19-814. What sheriff shall deliver to successor.
19-814
19-814. What sheriff shall deliver to successor.
Whenever a new sheriff shall be elected and shall have been qualified as
required by law, the former sheriff shall, upon demand, deliver to him the
jail and other property of the county, and all prisoners in such jail, and
all writs, process, orders and other papers belonging to such office and in
his possession, or that of his undersheriff or deputies, except as provided
in the next succeeding section; and upon delivery thereof, such new sheriff
shall execute to the former sheriff his receipt therefor.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 108; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 19-814.