Chapter 162 Sheriff
Article 1 - The Office.
Article 2 - Sheriff's Bond.
Article 3 - Duties of Sheriff.
- § 162-13 To receipt for process
Every sheriff or coroner shall, when requested, give his receipt for all original and mesne process placed in his hands for execution, to the party...
- § 162-14 Duty to execute process
Every sheriff, by himself or his lawful deputies, shall execute and make due return of all writs and other process to him legally issued and...
- § 162-15 Imposition of penalty; procedure
In any case in which a person aggrieved seeks the imposition of penalties against a sheriff for failure or neglect to perform any duty of...
- § 162-16 Execute summons, order or judgment
Whenever the sheriff may be required to serve or execute any summons, order or judgment, or to do any other act, he shall be bound...
- § 162-17 Duties of outgoing sheriff for unexecuted process
It shall be the duty of any sheriff who shall have received a precept, and shall go out of office before the return day thereof,...
- § 162-18 Payment of money collected on execution
In all cases where a sheriff has collected money upon an execution placed in his hands, if there be no bona fide contest over the...
- § 162-19 Repealed by Session Laws 1953, c. 973, s. 3
- § 162-20, 162-21 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 670, ss. 12, 13
- § 162-22 Custody of jail
The sheriff shall have the care and custody of the jail in his county; and shall be, or appoint, the keeper thereof. No law‑enforcement officer...
- § 162-23 Prevent entering jail for lynching; county liable
When the sheriff of any county has good reason to believe that the jail of his county is in danger of being broken or entered...
- § 162-24 Delegation of official duties
The sheriff may not delegate to another person the final responsibility for discharging his official duties, but he may appoint a deputy or employ others...
- § 162-25 Obligations taken by sheriff payable to himself
The sheriff or his deputy shall take no obligation of or from any person in his custody for or concerning any matter or thing relating...
- § 162-26 through 162-30 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 4 - County Prisoners.
- § 162-31 Repealed by Session Laws 1975, c. 166, s. 26
- § 162-32 Bond of prisoner committed on capias in civil action
Every bond given by any person committed in arrest and bail, or in custody after final judgment, shall be assigned by the sheriff to the...
- § 162-33 Prisoner may furnish necessaries
With the sheriff's approval, prisoners shall be allowed to purchase and procure such necessaries, in addition to the diet furnished by the jailer, as they...
- § 162-34 United States prisoners
When a prisoner is delivered to the keeper of the county jail by the authority of the United States, such keeper shall receive and commit...
- § 162-35 Arrest of escaped persons from penal institutions
Upon information received from the superintendent of any correctional or any penal institution, established by the laws of the State, that any person confined in...
- § 162-36 Transfer of prisoners to succeeding sheriff
The delivery of prisoners, by indenture between the late and present sheriff, or the entering on record in court the names of the several prisoners,...
- § 162-37 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 670, s. 16
- § 162-38 Where jail unfit or insecure, courts may commit to jail of adjoining county
Whenever there is an unfit or insecure jail in any county, the judicial officers of such county may commit any persons brought before them, whether...
- § 162-39 Transfer of prisoners when necessary for safety and security; application of section to municipalities
(a) Whenever necessary for the safety of a prisoner held in any county jail or to avoid a breach of the peace in any county...
- § 162-40 When jail destroyed, transfer of prisoners provided for
When the jail of any county is destroyed by fire or other accident, any judicial officer of such county may cause all prisoners then confined...
- § 162-40.1 Reimbursement for transfer of prisoners
The county receiving prisoners pursuant to G.S. 162‑38, 162‑ 39 and 162‑40 shall be reimbursed at the usual jail fee rate for each 24 hours...
- § 162-41 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 711, s. 33
- § 162-42 to 162-44 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 670, s. 20
- § 162-45 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 711, s. 33
- § 162-46 Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 760, s. 4
- § 162-47 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 711, s. 33
- § 162-48 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 670, s. 20
- § 162-49 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 711, s. 33
- § 162-50 Penalties
Upon a finding that the sheriff, personally or through his lawful deputies, has willfully failed or neglected to perform any duty imposed by this Chapter,...
- § 162-51 through 162-54 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 162-55 Injury to prisoner by jailer
If the keeper of a jail shall do, or cause to be done, any wrong or injury to the prisoners committed to his custody, contrary...
- § 162-56 Place of confinement
Persons committed to the custody of a sheriff shall be confined in the facilities designated by law for such confinement, and shall not be confined...
- § 162-57 Record to be kept; items of record
The superintendent or other person having charge of prisoners shall keep a record showing, the name, age, date of sentence, length of sentence, crime for...
- § 162-58 Counties may work prisoners
The board of commissioners of the several counties may enact by resolution all necessary rules and regulations for work on projects to benefit units of...
- § 162-59 Person having custody to approve prisoners for work
No prisoner shall perform work pursuant to G.S. 162‑58 unless the prisoner has been approved for the work by the person having custody of the...
- § 162-59.1 Person having custody to approve prisoners for participation in education and other programs
The person having custody of a prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor offense may approve that prisoner's participation in a general education development diploma program (GED...
- § 162-60 Reduction in sentence allowed for work, education, and other programs
(a) A prisoner who has faithfully performed the duties assigned to the prisoner under G.S. 162‑58 is entitled to a reduction in the prisoner's sentence...
- § 162-61 Liability of county
The county working prisoners pursuant to G.S. 162‑58 shall remain liable for emergency medical services for those prisoners pursuant to G.S. 153A‑224 while the prisoners...
- § 162-62 Legal status of prisoners
(a) When any person charged with a felony or an impaired driving offense is confined for any period in a county jail, local confinement facility,...
