Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 64.190 (2026)

Constables

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Constables may collect for the performance of the following services the following fees, as long as such services are provided in accordance with other applicable laws: Making arrests for violations involving a motor vehicle on the public highways ............................................................................................$0.50 Taking up a vagrant ............................................................................................$0.50 Killing a mad dog ...............................................................................................$1.00 Killing and burying a distempered horse, ass or mule ........................................$3.00 Killing and burying any other cattle, per head ....................................................$2.00 Altering a stud, jackass or bull ............................................................................$1.00 Any other services a constable is authorized by law to perform, the same fees allowed sheriffs for similar services. Effective: January 1, 2023 History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 9, effective January 1, 2023. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 30, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 205, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1733. Legislative Research Commission Note (1/1/2023). Under the authority of KRS 7.136(1), the Reviser of Statutes has corrected the format of the text and inserted dollar signs as appropriate. The words and amounts in the text were not changed.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1961–2025 · leading case: Kentucky Constables Ass'n, Inc. v. Kentucky Dep't of Corr. Crim. Just. Training (Ky. Ct. App. 2025).
Kentucky Constables Ass'n, Inc. v. Kentucky Dep't of Corr. Crim. Just. Training (Ky. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “060, KRS 64.190, KRS 64.200, KRS 70.310, KRS 70.”
Dearing v. McCormack, 352 S.W.2d 197 (Ky. Ct. App. 1961). · cites it 2× “KRS 64.190. Before the 1956 Amendment to KRS 64.”
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