The county judge/executive shall at once fill the vacancy created by a removal under KRS 63.140, either for the remainder of the term or temporarily as the occasion may demand, as provided for by KRS 63.220. Until a vacancy in the office of sheriff or jailer is filled, the coroner shall act as sheriff, and the county clerk shall take charge of the jail.

Effective: October 1, 1942

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1151a-4.