# KRS § 61.010: 61.010 Office not to be sold -- Penalty -- Contracts to sell are void

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## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 61.010
- **Heading:** 61.010 Office not to be sold -- Penalty -- Contracts to sell are void
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title VIII / Chapter 61 / Section 61.010

## Text

61.010 Office not to be sold -- Penalty -- Contracts to sell are void.

(1) No civil or military office or post of profit, trust, or honor under this state, nor the

deputation thereof, in whole or in part, shall be sold or let to farm by any person

holding or expecting to hold it.

(2) Any person selling, letting, buying, or receiving the letting of any office or post, or

with whose knowledge it has been bought for him by another, shall be disqualified

from holding the office or post, or the deputation thereof, and, upon conviction,

shall be expelled therefrom.

(3) Except as to bonds of indemnity from a deputy and his sureties given to a chief

officer, every contract or security made or obtained in violation of this section shall

be void.

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