61.040 Conviction of certain crimes vacates office -- Pardon does not avoid
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61.040 Conviction of certain crimes vacates office -- Pardon does not avoid.
If any officer or deputy holding any office or post mentioned in KRS 61.010 is convicted
of bribery, forgery, perjury or any felony, by a court of record in or out of this state, his
office or post shall be vacated by such conviction, and if a pardon is afterward granted to
him it shall not avoid the forfeiture.
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