Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IX. Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units § 72.022.Outgoing coroner to transfer office records

(1) An outgoing coroner shall turn over all of his or her records relating to the office of coroner to the clerk of the fiscal court within ten (10) days of the end of his or her term or the date of removal or vacancy. The clerk of the fiscal court shall deliver these records to the new coroner within ten (10) days of the office being filled.

(2) Any coroner who fails to comply with subsection (1) of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for each day the coroner fails to turn over the records of his or her office to the fiscal court clerk. The fine shall be remitted to the clerk of the fiscal court and placed in the county general fund. An outgoing coroner may appeal this fine to the Circuit Court of competent jurisdiction.