Kentucky Statutes 95.480 – Duties and liabilities of chief of police and policemen — Fees — Cities of second class or urban-county government
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(1) The chief of police in cities or a policeman acting under his authority shall, if required by the city, attend all sessions of the legislative body, execute their orders, and preserve order at their sessions.
(2) The chief of police may receive the same fees, for the use of the city or urban- county government, that sheriffs are entitled to receive for like services, and have the same power to collect them.
(3) The chief of police, policemen deputized by him, and others to whom the process of a court is directed and comes for execution shall execute and return the process within the time prescribed by law for sheriffs to execute and return similar process, and on their failure they and their sureties shall be liable to the same penalties as sheriffs. They shall be subject to similar penalties for not paying over moneys collected on execution, making illegal charges, false returns and like illegal acts.
(4) The District Court may hear and determine motions against them and their sureties for failure to pay over moneys collected, as the Circuit Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine motions against defaulting sheriffs, or may proceed by fines and imprisonment to enforce the execution and return of process.
Effective: January 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 115, effective January 1, 2015. — Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 117, effective January 2,
1978. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 10. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch.
208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3161, 3168.
(2) The chief of police may receive the same fees, for the use of the city or urban- county government, that sheriffs are entitled to receive for like services, and have the same power to collect them.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 95.480
- City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- 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.
(3) The chief of police, policemen deputized by him, and others to whom the process of a court is directed and comes for execution shall execute and return the process within the time prescribed by law for sheriffs to execute and return similar process, and on their failure they and their sureties shall be liable to the same penalties as sheriffs. They shall be subject to similar penalties for not paying over moneys collected on execution, making illegal charges, false returns and like illegal acts.
(4) The District Court may hear and determine motions against them and their sureties for failure to pay over moneys collected, as the Circuit Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine motions against defaulting sheriffs, or may proceed by fines and imprisonment to enforce the execution and return of process.
Effective: January 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 115, effective January 1, 2015. — Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 117, effective January 2,
1978. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 248, sec. 10. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch.
208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3161, 3168.