No officer shall be entitled to any fee in a proceeding for a misdemeanor unless the fee is recovered and collected from the defendant, in which case the fee allowed and taxed shall be the same as for similar services in civil cases.
KRS 64.340
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1760.