(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.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 17, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 411, sec. 10, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts
ch. 384, sec. 128, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky.
Acts ch. 14, sec. 24, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 62,
sec. 60. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from
Ky. Stat. secs. 1526, 1528, 4042a-6.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
4
cases, 1957–2019 · leading case:
Miller v. Davis, 267 F. Supp. 3d 961 (E.D. Ky. 2017).
Miller v. Davis, 267 F. Supp. 3d 961 (E.D. Ky. 2017).
“§ 63.220. Therefore, this factor weighs in favor of finding that Davis is a county official.”
James Yates v. Kim Davis (6th Cir. 2019).
“Ky. Rev. Stat. § 63.220. But these factors offer little help because they pertain to county clerks generally, and no party contests that county clerks mostly work on the behalf of counties—hence the title county clerk.”
April Miller v. Kim Davis (6th Cir. 2019).
“Ky. Rev. Stat. § 63.220. But these factors offer little help because they pertain to county clerks generally, and no party contests that county clerks mostly work on the behalf of counties—hence the title county clerk.”
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