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64.080 Advance fees for execution of process.

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64.080 Advance fees for execution of process. Unless a party has established his right to prosecute or defend as a poor person under <br>KRS 453.190, or unless the party is the Commonwealth, a county, city, or any agency <br>thereof, no officer shall be required to execute any process in a civil case on behalf of a <br>party until the party has deposited with the clerk of the court from which the process <br>issued a sum, not exceeding five dollars (&#36;5), sufficient to pay the fees for executing all <br>process on behalf of that party in the case. Upon filing due return showing service the <br>officer shall be paid his proper fee by the clerk. Any portion of the deposit not used to pay <br>fees for process actually executed shall be returned to the party who paid it. If the process <br>is sent to the officer from another county, he shall not be required to execute it unless it is <br>accompanied by the fee or a certificate from the clerk that there is a sufficient sum on <br>deposit to pay the fee. Effective: October 1, 1942 <br>History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1727.