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§ 16-90-401. Delivery of copy of judgment to county sheriff

Where a judgment of confinement, either in the Division of Correction or county jail, is pronounced, a certified copy of the judgment must be furnished forthwith to the county sheriff, who shall thereupon execute it, and no other warrant or authority is necessary to its execution.

§ 16-90-402. Delivery of defendant and copy of judgment to proper officials

(a) (1) In executing a judgment of confinement, the county sheriff shall deliver the defendant with a certified standardized copy of the sentencing order to the Division of Correction, Division of Community Correction, or to another detention facility, as indicated in the sentencing order. (2) If electronic filing of court records has been implemented by […]

§ 16-90-403. Power of county sheriff to prevent escape, etc

In conveying the defendant to the Division of Correction, the county sheriff shall have all the powers of preventing an escape, of resisting an effort to rescue the defendant, of recapturing the defendant, and of summoning persons to his or her aid that the county sheriff would have in executing a warrant of arrest in […]

§ 16-90-404. Written return of county sheriff

The county sheriff shall make a written return of the execution of the judgment of imprisonment and file the return with the clerk of the court within ten (10) days after the execution of judgment.

§ 16-90-405. Filing of judgment with clerk

(a) It shall be the duty of the justice of the peace or the clerk of the court rendering a judgment or sentence of conviction in misdemeanor cases when the defendant is committed to the county jail to file a copy of the judgment or sentence in the office of the clerk of the county […]

§ 16-90-407. Confinement in default of payment of fine

(a) The defendant shall not be held in confinement under an execution for a fine for a longer period than at the rate of one (1) day for each two dollars ($2.00) of the fine. However, the confinement shall not discharge the fine, which thereafter can only be collected by proceeding against the defendant’s property. […]

§ 16-90-408. Grounds for removal of person in confinement

A person committed to prison for any criminal offense who is in the custody of an officer shall not be removed from the prison or delivered to the custody of any other officer, except in the following cases: (1) By writ of habeas corpus or some other legal writ or under the guidelines of the […]

§ 16-90-409. Judgment — Abatement of nuisance, etc

(a) A certified copy of the judgment delivered to the county sheriff shall authorize and require him or her to execute a judgment for the abatement or removal of a nuisance or for anything other than the payment of money by the defendant. (b) The county sheriff shall make a return of his or her […]