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Chapter 51 - SHERIFFS
R.S. of 1846 ‑ Revised Statutes of 1846 (51.68 - 51.85)
     R‑S‑1846‑51‑68‑14 ‑ CHAPTER 14 Chapter 14. Of county officers. (51.68...51.85)
          R‑S‑1846‑51‑68‑14‑OF‑SHERIFFS. ‑ OF SHERIFFS. (51.68...51.85)
               Section 51.68 ‑ Sheriff; bond; penal sum; approval; surety.
               Section 51.69 ‑ Sheriff; bond; condition.
               Section 51.70 ‑ Deputy sheriffs; appointment; revocation; special deputies; responsibility for acts, defaults, and misconduct; bond.
               Section 51.71 ‑ Undersheriff; appointment, vacancies.
               Section 51.72 ‑ Undersheriff; executing office of sheriff; effect of default or misfeasance.
               Section 51.73 ‑ Sheriff; appointments and revocations, form, filing; oaths of office.
               Section 51.74 ‑ Sheriff and deputy sheriff; renewal of security.
               Section 51.75 ‑ Sheriff; custody of county jails.
               Section 51.76 ‑ “County primary roads,”“county local roads,” and “state trunk line highways” defined; sheriff's department to provide certain services; resolution requesting services; resolution requesting vehicle inspection program; concurrent resolution requiring reduction of general services; presumption; construction.
               Section 51.77 ‑ Secondary road patrol and traffic accident prevention; grant; agreement; information; report to office of highway safety planning; effect of reducing expenditures or level of road patrol; recommendations for expenditure of grant; expanded services; allocation formula; annual report; law enforcement plan; report to legislature; impact and cost effectiveness study.
               Section 51.78 ‑ Repealed. 1952, Act 110, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952.
               Section 51.79 ‑ Survival of action against sheriff or deputies.
               Section 51.82 ‑ Sheriff; services to state; payment.
               Section 51.83 ‑ Sheriff's office; notice, office hours.
               Section 51.84 ‑ Service of papers at sheriff's office.
               Section 51.85 ‑ Service of papers on sheriff at county clerk's office.
R.S. of 1846 ‑ Revised Statutes of 1846 (51.128 - 51.134)
     R‑S‑1846‑51‑128‑147 ‑ CHAPTER 147 Chapter 147. Of admitting prisoners to the liberties of jails, of escapes, and proceedings on the election of a new sheriff. (51.128...51.134)
          R‑S‑1846‑51‑128‑147‑PROCEEDINGS-ON‑THE‑ELECTION‑OF‑A‑NEW‑SHERIFF. ‑ PROCEEDINGS ON THE ELECTION OF A NEW SHERIFF. (51.128...51.134)
               Section 51.128 ‑ New sheriff; election, certificate of qualification.
               Section 51.129 ‑ Former sheriff; ceasing of powers.
               Section 51.130 ‑ Former sheriff; delivery of property, process, documents and prisoners to successor.
               Section 51.131 ‑ Former sheriff; instrument of delivery to successor; new sheriff, acknowledgment of receipt.
               Section 51.133 ‑ Former sheriff; delivery of jail, process documents and prisoners, refusal or neglect.
               Section 51.134 ‑ Substitute for former sheriff; duties.
Act 2 of 1867 ‑ POWERS AND DUTIES (51.221 - 51.221)
     Section 51.221 ‑ Sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff; powers and duties; fees.
Act 180 of 1919 ‑ UNDERSHERIFFS, DEPUTIES, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES (51.241 - 51.242)
     Section 51.241 ‑ Undersheriffs and deputies in counties of 150,000 to 300,000; appointment; compensation, increase.
     Section 51.242 ‑ Undersheriffs and deputies in counties over 400,000; appointment; compensation.
Act 386 of 1913 ‑ CHIEF DEPUTY SHERIFF (51.261 - 51.264)
     Section 51.261 ‑ Chief deputy sheriff in counties of 150,000 to 300,000; appointment, tenure.
     Section 51.262 ‑ Chief deputy sheriff; appointment and oath of office, filing.
     Section 51.263 ‑ Chief deputy sheriff; powers and duties.
     Section 51.264 ‑ Chief deputy sheriff; compensation.
Act 210 of 1945 ‑ RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PRISONERS (51.281 - 51.283)
     Section 51.281 ‑ County jail rules and regulations; adoption by sheriff, endorsement by circuit court, effect.
     Section 51.282 ‑ Record of infractions of rules and regulations; examination; reduction of sentence; forfeiture and restoration of good time.
     Section 51.283 ‑ County jail rules and regulations; posting; good behavior allowances, liability of sheriff.
Act 139 of 1947 ‑ RECOVERY OF DROWNED BODIES (51.301 - 51.302)
     Section 51.301 ‑ Recovery of drowned bodies; jurisdiction of police chiefs and sheriffs, duties, expenses.
     Section 51.302 ‑ Recovery of bodies of drowned persons; assistance from other public agencies; jurisdiction.
Act 298 of 1966 ‑ CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (51.351 - 51.367)
     Section 51.351 ‑ Civil service commission for sheriffs' departments in counties over 400,000; creation; applicability of act.
     Section 51.352 ‑ Civil service commission; membership, appointment, terms; president, term.
     Section 51.352a ‑ Commissioners; compensation.
     Section 51.353 ‑ Civil service commission; members, qualifications; holding other office prohibited; political affiliations.
     Section 51.354 ‑ Civil service commission; vacancies; removal.
     Section 51.355 ‑ Civil service commission; clerk.
     Section 51.356 ‑ Sheriff's department; incumbents, eligibility to permanent appointment under civil service.
     Section 51.357 ‑ Sheriff's department; appointments, reinstatements, promotions and discharges subject to act; exceptions.
     Section 51.358 ‑ Civil service commission; aid from board of supervisors and department heads; offices, supplies.
     Section 51.359 ‑ Civil service commission; powers and duties.
     Section 51.360 ‑ Civil service examination; application; filing; contents; forms; certificates; grounds for refusing to examine or certify applicant; hearing; review; physical examination; age; residence; reinstatement.
     Section 51.361 ‑ Civil service commission; rules and regulations for examinations.
     Section 51.362 ‑ Civil service employees; tenure; removal, discharge, reduction or suspension, procedures.
     Section 51.363 ‑ Civil service examinations, obstructing right to examination or registration, unlawfully furnishing information or impersonating others; penalty.
     Section 51.364 ‑ Appointment or selection contrary to rules; refusal to comply to or violates act; penalty.
     Section 51.365 ‑ Civil service commission; definitions.
     Section 51.366 ‑ Act effective upon approval by electors; petition; ballot; form; referendum.
     Section 51.367 ‑ Rescission and repeal of act by electors; ballot, form; referendum.

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