Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 70.340 (2026)
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(1) A constable who vacates or is removed from office shall return and account for all claims, processes and papers in his hands, in the same manner as if he had continued in office, or he may be required by the county judge/executive to deliver them to his successor or to the county judge/executive.
(2) The constable shall, after the expiration of his term of office, execute and return all processes or precepts in his hands at the termination of his office, and may replevy or collect all executions and fee-bills then in his hands. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 162, effective June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 428, 444.
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case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Whittemore v. Smith (E.D. Ky. 2019).
Whittemore v. Smith (E.D. Ky. 2019). “(quoting KRS 70.340). But this patchwork of statutory provisions, largely clerical in nature, does not suggest that, as judge-executive, Westerfield had any responsibility or power to supervise or train Smith in carrying out his duties as constable, a constitutionally rooted…”
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