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In principle, a sheriff is a legal official with responsibility for a county . In practice, the specific combination of legal , political , and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country.

The word "sheriff" is a contraction of the term " shire Reeve (England)|reeve ". The term, from the Old English scirgerefa , designated a royal official responsible for keeping the peace (a "reeve") throughout a shire or county on behalf of the king., The term was preserved in England notwithstanding the Norman Conquest . From the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms the term spread to several other regions, at an early point to Scotland, latterly to Ireland, and to the United States.

Sheriffs exist in various countries:

Sheriffs are administrative legal officials similar to bailiff s in the Republic of Ireland , Australia , and Canada (with expanded duties in certain provinces).

Sheriffs are judge s in Scotland .

Sheriff is a ceremonial position in England , Wales , and India .

In the United States of America the scope of a sheriff varies across states and counties. The sheriff is always a county official, and serves as the arm of the county court. In urban areas a sheriff may be restricted to court duties such as administering the county jail, providing courtroom security and prisoner transport, serving warrant (law)|warrant s, and service of process|serving process . Sheriffs may also patrol outside of the city or town limits. In many rural areas, sheriffs and their deputies serve as the principal police force.

In British English , the political or legal office of a sheriff is called a shrievalty .

History

Modern usage

Australia

The office of sheriff was first established in Australia in 1824. This was simultaneous with the appointment of the first Chief Justice of New South Wales .
The role of the sheriff has not been static, nor is it identical in each States and territories of Australia|Australian State .
In the past his duties included: executing court judgement s, acting as a coroner , transporting prisoners, managing the gaol s, and carrying out executions (through an anonymous Hanging|hangman ).
Currently, no Australian State provides for capital punishment . A government department (usually called the Department of Corrections or similar) now runs the prison system, and the Coroner’s Office handles coronal matters.
The sheriff is now largely responsible for enforcing the civil orders and fines of the court (seizing and selling the property of judgement debtors who do not satisfy the debt), providing court security, enforcing arrest warrants, evictions, taking juveniles into custody, and running the jury system. Some State Sheriffs can also apply sanctions ranging from suspending drivers licences and car registration to wheel clamping and arranging community service orders, and as a last resort make arrests.

Canada

Various jurisdictions in Canada on provincial and sub-provincial levels operate sheriff's departments primarily concerned with court bailiff services such as courtroom security, post-arrest prisoner transfer, serving legal processes, and executing civil judgements. Sheriffs are defined under Section 2 of the Criminal Code of Canada as "peace officers". In other parts of Canada not covered by a sheriff's agency, bailiff functions are handled directly by the local provincial police or by Royal Canadian Mounted Police as appropriate.

Alberta

In 2006, the Province of Alberta expanded the duties
of the provincial sheriffs department to include tasks such as traffic enforcement, VIP protection, investigation, and fugitive apprehension(FASST). As of June 2008, the provincial sheriffs department consists of 105 traffic sheriffs who are assigned to one of seven regions in the province. Sheriffs also assist various police services in Alberta with prisoner management.

British Columbia

BCSS responsibilities include the protection of the Provincial, Supreme, and Appeal Courts of BC; planning high-security trials; providing an Intelligence Unit; assessing threats towards public officials and those employed in the Justice system; protecting Judges and Crown Prosecutors; managing detention cells; transporting prisoners by ground and air; managing and providing protection for juries; serving court-related documents; executing court orders and warrants; and assisting with coroner's court.

Iceland

In Iceland , sheriffs ( (singular), sýslumenn (plural)) are administrators of the Sovereign state|state , holders of the executive power in their Jurisdiction (area)|jurisdiction and heads of their Sheriff's Office. Sheriffs are in charge of certain legal matters that typically involve registration of some sort and executing the orders of the court. The duties of the sheriffs differ slightly depending on their jurisdiction but they can be broadly categorised as:

Duties of all sheriffs: Marriage|marital matters (such as general registration of marital status and performing civil marriage s), Age of consent|statutory matters, inheritance matters and more.

Duties of all sheriffs except in Reykjavík : collection of public fees, publication of licences and permits for various personal and business purposes and more.

Special duties of some sheriffs: in some jurisdictions the sheriff is also the police commissioner|commissioner of police .

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There are 24 sheriffs and sheriff jurisdictions in Iceland. The jurisdictions are not defined by the administrative divisions of Iceland but are mainly a mixture of County|counties and Municipality|municipalities .

The post of sheriff was mandated by the Old Covenant (Iceland)|Old Covenant , an agreement between the Icelandic Commonwealth and the Norway|Kingdom of Norway . The agreement which was ratified between 1262 and 1264 makes the post of sheriff the oldest secular position of government still operating in Iceland.

India

Among cities in India , only Mumbai (Bombay), and Kolkata (Calcutta) have a sheriff. The sheriff has an apolitical, non-executive role. Sheriffs preside over various city-related functions and conferences and welcome foreign guests. The post is second to the mayor in the protocol list.

Republic of Ireland

In the Republic of Ireland , a sheriff () can be either:

a court officer in both Dublin|Dublin City and County Dublin|County and Cork (city)|Cork City and County Cork|County who earn their fees from poundage (commission); or

Civil service of the Republic of Ireland|civil servants employed by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners|Revenue Commissioners , known popularly as "tax sheriffs".

In both cases sheriffs are charged with enforcing civil judgement s against debtors within their bailiwick . Outside Dublin and Cork the County Registrar carries out the functions of the sheriff regarding judgements.

The Dublin and Cork sheriffs also perform all the duties of returning officer s in elections (other than local elections) and some other duties concerning Animal shelter|pounds . Sheriffs may appoint court messengers, subject to approval of the Minister for Justice and Equality|Minister for Justice , to assist them with their work.

Philippines

Manila

The Office of Sheriff of Manila was established on July 1, 1901. The first Sheriff of Manila was James Peterson. http://www.chanrobles.com/cralaw19065.htm The main duties of the sheriff and deputies is enforcing arrest warrants, evictions, civil orders, writs, subpoenas, notices, release orders, commitment orders, mittimus, and providing court security. The office has three divisions; administrative, criminal and civil. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Office-of-the-Sheriff-Manila/132101086831940 The office of the sheriff is now located at Manila city hall. http://www.lawphil.net/courts/mrtc/mrtc_dir.html#manila

United Kingdom

England and Wales

The High Sheriff of an English or Welsh county is an unpaid, partly ceremonial post appointed by The Crown through a Warrant from the Privy Council.

Cornwall

The first Duchy of Cornwall Charter of 1337 stated that the "Shrievalty of Cornwall" was vested in the Duke of Cornwall , such that the duke has the authority to appoint the High Sheriff in the county. Two further charters dated March 18, 1337 and January 3, 1338 stated that no sheriff of the king shall enter Cornwall to execute the kings writ.

Historically, the court officer s empowered to enforce High Court of Justice|High Court writ s were called Sheriffs or Sheriff's Officers. In April 2004 they were replaced by High Court enforcement officer s.

City of London

In the City of London , the position of sheriff is one of the officers of the City of London Corporation|Corporation . Two are elected by the Livery Company|liverymen of the City each year to assist the Lord Mayor of the City of London|Lord Mayor , attend the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey , and present petitions to Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament : usually one is an alderman and the other is not. The aldermanic sheriff is then likely to become Lord Mayor in due course.

Northern Ireland

High Sheriff is a largely ceremonial position in Northern Ireland , with some functional duties including deputising for Lord Mayor . There are eight High Sheriff positions throughout Northern Ireland: one for each of the Counties of Northern Ireland|counties and for the two major cities of Northern Ireland (the High Sheriff of Belfast and the High Sheriff of Londonderry City ).

Scotland

In Scotland , a sheriff is analogous to a judge and sits in a second-tier court , called the Sheriff Court . The sheriff is legally qualified, in comparison with a lay Justice of the Peace who preside over the first-tier District Courts of Scotland .

The sheriff court is a court of first instance for the majority of both civil and criminal cases. However, the court's powers are limited, so that major crimes such as rape or murder and complex or high-value civil cases are dealt with in the High Court of Justiciary|High Court (for criminal matters) or the Court of Session (for civil matters).

There are six sheriffdom s in Scotland, each with a Sheriff Principal . Within each sheriffdom there are several Sheriff Court s; each court has at least one courtroom and at least one Sheriff (technically a Sheriff Depute). A Sheriff may sit at different courts throughout the sheriffdom.
Sheriffs are usually advocate s and, increasingly, solicitor s with many years of legal experience. Until recently, they were appointed by the Scottish Executive , on the advice of the Lord Advocate . However, the Scotland Act 1998 introduced the European Convention of Human Rights into Scots law . A subsequent legal challenge to the impartiality of the sheriffs based on the provisions of the Convention led to the setting up of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland , which now makes recommendations to the First Minister of Scotland|First Minister , who nominates all judicial appointments in Scotland other than in the District Court. Nominations are made to the First Minister of Scotland|First Minister , who in turn makes the recommendation to the Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen .

United States

In the United States , a sheriff is generally, but not always, the highest policing in the United States|law enforcement officer of a county (United States)|county . A sheriff is in most cases elected by the population of the county. The sheriff is always a county official and serves as the arm of the county court. The scope of a sheriff varies across states and counties. In some states the sheriff is officially titled "High Sheriff", although the title is rarely used. In urban areas a sheriff may be restricted to court duties such as administering the county jail, providing courtroom security and prisoner transport, serving warrant (law)|warrant s, and service of process|serving process . Sheriffs may also patrol outside of the city or town limits. In many rural areas, sheriffs and their deputies serve as the principal police force.

The politics of the United States|political election of a person to serve as a police leader is chiefly American tradition. The practice has been followed in the British Channel Islands|Channel Island of Jersey since at least the 16th century.''Balleine's History of Jersey'' A sworn law enforcement officer working for a sheriff is called a "sheriff's deputy", "sheriff's officer", or something similar, and is authorized to perform the sheriff's duties. In some states, a sheriff may not be a sworn officer, but merely an elected official in charge of sworn officers. These officers may be subdivided into "general deputies" and "special deputies". In some places, the sheriff has the responsibility to recover any deceased persons within their county, in which case the full title is "sheriff-coroner". In some counties, the sheriff's principal deputy is the Corrections officer|warden of the county jail or other local correctional institution .

In some areas of the United States, the sheriff is also responsible for collecting the taxes and may have other titles such as tax collector or county treasurer. The sheriff may also be responsible for the county civil defense, emergency disaster service, rescue service, or emergency management.

In the United States, the relationship between the sheriff and other police departments varies widely from U.S. state|state to state, and indeed in some states from county to county. In the northeastern United States, the sheriff's duties have been greatly reduced with the advent of state-level law enforcement agencies, especially the state police and local agencies such as the county police . In Vermont , for instance, the elected sheriff is primarily an officer of the County Court, whose duties include running the county jail and serving papers in lawsuits and foreclosures. Law enforcement patrol is performed as well, in support of State Police and in the absence of a municipal police agency in rural towns.

By contrast, in other municipalities, the sheriff's office may be merged with most or all city-level police departments within a county to form a consolidated city-county or metropolitan police force responsible for general law enforcement anywhere in the county. The sheriff in such cases serves simultaneously as sheriff and chief of the consolidated police department. Examples include the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in Florida, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Miami-Dade Police Department .

Sheriff offices may coexist with other county level law enforcement agencies such as county police , county park police , or county detective s.

In Virginia since 1871, cities have been completely independent jurisdictions which are not part of any county at all. In those cities, the sheriff of the county in which the city is located, handle jails, courtroom security and serves all civil process& nbsp;— subpoenas, evictions, etc. However, in some counties that have created separate county police departments, the sheriff's office shares law enforcement duties.
The New York City Sheriff is appointed by the mayor. His jurisdiction is all five county-boroughs of New York City& nbsp;— Kings, Queens, Richmond, Bronx and New York counties.

The sheriffs of Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex County and Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk County , Massachusetts have ceremonial duties at Harvard University commencement exercises . In a tradition dating to the 17th century, the Sheriffs lead the President's Procession, and the Sheriff of Middlesex County formally opens and adjourns the proceedings.

There are also states in the United States that do not have sheriffs, such as Connecticut . In Connecticut, where county government has been abolished, the state and local police have sole responsibility for law enforcement.

Missouri has a county that eliminated the position of elected sheriff in 1955; the St. Louis County Police Department has an appointed police chief that performs the duties of the sheriff. Colorado has two counties that have appointed sheriffs rather than elected officials like the other 62 counties. Denver, Colorado|Denver and Broomfield County, Colorado|Broomfield are city-and-county entities, which are required to have and/or perform a sheriff function. Denver's "sheriff" is the manager of safety, who is appointed by the mayor to oversee the fire, police and sheriff departments and is the Ex officio member|ex officio sheriff. The position was created in 1916 to oversee the fire and police chiefs as well as the undersheriff who oversees the sheriff department. The Denver Sheriff Department is responsible for the operation of the correctional facilities as well as serving the courts per state law. Broomfield evolved from four counties in 2001. The Broomfield Police Department performs all "sheriff" functions under an appointed police chief, who acts as the sheriff per state law.Lenny Ortiz, "Denver Behind Bars" 2004

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