<br><br>70.200 Elisor -- How appointed -- Term of office -- Powers -- Compensation. <br>(1) If the office of sheriff is vacant in any county, the Circuit Judge may appoint a <br>citizen of the county to act as elisor. The elisor shall hold his office for one (1) year <br>or until a sheriff is qualified, unless removed by the Circuit Judge. <br>(2) The person appointed shall give bond, to be approved by the county <br>judge/executive, to cover all claims that may come to his hands. The elisor shall <br>take the oath prescribed by law for sheriffs. <br>(3) The elisor may levy and collect executions, convey and sell land, and perform all <br>acts and duties which are by law, devolved upon sheriffs, except that he shall not <br>collect any kind of taxes or any judgment rendered upon any bonds or the coupons <br>thereof issued or executed for any subscription to the capital stock of any railroad <br>company or in aid of the construction of any railroad. <br>(4) He shall receive the same fees and compensation as the sheriff and be paid in the <br>same manner. <br>Effective: January 2, 1978 <br>History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 55, effective January 2, <br>1978.; and ch. 20, sec. 6, effective January 2, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1597, 1598, 1599. <br><br>