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95.480 Duties and liabilities of chief of police and policemen -- Fees -- Cities of second class or urban-county government.

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95.480 Duties and liabilities of chief of police and policemen -- Fees -- Cities of second class or urban-county government. (1) The chief of police in cities of the second class or a policeman acting under his authority shall attend all sessions of the legislative body, execute their orders, and <br>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 <br>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 <br>within the time prescribed by law for sheriffs to execute and return similar process, <br>and on their failure they and their sureties shall be liable to the same penalties as <br>sheriffs. They shall be subject to similar penalties for not paying over moneys <br>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 <br>and determine motions against defaulting sheriffs, or may proceed by fines and <br>imprisonment to enforce the execution and return of process. Effective: January 2, 1978 <br>History: 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 <br>ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3161, 3168.