California Code
PART 3 - OTHER OFFICERS
CHAPTER 2 - Sheriff

ARTICLE 1 - Duties

Section 26600. - 26600. The sheriff shall preserve peace, and to accomplish this...

Section 26601. - 26601. The sheriff shall arrest and take before the nearest...

Section 26602. - 26602. The sheriff shall prevent and suppress any affrays, breaches...

Section 26604. - 26604. The sheriff shall command the aid of as many...

Section 26605. - 26605. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except in counties...

Section 26605.1. - 26605.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no deputy sheriff...

Section 26605.5. - 26605.5. (a) The sheriff has the authority, after conferring with...

Section 26605.6. - 26605.6. (a) The sheriff, or his or her designee, has...

Section 26605.7. - 26605.7. (a) The sheriff, or his or her designee, after...

Section 26605.8. - 26605.8. Before implementing Sections 26605.6 and 26605.7, the county board...

Section 26607. - 26607. The sheriff shall endorse upon all process and notices...

Section 26608. - 26608. The sheriff shall serve all process and notices in...

Section 26608.1. - 26608.1. The sheriff, when serving any process or notice, shall,...

Section 26608.2. - 26608.2. Whenever a county or city and county owns land...

Section 26608.3. - 26608.3. (a) In Shasta County, the board of supervisors by...

Section 26609. - 26609. The sheriff shall certify upon process or notices the...

Section 26610. - 26610. The sheriff of any county which maintains a jail...

Section 26611. - 26611. The sheriff in attendance upon court shall act as...

Section 26612. - 26612. The sheriff may supply ambulance service within the county...

Section 26613. - 26613. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 29601 the board of...

Section 26614. - 26614. The board of supervisors of a county may authorize...

Section 26614.5. - 26614.5. The county or city and county of residence of...

Section 26614.6. - 26614.6. (a) Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section 53150) of...

Section 26614.7. - 26614.7. (a) Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section 53150) of...

Section 26615. - 26615. The sheriff shall maintain, or cause to be maintained,...

Section 26616. - 26616. Upon the application of a licensee under the Private...

ARTICLE 1.1 - Sheriff as Ex Officio Director of Emergency Services

Section 26620. - 26620. The office of county director of emergency services shall...

Section 26621. - 26621. The county director of emergency services shall have the...

Section 26622. - 26622. The provisions of this article shall become operative in...

Section 26623. - 26623. In the event the board of supervisors elects to...

Section 26624. - 26624. In the event the board of supervisors elects to...

ARTICLE 1.2 - Court Security in Contra Costa County

Section 26625.2. - 26625.2. There is a court security bureau within the Contra...

Section 26625.3. - 26625.3. There is a Court Security Oversight Committee consisting of...

Section 26625.4. - 26625.4. (a) The sheriff shall be the appointing authority for...

Section 26625.6. - 26625.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the sheriff...

Section 26625.7. - 26625.7. An employee of the sheriff’s office who desires to...

Section 26625.9. - 26625.9. All sworn permanent employees assigned to the court security...

ARTICLE 1.8 - Court Security in Los Angeles County

Section 26639.2. - 26639.2. The courtroom assignment of bailiffs in the Los Angeles...

ARTICLE 2 - Prisoners Property

Section 26640. - 26640. The sheriff shall take charge of, safely keep, and...

Section 26641. - 26641. When any prisoner is removed to a state hospital...

Section 26642. - 26642. The sheriff shall pay into the general fund for...

Section 26643. - 26643. When any prisoner dies or loses the legal capacity...

Section 26644. - 26644. Any money and valuables of a prisoner and the...

Section 26645. - 26645. For failure to comply with this article, the sheriff...

Section 26646. - 26646. The sheriff, with the approval of the county auditor,...

ARTICLE 3 - Process and Notices

Section 26660. - 26660. As used in this title: (a) “Process” includes all...

Section 26661. - 26661. When process or notices are returnable to another county...

Section 26662. - 26662. The return of the sheriff upon process or notices...

Section 26663. - 26663. Any sheriff who does not return a process or...

Section 26664. - 26664. Any sheriff who neglects or refuses to perform the...

Section 26665. - 26665. All writs, notices, or other process issued by superior...

Section 26666. - 26666. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a marshal or sheriff,...

Section 26666.2. - 26666.2. Except for the following criteria, a marshal or sheriff,...

Section 26666.5. - 26666.5. (a) A marshal or sheriff, including their department or...

Section 26666.5. - 26666.5. (a) A marshal or sheriff, including their department or...

Section 26666.10. - 26666.10. (a) On or before January 1, 2024, the Judicial...

ARTICLE 4 - Liability

Section 26680. - 26680. If on demand the sheriff neglects or refuses to...

Section 26685. - 26685. Whenever any action is brought against any sheriff, all...

ARTICLE 5 - Badges

Section 26690. - 26690. The board of supervisors shall furnish the sheriff and...

ARTICLE 7 - Fees

Section 26720. - 26720. For services performed by them sheriffs shall charge and...

Section 26720.5. - 26720.5. Notwithstanding Section 26720, fees otherwise payable by a litigant...

Section 26720.9. - 26720.9. Notwithstanding any other law, the amounts set forth in...

Section 26721. - 26721. Except as provided in this article, the fee for...

Section 26721.1. - 26721.1. In an action for unlawful detainer, the fee for...

Section 26721.2. - 26721.2. (a) For any action commenced in the superior court,...

Section 26722. - 26722. The fee for serving, executing, or processing any writ...

Section 26723. - 26723. The fee for opening a safe-deposit box pursuant to...

Section 26725. - 26725. The fee for serving, executing, or processing a writ...

Section 26725.1. - 26725.1. The fee for serving or posting any additionally required...

Section 26726. - 26726. (a) The fee for keeping and caring for property...

Section 26727. - 26727. The fee for a copy of any writ, process,...

Section 26728. - 26728. The fee for preparing and posting the initial notice...

Section 26728.1. - 26728.1. The fee for preparing and posting additionally required notices...

Section 26729. - 26729. The fee for furnishing a notice for publication is...

Section 26730. - 26730. The fee for conducting or postponing the sale of...

Section 26731. - 26731. (a) Eighteen dollars ($18) of any fee collected by...

Section 26732. - 26732. The fee for publication of a notice in a...

Section 26733.5. - 26733.5. The fee for serving a writ of possession of...

Section 26734. - 26734. The fee for making a levy on personal property...

Section 26736. - 26736. The fee for cancellation of the service or execution...

Section 26738. - 26738. The fee for making a not-found return on an...

Section 26740. - 26740. The fee for the execution and delivery of a...

Section 26741. - 26741. The fee for executing and delivering a certificate or...

Section 26742. - 26742. The fee for executing and delivering any other instrument...

Section 26743. - 26743. The fee for subpoenaing a witness, including a copy...

Section 26744. - 26744. The fee for serving or executing a bench warrant...

Section 26744.5. - 26744.5. (a) The fees for processing a warrant issued pursuant...

Section 26745. - 26745. The fee for summoning a trial jury of 12...

Section 26746. - 26746. (a) In addition to any other fees required by...

Section 26746.1. - 26746.1. (a) A twenty-dollar ($20) fee shall be assessed by...

Section 26747. - 26747. For transporting prisoners to the county jail, the sheriff...

Section 26748. - 26748. In addition to the fees provided by this article,...

Section 26749. - 26749. The sheriff shall receive expenses necessarily incurred in conveying...

Section 26750. - 26750. (a) The fee for serving an earnings withholding order...

Section 26751. - 26751. After possession is taken of any vehicle by or...

ARTICLE 8 - Transportation of Prisoners

Section 26775. - 26775. The boards of supervisors of two or more counties...

Section 26776. - 26776. The contract may provide, with respect to any situation...

Section 26777. - 26777. In any case in which a sheriff, acting pursuant...

Section 26778. - 26778. A contract entered into under this article shall provide...