North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 162 - Sheriff

Article 1 - The Office.

§ 162-1 - Election and term of office. - 162-1. Election and term of office. In each county a...

§ 162-2 - Disqualifications for the office. - 162-2. Disqualifications for the office. (a) No person shall be...

§ 162-3 - Sheriff may resign. - 162-3. Sheriff may resign. Every sheriff may vacate his office...

§ 162-5 - Vacancy filled; duties performed by coroner or chief deputy. - 162-5. Vacancy filled; duties performed by coroner or chief deputy....

§ 162-5.1 - Vacancy filled in certain counties; duties performed by coroner or chief deputy. - 162-5.1. Vacancy filled in certain counties; duties performed by coroner...

Article 2 - Sheriff's Bond.

§ 162-8 - Bond required. - 162-8. Bond required. The sheriff shall furnish a bond payable...

§ 162-9 - County commissioners to take and approve bonds. - 162-9. County commissioners to take and approve bonds. The board...

§ 162-10 - Duty of commissioners when bond insufficient. - 162-10. Duty of commissioners when bond insufficient. Whenever the board...

§ 162-12 - Liability of sureties. - 162-12. Liability of sureties. The sureties to a sheriff's bond...

Article 3 - Duties of Sheriff.

§ 162-13 - To receipt for process. - 162-13. To receipt for process. Every sheriff or coroner shall,...

§ 162-14 - Duty to execute process. - 162-14. Duty to execute process. Every sheriff, by himself or...

§ 162-15 - Imposition of penalty; procedure. - 162-15. Imposition of penalty; procedure. In any case in which...

§ 162-16 - Execute summons, order or judgment. - 162-16. Execute summons, order or judgment. Whenever the sheriff may...

§ 162-17 - Duties of outgoing sheriff for unexecuted process. - 162-17. Duties of outgoing sheriff for unexecuted process. It shall...

§ 162-18 - Payment of money collected on execution. - 162-18. Payment of money collected on execution. In all cases...

§ 162-22 - Custody of jail. - 162-22. Custody of jail. The sheriff shall have the care...

§ 162-23 - Prevent entering jail for lynching; county liable. - 162-23. Prevent entering jail for lynching; county liable. When the...

§ 162-24 - Delegation of official duties. - 162-24. Delegation of official duties. The sheriff may not delegate...

§ 162-25 - Obligations taken by sheriff payable to himself. - 162-25. Obligations taken by sheriff payable to himself. The sheriff...

§ 162-26 - Sheriff may establish volunteer school safety resource officer program. - 162-26. Sheriff may establish volunteer school safety resource officer program....

Article 4 - County Prisoners.

§ 162-32 - Bond of prisoner committed on capias in civil action. - 162-32. Bond of prisoner committed on capias in civil action....

§ 162-33 - Prisoner may furnish necessaries. - 162-33. Prisoner may furnish necessaries. With the sheriff's approval, prisoners...

§ 162-34 - United States prisoners. - 162-34. United States prisoners. When a prisoner is delivered to...

§ 162-35 - Arrest of escaped persons from penal institutions. - 162-35. Arrest of escaped persons from penal institutions. Upon information...

§ 162-36 - Transfer of prisoners to succeeding sheriff. - 162-36. Transfer of prisoners to succeeding sheriff. The delivery of...

§ 162-38 - Where jail unfit or insecure, courts may commit to jail of adjoining county. - 162-38. Where jail unfit or insecure, courts may commit to...

§ 162-39 - Transfer of prisoners when necessary for safety and security; application of section to municipalities. - 162-39. Transfer of prisoners when necessary for safety and security;...

§ 162-40 - When jail destroyed, transfer of prisoners provided for. - 162-40. When jail destroyed, transfer of prisoners provided for. When...

§ 162-40.1 - Reimbursement for transfer of prisoners. - 162-40.1. Reimbursement for transfer of prisoners. The county receiving prisoners...

§ 162-50 - Penalties. - 162-50. Penalties. Upon a finding that the sheriff, personally or...

§ 162-55 - Injury to prisoner by jailer. - 162-55. Injury to prisoner by jailer. If the keeper of...

§ 162-56 - Place of confinement. - 162-56. Place of confinement. Persons committed to the custody of...

§ 162-57 - Record to be kept; items of record. - 162-57. Record to be kept; items of record. The superintendent...

§ 162-58 - Counties may work prisoners. - 162-58. Counties may work prisoners. The board of commissioners of...

§ 162-59 - Person having custody to approve prisoners for work. - 162-59. Person having custody to approve prisoners for work. No...

§ 162-59.1 - Person having custody to approve prisoners for participation in education and other programs. - 162-59.1. Person having custody to approve prisoners for participation in...

§ 162-60 - Reduction in sentence allowed for work, education, and other programs[Effective until January 1, 2023] - 162-60. Reduction in sentence allowed for work, education, and other...

§ 162-61 - Liability of county. - 162-61. Liability of county. The county working prisoners pursuant to...

§ 162-62 - Legal status of prisoners. - 162-62. Legal status of prisoners. (a) When any person charged...