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Part 1 - Appointment—vacancy
§ 8-8-101. Prohibited From Practice of Law or Serving as Member of General Assembly While Sheriff - No person shall engage in the practice of law or...
§ 8-8-102. Qualifications for Office — Affidavits — Training — Challenge to Candidate's Qualifications — Fraudulent Challenge - Code 1858, § 358 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8,...
§ 8-8-103. Surety Bond - The sheriff, before entering on the duties of that office,...
§ 8-8-104. Oath of Office - The sheriff shall, besides the oaths prescribed for public officers,...
§ 8-8-105. Replacement of Sureties - The county legislative body shall demand new sureties from the...
§ 8-8-106. Temporary Appointment by County Legislative Body - If a vacancy occurs in the office of sheriff, the...
§ 8-8-107. Vacancy in Office — Temporary Discharge of Sheriff's Duties - In the event that the office of sheriff becomes vacant...
§ 8-8-108. Deputies Acting During Vacancy — Appointment of Persons to Serve Process — Legislative Adoption of Service of Process Alternatives - not less than nor more than 41,800 41,900 85,725 85,825...
Part 2 - Powers and Duties
§ 8-8-201. Duties of Office - not less than nor more than 41,800 41,900 85,725 85,825...
§ 8-8-202. Advance Fees on Process From Other Counties - No sheriff or constable shall be compelled to execute any...
§ 8-8-203. Payment of Collections by Collecting Officers - The sheriff and every other collecting officer shall pay all...
§ 8-8-204. Judgment on Motion for Failure to Pay Over - If the sheriff or officer fails to do so, the...
§ 8-8-205. Acting as Attorney or Security Prohibited — Attorney as Deputy - Code 1858, § 363; Shan., § 453; Code 1932, §...
§ 8-8-206. Purchase at Own Sale Prohibited - No sheriff or deputy sheriff shall become the purchaser, either...
§ 8-8-207. Disobedience of Process - A sheriff's disobedience of the command of any process is...
§ 8-8-208. Service at Residence of Defendant - No sheriff shall return upon any writ that the person...
§ 8-8-209. Return as to Residence in Another County - Where such person is a known inhabitant of another county,...
§ 8-8-210. Bill of Fees - On levying an execution for money, the sheriff, if required,...
§ 8-8-211. Penalty for Allowing Prisoner to Be Taken From Jail and Put to Death by Violence - Any sheriff who, either negligently or willfully, or by want...
§ 8-8-213. Conservator of Peace — Summoning Posse - Code 1858, § 362; Shan., § 452; Code 1932, §...
§ 8-8-214. Delivery of Papers and Property to Successor - The sheriff, when going out of office, shall deliver to...
§ 8-8-215. Closing of Unsettled Business - The sheriff is allowed two (2) years from the time...
§ 8-8-217. Service in Violation of § 8-8-216 Void - Any summons, writ, process or other proceeding in a civil...
§ 8-8-220. Civil Actions — Sheriff May Appoint Persons to Serve Process - In any civil action when the service of process is...
Part 3 - Liability for Wrongs of Deputies
§ 8-8-302. Suits Against Counties for Wrongs of Deputies - Anyone incurring any wrong, injury, loss, damage or expense resulting...
Part 4 - County Sheriff's Civil Service Law of 1974
§ 8-8-401. Short Title - This part shall be known as the “County Sheriff's Civil...
§ 8-8-403. “Classified Service” Defined - As used in this part, “classified service” includes all positions...
§ 8-8-404. Creation of Civil Service Board - There is created a civil service board composed of three...
§ 8-8-405. Terms of Members - The terms of the members of the board shall be...
§ 8-8-406. Qualifications of Members - All members of the board shall be over eighteen (18)...
§ 8-8-407. Compensation of Board - The members of the board shall receive such salary, if...
§ 8-8-408. Chair — Personnel Officer as Keeper of Department Records and Secretary of Board - The county mayor shall designate, from the three (3) members...
§ 8-8-409. Powers and Duties of Board - The board as a body shall:
§ 8-8-411. Classification Plan - The board shall, as soon as practical after this part...
§ 8-8-412. Creation of New Positions — Abolition of Old Positions - The board may, upon request of and by the advice...
§ 8-8-416. Transfer of Positions - Employees in the classified service may be transferred from one...
Part 5 - Disposal of Property by Sheriff
§ 8-8-501. Disposition of Unclaimed Property - The sheriff is hereby authorized to dispose of all abandoned,...
§ 8-8-502. Notice to Owner — Time for Claiming Property - Prior to disposing of such property, the sheriff shall make...
§ 8-8-503. Court Order for Disposition — Disposition of Proceeds - Prior to disposing of such property under this part, the...
§ 8-8-504. Law Supplemental — When Property Not Returned - Nothing in this part shall be construed as repealing any...
Part 6 - Correctional Officers — Civil Service
§ 8-8-601. Inclusion in Civil Service System - The civil service system of a county having a metropolitan...
§ 8-8-602. Civil Service Status of Correctional Officers Employed as of March 22, 1993 - Each correctional officer employed by the sheriff's office on March...
§ 8-8-603. Position Classification Plan - With the advice and consent of the sheriff, the civil...
§ 8-8-605. Vacancies - Whenever a vacancy occurs in a position for a correctional...
§ 8-8-606. Applicability - This part shall only apply to a county having a...