§ 650. General duties of sheriff. 1. The sheriff shall perform the duties prescribed by law as an officer of the court and conservator of the peace within the county. He shall perform such additional and related duties as may be prescribed by law and directed by the board of supervisors or the county legislature. […]
§ 651. Appointment of person to act as sheriff in certain cases. When a vacancy shall occur in the office of sheriff, and there be no undersheriff to perform the duties, the county judge shall designate and appoint some suitable and proper resident of the county to perform the duties of sheriff until a new […]
§ 652. Undersheriff and staff of sheriff. 1. Within ten days after entering upon the duties of the office, the sheriff shall appoint an undersheriff to serve during his pleasure. During the absence or inability of the sheriff to act or when a vacancy shall occur in the office of the sheriff, the undersheriff shall, […]
§ 652-a. Appointment and promotion of deputy sheriffs. 1. In any county outside the city of New York where heretofore there has been established a procedure for the appointment and promotion of personnel within the office of the sheriff, the appointment and promotion of personnel within the office of the sheriff may continue to be […]
§ 653. Part time deputy sheriffs. Within the limits of the appropriation, the sheriff may employ such number of part time deputies, as he may deem necessary, who shall be paid a salary or on a per diem basis as the board of supervisors may determine. Such deputies shall be appointed in the same manner […]
§ 654. Deputizing local police officers or peace officers. The sheriff may in his discretion deputize the police officers or peace officers of cities, towns, villages and special districts and agents of societies incorporated for the purpose of prevention of cruelty to animals, for the purpose of authorizing an arrest without a warrant outside the […]
§ 655. Emergency special deputies. For the protection of human life and property during an emergency, the sheriff may deputize orally or in writing such number of additional special deputies as he deems necessary. If he is unable to continue the services of such special deputies without compensation, he may pay the compensation of any […]
§ 656. Emergency equipment and apparatus. If, in the protection of human life and property, the sheriff shall deem it necessary to hire any equipment or apparatus together with the operator thereof, he may hire the same during the period of an emergency or catastrophe at a reasonable charge therefor. The same shall be audited […]
§ 657. Emergency fund. The board of supervisors shall have power to appropriate and set aside a fund for the purpose of paying in advance of audit expenditures of a sheriff in an emergency or catastrophe for services and expenses of special deputies and for the hiring of equipment and apparatus and the operator thereof. […]
§ 657-a. Fund for expenses of sheriff in transporting prisoners. The board of supervisors shall have power to, and may, provide a fund for the payment in advance of audit of properly itemized and verified bills for the expenses of the sheriff lawfully and necessarily incurred in the transportation of prisoners, and, by resolution, authorize […]
§ 658. Verification of informations. Where a summons has been served by a sheriff or one of his staff, in lieu of arrest, in cases of violations of the vehicle and traffic law or of ordinances and orders enacted pursuant to that law, any sheriff or undersheriff may administer to any member of his staff […]
§ 659. Jail records. The sheriff shall cause such records to be kept at the jail as may be required by law.
§ 660. Services on behalf of the state. All fees or other form of compensation audited and paid by the state comptroller for services rendered to the people of the state including a reasonable allowance for removing persons from state and Indian lands, shall be the property of the county. All disbursements incurred in connection […]
§ 661. When sheriff party to an action or proceeding. 1. In an action or special proceeding to which the sheriff is a party, all mandates shall be directed to the county clerk of the county, who shall execute the same with all the powers and duties of a sheriff including the power to arrest […]
§ 662. Appointment of private college campus security officers at independent non-profit colleges. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the sheriff of any county, any part or all of which falls outside the limits of a city having a population of one million or more, may appoint as private college campus […]
