Kentucky Statutes 72.022 – Outgoing coroner to transfer office records
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(1) An outgoing coroner shall turn over all of his or her records relating to the office of coroner to the clerk of the fiscal court within ten (10) days of the end of his or her term or the date of removal or vacancy. The clerk of the fiscal court shall deliver these records to the new coroner within ten (10) days of the office being filled.
(2) Any coroner who fails to comply with subsection (1) of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the coroner fails to turn over the records of his or her office to the fiscal court clerk. The fine shall be remitted to the clerk of the fiscal court and placed in the county general fund. An outgoing coroner may appeal this fine to the Circuit Court of competent jurisdiction.
Effective: July 15, 2016
History: Created 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 26, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2016.
(2) Any coroner who fails to comply with subsection (1) of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the coroner fails to turn over the records of his or her office to the fiscal court clerk. The fine shall be remitted to the clerk of the fiscal court and placed in the county general fund. An outgoing coroner may appeal this fine to the Circuit Court of competent jurisdiction.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 72.022
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Effective: July 15, 2016
History: Created 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 26, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2016.