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70.320 Deputy constables in counties containing a city of the first or second class or a consolidated local government.

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70.320 Deputy constables in counties containing a city of the first or second class or a consolidated local government. (1) The appointment of deputy constables shall be authorized only in counties containing a first or second class city or a consolidated local government. In <br>counties containing a city of the first or second class or a consolidated local <br>government, each constable may appoint one (1) or more deputies with the consent <br>of the county judge/executive or the mayor, in a consolidated local government, as <br>the case may be. The constable and his or her surety are liable on his or her bond for <br>all the acts and omissions of his or her deputies. (2) Deputy constables may be removed at any time for any cause deemed sufficient by the constable by order of the county judge/executive or the mayor in a consolidated <br>local government, as the case may be, entered after filing of a written direction by <br>the constable. (3) Each deputy constable in counties containing a consolidated local government or city of the first class shall be compensated for his or her services by salary fixed by <br>the consolidated local government or fiscal court, and paid out of the levy of the <br>consolidated local government or county. Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 70, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 161, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 152, sec. 44. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 1. -- Amended 1954 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 105, sec. 1. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 1. -- Amended 1946 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 165, sec. 1. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 180, secs. 8 and 9. -- Recodified <br>1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 425, <br>1083a-9.