Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 86.230 (2026)

Repealed, 1980

✓ current as of May 2026

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Catchline at repeal: City officers, when to take office. History: Repealed 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 235, sec. 20, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 87, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1954. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3550.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1949–1974 · leading case: Snowden v. Rowady, Police Judge, 225 S.W.2d 305 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949).

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Snowden v. Rowady, Police Judge, 225 S.W.2d 305 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). “KRS 86.230 provides that all city officers of cities of the fourth class, except members of the city council, shall take office the first Monday in January following their election or appointment.”

Feeley v. City of Edgewood, 514 S.W.2d 689 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974). “We are of the opinion that the chief of police of a fourth-class city is not a “city officer” within the meaning of KRS 86.230. The new city council taking office in January did not have the authority without “good cause" to dismiss the appellant who had been appointed chief of…”

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