(a) Every local constitutional officer listed below shall execute a bond for the faithful performance of the duties of his office in the amount specified below::
County judge/executive | $ 10,000 |
County clerk | 400,000 |
Sheriff (KRS 70.020) | 1,000,000 |
Sheriff (KRS 134.250) | 5,000,000 |
County surveyor | 10,000 |
Coroner | 10,000 |
Deputy coroners | 10,000 |
Constables | 25,000 |
(b) Each elected officer listed in subsection (a) of this section shall present a bond with sureties to the department of law for approval by the urban county council before the day the term of office to which the officer has been elected begins. Each appointed officer listed in subsection (a) of this section shall present a bond with sureties to the department of law for approval by the urban county council within thirty (30) days after receiving notice of appointment.
(c) Whenever the urban county council approves a bond with sureties pursuant to this section, the clerk of the urban county council shall record the approval of the bonds and sureties in the council's minutes.
(d) The department of law shall record bonds approved pursuant to this section in the Fayette County Clerk's records.
(e) The department of law shall reimburse the premiums on the bonds of the local constitutional officers approved pursuant to this section from urban county government funds appropriated by the urban county council for that purpose, if a claim is made with a supporting affidavit by a local constitutional officer. However, pursuant to KRS 62.155, the premium on the sheriffs KRS 70.020 bond shall be paid or reimbursed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and not by the department of law.
(f) The KRS 70.020 bond of the sheriff shall be renewed annually and the KRS 70.310 bond of each constable shall be renewed biennially. All other bonds of the local constitutional officers listed in subsection (a) of this section shall be renewed for the term of any person elected or appointed to that office. However, the urban county council may at any time authorized by law require additional sureties of any local constitutional officers listed in subsection (a) of this section.