Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 67.700 (2026)

County judge/executive -- Election -- Term

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There shall be elected in nineteen hundred and seventy-seven (1977) and every four (4) years thereafter, in each county a county judge/executive who shall enter upon the discharge of the duties of his office on the first Monday in January after his election, and continue in office four (4) years, and until the election and qualification of his successor. History: Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2012–2014 · leading case: Click v. Thompson, 17 F. Supp. 3d 655 (E.D. Ky. 2014).
Click v. Thompson, 17 F. Supp. 3d 655 (E.D. Ky. 2014). · cites it 2× “See KRS § 67.700. Click began working for the county in 2002.”
Click v. Thompson, 898 F. Supp. 2d 927 (E.D. Ky. 2012). · cites it 2× “1 ¶¶ 8-9; see also KRS §§ 67.700, 710 (establishing Judge/Executive as an elected position heading the county government’s executive branch).”
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