for, the construction of any roads, bridges, or parts thereof, or any other public or internal improvement.

(3) Any officer who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) or imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten (10) nor more than forty (40) days, or both, and shall forfeit his office. Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 14, effective July 15, 2002. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3766a-1 to 3766a-5.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1955–1964 · leading case: Fannin v. Davis, 385 S.W.2d 321 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964).
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Fannin v. Davis, 385 S.W.2d 321 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964). “2d 50 , it was pointed out that KRS 61.210(1) forbids a magistrate from contracting with the fiscal court, of which he is a member, to do or supervise road work or furnish any material to the county for road or bridge improvement.”
Trimble Cnty. ex rel. Shaver v. Moore, 312 S.W.2d 623 (Ky. Ct. App. 1958). · cites it 3× “These payments were clearly in violation of KRS 61.210 and 61.220. The defendants, in their answer, alleged that the practice of magistrates working on the roads was a long established one in Trimble County, that the county received the benefit of the work, and that the payments…”
Trimble Cnty. ex rel. Shaver v. Moore, 275 S.W.2d 50 (Ky. Ct. App. 1955). · cites it 4× “The appellant charges that all of the claims and payment thereof were made in violation of the law as set out in KRS 61.210. The appellant states that the county is entitled to recover of each of the appellees the 'sums it paid, with interest, from the date of payment.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 61.210(1) — 1 case
Fannin v. Davis, 385 S.W.2d 321 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964). “2d 50 , it was pointed out that KRS 61.210(1) forbids a magistrate from contracting with the fiscal court, of which he is a member, to do or supervise road work or furnish any material to the county for road or bridge improvement.”
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