How many Kentucky counties still have a county surveyor’s office?
All 120 Kentucky counties may have a county surveyor; the constitutional office has not been abolished. Section 99 of the Kentucky Constitution states “at the regular election in 1998 and every four years thereafter, there shall be elected in each county a Judge of the County Court, a County Court Clerk, a County Attorney, Sheriff, Jailer, Coroner, Surveyor and Assessor, and in each Justice’s District one Justice of the Peace and one Constable, who shall enter upon the discharge of the duties of their offices on the first Monday in January after their election, and who shall hold their offices four years until the election and qualification of their successors.” Under the provisions of KRS 73.020 the county surveyor, before he enters on the duties of his office, shall file with the County Clerk a certificate from some college, or from the Circuit Judge of the judicial circuit of which the county is a part, stating he is competent to perform the duties of the County Surveyor’s office.
