11-441. Powers and duties
A. The sheriff shall:
1. Preserve the peace.
2. Arrest and take before the nearest magistrate for examination all persons who
attempt to commit or who have committed a public offense.
3. Prevent and suppress all affrays, breaches of the peace, riots and insurrections
which may come to the knowledge of the sheriff.
4. Attend all courts, except justice and municipal courts, when an element of
danger is anticipated and attendance is requested by the presiding judge, and obey lawful
orders and directions issued by the judge.
5. Take charge of and keep the county jail, including a county jail under the
jurisdiction of a county jail district, and the prisoners in the county jail.
6. Endorse upon all process and notices the year, month, day, hour and minute of
reception, and issue to the person delivering it, on payment of fees, a certificate
showing the names of the parties, title of paper and time of reception.
7. Serve process and notices in the manner prescribed by law and certify under the
sheriff's hand upon the process or notices the manner and time of service, or if the
sheriff fails to make service, the reasons for failure, and return them without
delay. When returnable to another county, the sheriff may enclose such process or
notices in an envelope, addressed to the officer from whom received, and deposit it
postage prepaid in the post office. The return of the sheriff is prima facie evidence of
the facts stated in the return.
8. Secure, as soon as possible, the home of a deceased person located outside the
boundaries of an incorporated city or town if the sheriff is unable to determine or
locate the heirs or executor of the deceased person.
B. The sheriff may in the execution of the duties prescribed in subsection A,
paragraphs 1 through 4 command the aid of as many inhabitants of the county as the
sheriff deems necessary.
C. The sheriff shall conduct or coordinate within the county search or rescue
operations involving the life or health of any person, or may assist in such operations
in another county at the request of that county's sheriff, and may request assistance
from any persons or agencies in the fulfillment of duties under this subsection.
D. The sheriff, in the execution of the duties prescribed in this section, may
request the aid of volunteer posse and reserve organizations located in the county.
E. The sheriff may assist in the execution of the duties prescribed in this section
in another county at the request of that county's sheriff.
F. The sheriff may require any prisoner who is on work release to reimburse the
county for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the release.
G. The board of supervisors of a county bordering the Republic of Mexico may adopt
an ordinance pursuant to chapter 2 of this title allowing the sheriff to prevent the
entry from this state into the Republic of Mexico at the border by any resident of this
state who is under eighteen years of age if the minor is unaccompanied by a parent or
guardian or does not have written consent for entry from a parent or guardian. The
authority of the sheriff is only to prevent entry and not to otherwise detain the minor.
This subsection shall not be construed to limit the authority of the sheriff pursuant to
any other law. A county is not civilly or criminally liable for not adopting an ordinance
pursuant to this subsection.
H. Notwithstanding section 13-3112, the sheriff may authorize members of the
sheriff's volunteer posse who have received and passed firearms training that is approved
by the Arizona peace officer standards and training board to carry a deadly weapon
without a permit while on duty.
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