County attorney shall assist in tax assessment proceedings in court -- Compensation
KRS 132.350
in effect132.350. County attorney shall assist in tax assessment proceedings in court -- Compensation
The county clerk shall, upon the filing of a statement by an agent, accountant or attorney of the Department of Revenue for the assessment of omitted property, enter the name of the person signing the statement as attorney for the department, and enter the name of the county attorney as attorney for the state, county, school and other taxing districts for which the commissioner of revenue is authorized to act as relator in such proceeding. The county attorney shall appear and prosecute or assist in the prosecuting of the proceeding in all the courts to which it may be taken for trial. If there is a judgment assessing the property for taxation, the judgment in each case shall recite whether or not the county attorney was present and assisted in the trial of the proceeding. When he is present and assists in the proceeding he shall be allowed as compensation for his services ten percent (10%) of the amount of state and county taxes assessed and collected pursuant to the judgment. The state and county shall be liable respectively for the payment only of the percentage allowance of compensation to the county attorney on the amount that each collects, and this shall be paid to the county attorney within thirty (30) days after the collection of the taxes, and charged against the fund to which the tax was credited.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 191, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 400, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 17, sec. 36, effective January 1, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4260b.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=28261Fetched: 10/20/2026