11-441. Powers and duties A. The sheriff shall: 1. Preserve the peace. 2. Arrest and take before the nearest magistrate for examination all persons who attempt to commit or who have committed a public offense. 3. Prevent and suppress all affrays, breaches of the peace, riots and insurrections that may come to the knowledge of […]
11-442. Ranger deputies; appointment and compensation By and with the advice and consent of the board of supervisors, the sheriff may appoint ranger deputies whose compensation shall be fixed by the board, not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars per month for each deputy for salary and expenses incurred. Every ranger deputy shall provide and […]
11-443. Vacancy in office When a vacancy occurs in the office of sheriff the chief deputy shall execute the office until the vacancy is filled.
11-444. Expenses of sheriff as county charge; expense fund A. The sheriff shall be allowed actual and necessary expenses incurred by the sheriff in pursuit of criminals, for transacting all civil or criminal business and for service of all process and notices, and such expenses shall be a county charge, except that the allowable expenses […]
11-445. Fees chargeable in civil actions by sheriffs and constables; constables’ standardized daily activity logs A. The sheriff shall receive the following fees in civil actions: 1. For serving each true copy of the original summons in a civil suit, $16, except that the sheriff shall not charge a fee for service of any document […]
11-446. Payment of fees into county treasury The sheriff shall pay into the county treasury, on the first Monday of each month, all fees and mileage earned and collected by him.
11-447. Service of process regular on its face A sheriff or other ministerial officer is justified in the execution of, and shall execute all process and orders regular on their face and issued by competent authority, whatever may be the defect in the proceedings upon which they were issued.
11-448. Duty to show process The officer executing process shall then, and so long as he retains it, upon request, show a conformed copy of the process, with all papers attached, to any interested person.
11-449. Liability relating to writs, levies or sales If a sheriff neglects to make due return of a writ or paper delivered to him to be served or executed, or is guilty of any misconduct in the service or execution thereof, he is liable to the party aggrieved for damages sustained, and, in addition, for […]
11-450. Effect of directions of party upon liability of sheriff in execution of process No direction or authority by a party to a sheriff in respect to the execution of process or return thereof, or to any act or omission relating thereto, shall discharge or excuse the sheriff from liability for neglect or misconduct, unless […]
11-451. Proceedings upon failure to pay over money If a sheriff or deputy fails to pay over to the county, according to law, any money collected or received by the sheriff or deputy for the county, or fails to pay over to the person entitled thereto any money collected or received by the sheriff or […]
11-454. Service on sheriff Service of a paper, other than process, upon the sheriff may be made by delivering it to him or to one of his deputies, or to a person in charge of the office during office hours. When the sheriff is a party to an action or proceeding, the process and orders […]
11-455. Employment of prisoners; work projects The sheriff may employ prisoners, inside or outside the county jail, who have been sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail to such labor or occupation as he deems necessary, including, but not limited to, agricultural work projects or the production of articles needed for construction, operation, maintenance or […]
11-456. Delivery of property and papers to successor; return of executed process A. The sheriff shall deliver to his successor in office: 1. The jail of the county, or of a county jail district, with all its appurtenances, and all the property of the county therein. 2. All prisoners then confined in the jail. 3. […]
11-457. Refusal to deliver property or papers to successor If a former sheriff neglects or refuses to deliver to his successor the jail, process, documents and prisoners in his charge, as required by section 11-456, the successor may take possession of the jail, take custody of the prisoners therein confined, and may compel the delivery […]
11-458. Refusal by sheriff to pay or disburse fine or forfeiture received; classification A sheriff who receives a fine or forfeiture and knowingly fails or refuses to pay or disburse it according to law within thirty days after the receipt thereof, is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
11-459. Prisoner work, community restitution work and home detention program; eligibility; monitoring; procedures; continuous alcohol monitoring program; home detention for persons sentenced for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs; community restitution work committee; members; duties A. The sheriff may establish a prisoner work, community restitution work and home detention program for eligible sentenced […]
11-459.01. County prisoner complaints to entities; procedure A. If a county operates a facility that provides medical and health services to inmates and the facility has been accredited by the national commission on correctional health care or the American correctional association, the board of supervisors of that county may require that a prisoner under the […]
