7-32-2121.
Duties
of
sheriff.
The
sheriff
must:
(1)
preserve
the
peace;
(2)
arrest
and
take
before
the
nearest
magistrate
for
examination
all
persons
who
attempt
to
commit
or
have
committed
a
public
offense;
(3)
prevent
and
suppress
all
affrays,
breaches
of
the
peace,
riots,
and
insurrections
which
may
come
to
his
knowledge;
(4)
perform
the
duties
of
a
humane
officer
within
the
county
with
reference
to
the
protection
of
dumb
animals;
(5)
attend
all
courts,
except
municipal,
justices',
and
city
courts,
at
their
respective
terms
or
sessions
held
within
the
county
and
obey
their
lawful
orders
and
directions;
(6)
command
the
aid
of
as
many
inhabitants
of
the
county
as
are
necessary
in
the
execution
of
the
sheriff's
duties;
(7)
take
charge
of
and
keep
the
detention
center
and
the
inmates
therein,
unless
the
detention
center
is
operated
by
a
private
party
under
an
agreement
entered
into
under
7-32-2201
or
by
a
detention
center
administrator
or
by
another
local
government;
(8)
endorse
upon
all
notices
and
process
the
year,
month,
day,
hour,
and
minute
of
reception
and
issue
therefor
to
the
person
delivering
them,
on
payment
of
fees,
a
certificate
showing
the
names
of
the
parties,
the
title
of
the
paper,
and
the
time
of
reception;
(9)
serve
all
process
or
notices
in
the
manner
prescribed
by
law;
(10)
certify
in
writing
upon
the
process
or
notices
the
manner
and
time
of
service
or,
if
he
fails
to
make
service,
the
reasons
of
this
failure,
and
return
the
papers
without
delay;
(11)
take
charge
of
and
supervise
search
and
rescue
units
and
their
officers
whenever
search
and
rescue
units
are
called
into
service;
and
(12)
perform
such
other
duties
as
are
required
by
law.
History:
(1)
thru
(10)En.
Sec.
4381,
Pol.
C.
1895;
re-en.
Sec.
3010,
Rev.
C.
1907;
re-en.
Sec.
4774,
R.C.M.
1921;
Cal.
Pol.
C.
Sec.
4176;
amd.
Sec.
1,
Ch.
157,
L.
1925;
re-en.
Sec.
4774,
R.C.M.
1935;
amd.
Sec.
10,
Ch.
535,
L.
1975;
Sec.
16-2702,
R.C.M.
1947;
(11)En.
Sec.
1,
Ch.
42,
L.
1981;
(12)En.
Sec.
4401,
Pol.
C.
1895;
re-en.
Sec.
3030,
Rev.
C.
1907;
re-en.
Sec.
4794,
R.C.M.
1921;
Cal.
Pol.
C.
Sec.
4193;
re-en.
Sec.
4794,
R.C.M.
1935;
Sec.
16-2722,
R.C.M.
1947;
R.C.M.
1947,
16-2702,
16-2722;
amd.
Sec.
3,
Ch.
263,
L.
1979;
amd.
Sec.
1,
Ch.
42,
L.
1981;
amd.
Sec.
7,
Ch.
447,
L.
1985;
amd.
Sec.
9,
Ch.
461,
L.
1989.
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