Texas Local Government Code Title 3, Chapter 85 - Sheriff

SUBCHAPTER A SHERIFF AND SHERIFF'S PERSONNEL

• Texas Section 85.001 - Oath And Bond
  (a) A person elected as sheriff, before beginning to perform the duties of office, must execute a bond with: (1) two or more good and...
• Texas Section 85.0011 - Qualifications
  A person is not eligible to serve as sheriff unless the person: (1) has a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate; and...
• Texas Section 85.002 - New Bond Requirement; Removal
  (a) If a surety of the sheriff dies, moves permanently from the state, becomes insolvent, or is released from liability in accordance with law or...
• Texas Section 85.0025 - Continuing Education
  (a) The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement may require each county sheriff who is not a commissioned peace officer to attend not more than 40...
• Texas Section 85.003 - Deputies
  (a) The appointment of a deputy sheriff must be in writing. (b) A person appointed as a deputy, before beginning to perform the duties of...
• Texas Section 85.004 - Reserve Deputies
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may authorize the sheriff to appoint reserve deputy sheriffs. The commissioners court may limit the number of reserve...
• Texas Section 85.005 - Guards; Penalty
  (a) The sheriff may, with the approval of the commissioners court or, in the case of an emergency, with the approval of the county judge,...

SUBCHAPTER B MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 85.006 - County Police Force In Counties Of 210,000 Or More
  (a) In a county with a population of 210,000 or more, the sheriff may appoint a county police force. The commissioners court shall determine the...
• Texas Section 85.021 - Execution Of Process; Penalty
  (a) The sheriff shall execute all process and precepts directed to the sheriff by legal authority and shall return the process or precept to the...
• Texas Section 85.022 - Execution Of Legislative Process; Penalty
  (a) The sheriff shall execute subpoenas and other process directed to the sheriff that are issued by the speaker of the house of representatives, the...
• Texas Section 85.023 - Unfinished Business
  If a sheriff vacates the office for any reason, all unfinished business shall be transferred to the succeeding sheriff and completed in the same manner...

Last modified: September 28, 2016