30A.060 Clerk to prepare bonds and to refuse insufficient surety -- Authorization for preparation and acceptance of bail bonds by other public officers or employees.
<br><br>30A.060 Clerk to prepare bonds and to refuse insufficient surety -- Authorization <br>for preparation and acceptance of bail bonds by other public officers or <br>employees. <br>(1) Each clerk shall prepare in a proper manner every bond to be taken by or given <br>before him or his court. <br>(2) The clerk shall refuse any surety offered in a bond to be taken by him who is, in his <br>opinion, insufficient. <br>(3) The clerk shall prepare bail bonds as required by subsection (1) of this section; <br>however, additional public officials and their employees shall be authorized by rule <br>or order of the Chief Circuit Judge to prepare and accept bail bonds to be taken by <br>the clerk or for his court. Such bail bonds shall have the same validity as if prepared <br>or taken by the clerk. <br>Effective: July 15, 1998 <br>History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 367, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended <br>1992 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1976 (1st Extra. <br>Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 6, effective March 19, 1977. <br><br>