51.68 Sheriff; bond; penal sum; approval; surety. Sec. 68. As determined by the county board of commissioners, the sheriff either shall be covered by a blanket bond or shall give a bond to the people of this state in the penal sum of at least $10,000.00. The individual bond shall be approved by the county […]
51.69 Sheriff; bond; condition. Sec. 69. The condition of an individual bond required under section 68 of this chapter shall be in substance as follows: “………………. has been elected to the office of sheriff of the county of ……………., at the general election held in the county, or at a special election held in the […]
51.70 Deputy sheriffs; appointment; revocation; special deputies; responsibility for acts, defaults, and misconduct; bond. Sec. 70. Each sheriff may appoint 1 or more deputy sheriffs at the sheriff’s pleasure, and may revoke those appointments at any time. Persons may also be deputed by a sheriff, by an instrument in writing, to do particular acts, who […]
51.71 Undersheriff; appointment, vacancies. Sec. 71. The sheriff of each county shall, as soon as may be after entering upon the execution of his office, appoint some proper person under sheriff of the same county, who shall also be a general deputy, to hold during the pleasure of such sheriff; and as often as a […]
51.72 Undersheriff; executing office of sheriff; effect of default or misfeasance. Sec. 72. If a vacancy occurs in the office of sheriff of a county, the undersheriff of the county shall in all things execute the office of sheriff, until a sheriff is elected and qualified. A default or misfeasance in office of an undersheriff […]
51.73 Sheriff; appointments and revocations, form, filing; oaths of office. Sec. 73. Every appointment of an under sheriff, or of a deputy sheriff, and every revocation thereof, shall be in writing under the hand of the sheriff, and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county; and every such […]
51.74 Sheriff and deputy sheriff; renewal of security. Sec. 74. If an individual bond is required under section 68 or 70 of this chapter, each sheriff, within 20 days after the first Monday in January in each year, and each deputy sheriff before the expiration of an individual bond required under section 68 or 70 […]
51.75 Sheriff; custody of county jails. Sec. 75. The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jails of his county, and of the prisoners in the same; and shall keep them himself, or by his deputy or jailer. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14 ;– CL 1857, 416 ;– CL 1871, 557 ;– How. […]
51.76 “County primary roads,”“county local roads,” and “state trunk line highways” defined; sheriff’s department to provide certain services; resolution requesting services; resolution requesting vehicle inspection program; concurrent resolution requiring reduction of general services; presumption; construction. Sec. 76. (1) As used in this section, “county primary roads”, “county local roads”, and “state trunk line highways” mean […]
51.77 Secondary road patrol and traffic accident prevention; grant; agreement; information; report to office of highway safety planning; effect of reducing expenditures or level of road patrol; recommendations for expenditure of grant; expanded services; allocation formula; annual report; law enforcement plan; report to legislature; impact and cost effectiveness study. Sec. 77. (1) Before a county […]
51.78 Repealed. 1952, Act 110, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952. Compiler’s Notes: The repealed section provided that default of deputy should be adjudged a breach of sheriff’s bond.
51.79 Survival of action against sheriff or deputies. Sec. 79. Any action for the malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance of a sheriff or any of his deputies, may be prosecuted against the executors or administrators of such sheriff, in like manner as if the cause of action survived at common law. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14 […]
51.82 Sheriff; services to state; payment. Sec. 82. If a sheriff is required, by any statutory provision, to perform any service, in behalf of the people of this state and for their benefit, that is not chargeable by law to his or her county, or to some officer or other person, his or her account […]
51.83 Sheriff’s office; notice, office hours. Sec. 83. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of every county to keep an office at the place where the courts for such county are held, of which he shall file a notice in the office of the clerk of the county; and to keep the same […]
51.84 Service of papers at sheriff’s office. Sec. 84. Every notice or other paper which shall be required to be served on any sheriff, may be served by leaving the same at the office designated by him in such notice, during the hours for which it is required to be kept open; but if there […]
51.85 Service of papers on sheriff at county clerk’s office. Sec. 85. If no notice shall be filed by any sheriff with the county clerk as herein required, the service of all papers on such sheriff may be made by leaving them at the office of the county clerk; with such clerk or his deputy; […]
