19-804a. Exercise of functions of sheriff by county clerk, when.
19-804a
19-804a. Exercise of functions of sheriff by county clerk, when.
Except in those counties operating under the provisions of the
consolidated law enforcement act, when there shall be no sheriff in an
organized county, it shall be the duty of the county clerk to exercise all
the powers and duties of the sheriff of his county until a sheriff be
elected or qualified; and when the sheriff for any cause shall be committed
to the jail of his county, the county clerk shall be keeper thereof during
the time the sheriff shall remain a prisoner therein.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 117; R.S. 1923, 19-1002; L. 1965,
ch. 164, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 93, § 25; April 11.