Code of Alabama - Title 36: Public Officers and Employees - Chapter 22 - Sheriffs

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 36-22-1 Bond
  Repealed by Act 2009-744, p. 2229, §2, effective May 22, 2009.
• Section 36-22-2 Office
  The sheriff must keep his office at the courthouse.
• Section 36-22-3 Duties generally
  (a) It shall be the duty of the sheriff: (1) To execute and return the process and orders of the courts of record of this...
• Section 36-22-4 Claims of chief deputies for compensation for services performed deemed preferred claims against counties
  Claims of chief deputy sheriffs for services performed by them and authorized by law to be paid to them out of the county treasury are...
• Section 36-22-5 Conduct of special investigations and preparation of reports as to alleged violations of law
  The sheriffs in their respective counties, whenever directed to do so in writing by the district attorney or by the Attorney General or Governor, shall...
• Section 36-22-6 Payment of expenses of special investigations; when investigations to be instituted by county solicitors
  (a) The expense of a special investigation when ordered as provided in Section 36-22-5 shall be paid from the county treasury, upon a warrant properly...
• Section 36-22-7 Sheriff, etc., justified in executing process regular on face and issued by competent authority
  Whenever it appears that the process is regular on its face and is issued by competent authority, a sheriff or other ministerial officer is justified...
• Section 36-22-8 Sheriff to maintain record book as to prisoners received into county jail; contents thereof
  The sheriff must keep, in his office and subject to the inspection of the public during office hours, a well-bound book, to be procured at...
• Section 36-22-9 Execution of process required of constables; compensation and liability therefor
  The sheriff is authorized to execute all process which is required to be executed by constables and shall receive the same fees and compensation therefor...
• Section 36-22-10 Maintenance of record book as to executions or orders of sale received by sheriff generally
  Each sheriff must also enter in well-bound books, whenever any execution or order of sale is received by him, the names of the parties, the...
• Section 36-22-11 Entries to be made in record book as to amounts received by sheriff on executions or orders of sale
  The sheriff must also enter on the same page, against the entries required by Section 36-22-10, the amount he receives on such execution or order...
• Section 36-22-12 Sales book
  The sheriff must keep a sales book in which he must enter all the property sold by him under any process from any court, a...
• Section 36-22-13 Inspection of record books; disposition thereof when completely filled and upon expiration of official term of sheriff
  The books required to be maintained by this article must at all times be open to the inspection of the public, free of charge, and...
• Section 36-22-14 Conveyance of money subject to further order or judgment of court to successor by sheriff upon expiration of official term
  The sheriff having in his hands at the expiration of his official term any money held by him subject to the further order or judgment...
• Section 36-22-16 Compensation
  (a) Sheriffs of the several counties in this state shall be compensated for their services by an annual salary payable in equal installments out of...
• Section 36-22-17 Disposition of fees, commissions, etc
  Except as otherwise provided herein, all fees, commissions, percentages, allowances, charges, and court costs heretofore collectible for the use of the sheriff and his or...
• Section 36-22-18 County commission to furnish necessary quarters, equipment, etc
  The county commission shall also furnish the sheriff with the necessary quarters, books, stationery, office equipment, supplies, postage and other conveniences and equipment, including automobiles...
• Section 36-22-19 Payment of certain membership dues for sheriff
  The county commission of each of the several counties of the state may, in its discretion and upon application of the sheriff of the county,...
• Article 2 Sheriffs' Retirement System.
• Section 36-22-40 Eligibility
  Any sheriff or former sheriff of any county of this state who has had 20 years of service as a law-enforcement officer, 16 of which...
• Section 36-22-41 Disability benefits
  Any sheriff of any county of this state who served as a law-enforcement officer for at least 20 years, 16 of which have been as...
• Section 36-22-42 Deductions from salary; refunds; payments upon death; effect of other retirement systems
  The governing body of each county shall begin deducting on October 10, 1975, and each month thereafter from the salaries of such sheriffs an amount...
• Section 36-22-43 Payments
  Those persons eligible under either Section 36-22-40 or 36-22-41 shall receive payments equal to $750.00 per month, but in no event shall any person receive...
• Section 36-22-44 Election to participate
  If any sheriff is eligible for retirement under any other county retirement act, he shall make a choice as to which act he desires to...
• Section 36-22-45 Exemptions from article
  No part of this article shall apply to counties having a population of 175,000 to 300,000, nor those counties having a population of 90,000 to...
• Article 3 Supernumerary Sheriffs.
• Section 36-22-60 Qualifications; election; filling of vacancy; article applies only to elected sheriffs
  Any sheriff, on or after July 19, 1979, of any county of this state may elect to participate in the supernumerary sheriff's program provided by...
• Section 36-22-61 Payroll deductions; refunds; widow's allowance; effect of other retirement plans
  The governing body of each county shall begin deducting, upon July 19, 1979, and each month thereafter, from the salaries of such sheriffs an amount...
• Section 36-22-62 Amount of benefits
  (a) Those persons eligible under either subdivisions (1) or (2) of Section 36-22-60, who have 16 years of creditable service as a law enforcement officer,...
• Section 36-22-63 Purchase of prior service credit; rate; minimum creditable service
  (a) Any sheriff, serving on July 19, 1979, of any county of this state who elects to participate in the supernumerary sheriff's program shall receive...
• Section 36-22-64 Election between retirement plans
  If any sheriff is eligible for retirement benefits under any other county, state or municipal retirement plan or act, then, in that event, he shall...
• Section 36-22-65 Oath of office; subject to call in event of vacancy
  Each supernumerary sheriff shall take the oath of office prescribed for sheriffs and shall be subject to call by the Governor in the event of...

Last modified: May 3, 2021