(1) The sheriff shall execute a bond for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office. This bond shall be in addition to the bond required of him or her by KRS 134.230 and shall be a minimum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), with sureties approved by the fiscal court, which shall enter the approval in its minutes and shall record the bond with the county clerk. The fiscal court shall require the sheriff to renew this bond annually, and more often if it deems proper.
(2) No jailer, coroner, judge, county clerk, clerk of a Circuit Court, or attorney shall be surety for a sheriff on his official bond. Effective: January 1, 2010 History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 59, effective January 1, 2010. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 49, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 158, effective June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4556 to 4559.
Notes of Decisions
Maryland Cas. Co. v. Magoffin Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 358 S.W.2d 353 (Ky. Ct. App. 1962).
· cites it 6× “This was the "General Bond of the Sheriff" required by KRS 70.020, but the terms of the bond carried the additional provision that the principal would "honestly account for all monies coming into his hands according to law.”
St. Matthews Fire Prot. Dist. v. Aubrey, 304 S.W.3d 56 (Ky. Ct. App. 2009).
“KRS 70.020, 134.230, 134.250, and 134.260 set out specific provisions relating to Sheriff's bonds and permit counties to require posting of an additional bond.”
Ohio Cas. Ins. Co. v. Kentucky Nat. Resources & Env't Prot. Cabinet, 722 S.W.2d 290 (Ky. Ct. App. 1986).
“The courts having decided the issue break down into three camps: Judgment against a principal: 1) is no evidence in a separate action against the surety unless the surety was a party or privy to the underlying action; 2) is at least prima facie evidence against the surety even…”
St. Matthews Fire Prot. Dist. v. Aubrey, 304 S.W.3d 56 (Ky. Ct. App. 2009).
“KRS 70.020, 134.230, 134.250, and 134.260 set out specific provisions relating to Sheriffs bonds and permit counties to require posting of an additional bond.”
Muncy v. Keen, 619 S.W.2d 712 (Ky. Ct. App. 1981).
· cites it 2× “It is our opinion and we so hold that appellant acted within his statutory authority in setting the performance bond at $300,000.00 and in issuing an order limiting the power of appellee to act within her official capacity until the bond was met.”
Clark v. Anderson, 190 S.W.2d 342 (Ky. Ct. App. 1945).
· cites it 2× ““Section 70.020 calls for what is commonly referred to as the official bond of the sheriff and it is to be noted that it expressly states, that: ‘This bond shall be in addition to the • bond required of him by KRS 134.”
Cotton v. Walton-Verona Indep. Graded Sch. Dist., 174 S.W.2d 712 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943).
· cites it 2× “250 KBS), and Section 4556 (Section 70.020 KBS), the first one being commonly known as the tax levying bond, whilst the latter is known as the official bond.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 70.020(1) — 2 cases
Ohio Cas. Ins. Co. v. Kentucky Nat. Resources & Env't Prot. Cabinet, 722 S.W.2d 290 (Ky. Ct. App. 1986).
“The courts having decided the issue break down into three camps: Judgment against a principal: 1) is no evidence in a separate action against the surety unless the surety was a party or privy to the underlying action; 2) is at least prima facie evidence against the surety even…”
Muncy v. Keen, 619 S.W.2d 712 (Ky. Ct. App. 1981).
“It is our opinion and we so hold that appellant acted within his statutory authority in setting the performance bond at $300,000.00 and in issuing an order limiting the power of appellee to act within her official capacity until the bond was met.”
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