The county judge/executive shall at once fill the vacancy created by a removal under KRS 63.140, either for the remainder of the term or temporarily as the occasion may demand, as provided for by KRS 63.220. Until a vacancy in the office of sheriff or jailer is filled, the coroner shall act as sheriff, and the county clerk shall take charge of the jail.
KRS 63.150
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1151a-4.