61.340 County or city clerk to deliver records to successor -- Penalty for failure. Upon the resignation, removal from office or expiration of the term of office of a county or city clerk, he shall immediately, upon application, deliver to his successor, or such other person as the city or county legislative body orders, all books, recor ds and other papers belonging to his office, and for failure to do so he shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000) and imprisoned from one (1) to twelve (12) months. Effective: January 2, 1978 History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, s ec. 19, effective January 2, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 374.
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