19-805a. Special deputies; appointment, revocation; bonds.
19-805a
19-805a. Special deputies; appointment, revocation;
bonds.
In all counties, the sheriff shall have authority to appoint so many special
deputies as the sheriff deems proper and for whose official acts the sheriff
shall be responsible. Before an appointment shall be made the sheriff or
marshal of the district court shall have the right to demand an indemnity bond
before any commission as special deputy shall be issued. The appointments may
be revoked at the pleasure of the appointing officer, except that all
appointments made by a sheriff pursuant to this section shall automatically be
revoked at the time that such appointing sheriff's service as sheriff
concludes. Except as provided by K.S.A. 19-827, and amendments
thereto, a special deputy appointed under this section shall not receive any
payment, for services rendered, from public funds.
History: L. 1941, ch. 201, § 1;
L. 1976, ch. 145, § 59;
L. 1996, ch. 149, § 2;
L. 2004, ch. 118, § 1; July 1.