61.170 Malfeasance or neglect of county officers -- Penalty.

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(1)County judges/executive, justices of the peace, sheriffs, coroners, surveyors, jailers,

county attorneys, and constables may be indicted in the county in which they reside

for misfeasance or malfeasance in office, or willful neglect in the discharge of

official duties, and if convicted they shall be fined not less than one hundred ($100)

nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and the judgment of conviction shall

declare the office held by such person vacant.

(2)Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman, or other peace officer who fails to enforce

any provision of KRS Chapter 242 after receiving information of a violation

thereof, or having knowledge of a violation thereof and failing to act thereon, may

be indicted for nonfeasance or malfeasance in office, and if convicted shall be fined

not less than fifty ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), and the

judgment of conviction shall declare the office held by such person vacant.

(3)In the absence of good cause shown, a member of the fiscal court who fails to attend

fifty percent (50%) of the regular terms of the fiscal court within a six

(6)month

period or who fails to attend two

(2)consecutive terms of the fiscal court shall be

charged with neglect of office and upon conviction shall forfeit his office.