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PART I
TITLE VI
CHAPTER 37
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PART I
ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
(Chapters 1 through 182)
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TITLE VI
COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS
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CHAPTER 37
SHERIFFS
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Section 1
Election
Section 2
Oath and bond
Section 3
Deputies; appointment; oath
Section 4
Special sheriff; appointment; oath; bond; powers
Section 5
Special sheriffs; powers and duties
Section 6
Repealed, 1924, 404, Sec. 5
Section 7
Failure to post bond; penalty
Section 8
Suits on bonds of sheriffs
Section 9
Copies of sheriff’s bonds; source; use as evidence
Section 10
Suits against sheriff; procedure for satisfying judgment
Section 11
Duties of sheriffs and deputies; service of precepts
Section 12
Duties of sheriffs and deputies; service of demands, notices and citations
Section 13
Powers and duties; requisition of aid
Section 14
Service of writs and precepts after removal
Section 15
Service of writs against the sheriff or deputies
Section 16
Attendance at sessions of courts
Section 17
Salaries
Section 18 to 20
Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec. 15
Section 21
Traveling expenses
Section 21A
Travel vouchers or other verification of travel expenses
Section 22
Accounting of fees; disposition of funds
Section 23
Repealed, 1937, 148
Section 24
Transportation of prisoners or persons in custody; sheriffs’ duties
Section 25
Transportation of prisoners or persons in custody; costs; appropriations; report
Section 26
Identification cards for full-time deputies
Section 26
Identification cards for full-time deputies
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