135.1 10 Liability of officer for failing to levy or return execution in name of state or county. Officers and their deputies failing to levy executions in the name of the state or county, or withholding any such executions, and not making return thereof for o ne (1) month after the return day, or failing to pay the money when collected, shall, together with their sureties, be liable for the amount of the execution and twenty percent (20%) damages thereon, to be recovered by action in the name of the state or co unty by the county attorney. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4178.
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