Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 70.050 (2026)

Person may be empowered to execute process

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(1) A sheriff may, by writing, empower any person to execute an original or mesne process. The person so empowered shall indorse his action on the instrument empowering him, and shall make affidavit to the truth of the indorsement, and attach the affidavit to the process and deliver the indorsement and affidavit to the sheriff or his deputy, to be returned to the proper office. The indorsement shall have the same validity as if made by the sheriff.

(2) The sheriff shall be responsible for the acts of the person so empowered. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4562, 4563.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2017–2021 · leading case: Ken Isaacs v. Jeff Caldwell Member of Georgetown-Scott Cnty. Plan. Comm'n, 530 S.W.3d 449 (Ky. 2017).

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Ken Isaacs v. Jeff Caldwell Member of Georgetown-Scott Cnty. Plan. Comm'n, 530 S.W.3d 449 (Ky. 2017). · cites it 2× “145; KRS 70.050; CR 4.01; and CR 4.04. 4 summons form to counsel as provided by CR 4.”

Ken Isaacs v. Jeff Caldwell Member of Georgetown-Scott Cnty. Plan. Comm'n (Ky. 2017). “145; KRS 70.050; CR 4.01; and CR 4.04. 4 summons form to counsel as provided by CR 4.”

Traci M. Cull v. Dyck-O'neal, Inc. (Ky. Ct. App. 2021). “She notes the requirements of KRS 70.050 pertinent to execution of process by someone other than the sheriff (or his deputy).”

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