Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 67.030 (2026)

Dividing county or striking off territory

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(1) When a petition, describing a particular territory of a county and signed in person by not less than a majority of the voters living in that territory, is filed with the county judge/executive, asking for an election on the proposition of dividing the county or striking the described territory from the county and attaching it to an adjoining county, the county judge/executive, by order entered of record, shall call an election on that proposition to be held on the day of any regular election held in the county for other than county officers if the order is filed with the county clerk not later than the second Tuesday in August preceding the day of the regular election. No order calling such an election shall be legal unless it contains a specific description of the territory proposed to be stricken or divided.

(2) The county judge/executive, by order entered of record, shall direct the sheriff to advertise the election and its object by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424, and by printed handbills posted at the courthouse door and at not less than four (4) places in each precinct.

(3) The proposition shall not be adopted unless a majority of all the legal voters of the county voting on the question vote in favor of it.

(4) Any portion stricken off and added to another county as a result of the election shall be bound for all costs expended. Effective: July 15, 1996 History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 32, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 140, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 13. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 919, 921.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1963–1963 · leading case: Coffey v. Anderson, 371 S.W.2d 624 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963).

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Coffey v. Anderson, 371 S.W.2d 624 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963). · cites it 4× “§ 65; KRS 67.030. The petition was dismissed on the ground it was not signed by the requisite number of voters.”

Howell v. Wilson, 371 S.W.2d 627 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963). · cites it 3× “Such procedure is authorized by Section 65 of the Constitution of Kentucky and by KRS 67.030. Prior thereto, on June 13th, a petition signed by 106 citizens and residents of the same precinct who were opposed to the calling of such an election was filed with the county clerk.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 67.030(2) — 2 cases

Coffey v. Anderson, 371 S.W.2d 624 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963). “§ 65; KRS 67.030. The petition was dismissed on the ground it was not signed by the requisite number of voters.”

Howell v. Wilson, 371 S.W.2d 627 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963). “Such procedure is authorized by Section 65 of the Constitution of Kentucky and by KRS 67.030. Prior thereto, on June 13th, a petition signed by 106 citizens and residents of the same precinct who were opposed to the calling of such an election was filed with the county clerk.”

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