<br><br>70.320 Deputy constables in counties containing a city of the first or second class or <br>a consolidated local government. <br>(1) The appointment of deputy constables shall be authorized only in counties <br>containing a first or second class city or a consolidated local government. In <br>counties containing a city of the first or second class or a consolidated local <br>government, each constable may appoint one (1) or more deputies with the consent <br>of the county judge/executive or the mayor, in a consolidated local government, as <br>the case may be. The constable and his or her surety are liable on his or her bond for <br>all the acts and omissions of his or her deputies. <br>(2) Deputy constables may be removed at any time for any cause deemed sufficient by <br>the constable by order of the county judge/executive or the mayor in a consolidated <br>local government, as the case may be, entered after filing of a written direction by <br>the constable. <br>(3) Each deputy constable in counties containing a consolidated local government or <br>city of the first class shall be compensated for his or her services by salary fixed by <br>the consolidated local government or fiscal court, and paid out of the levy of the <br>consolidated local government or county. <br>Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 70, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended <br>1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 161, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 152, sec. 44. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 1. -- Amended 1954 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 105, sec. 1. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 1. -- Amended 1946 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 165, sec. 1. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 180, secs. 8 and 9. -- Recodified <br>1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 425, <br>1083a-9. <br><br>