Chapter 248 - Sheriffs
- CONTROL OF JAIL
- DUTIES; POWERS; PROHIBITED ACTS; PROCESS; LIABILITIES
- 248.090 - General duties.
- 248.092 - Searches and rescues.
- 248.100 - Attendance at sessions of district court required in certain counties; duty to obey lawful orders of district court and to execute process, writs and warrants unless constable authorized to
- 248.110 - Practice of law prohibited.
- 248.120 - Process, writ and orders to be endorsed; provision of memorandum or copy upon request.
- 248.130 - Execution and endorsement of process; liability for failure to execute.
- 248.150 - Liability to creditor for failure to attach, levy or sell.
- 248.160 - Liability for collections.
- 248.170 - Sheriff not to purchase at sale.
- 248.180 - Collection of execution after expiration of term of office.
- 248.190 - Service on sheriff: Manner.
- 248.210 - Duties concerning riotous assembly; penalty.
- 248.220 - Sheriff may call upon Governor for military aid to assist civil authorities in suppressing violence.
- 248.230 - Penalty for failure to prevent duel.
- 248.242 - Accident reports and related materials: Provision upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions.
- 248.245 - Report of deaths to public administrator in certain counties.
- FEES; COMMISSIONS; COMPENSATION; MILEAGE
- 248.275 - Collection and deposit of fees; amount of commissions and mileage; entitlement to compensation.
- 248.285 - Fees of sheriff of Carson City.
- 248.300 - Sheriff to keep fee book.
- 248.310 - Quarterly financial statements.
- 248.320 - No other fees to be charged.
- 248.330 - Failure to comply with certain statutory requirements: Penalty.
- 248.340 - Punishment for taking excessive fees.
- 248.350 - Civil liability for excessive fees.
- 248.360 - Table of fees to be posted; penalties.
- 248.370 - Cost of publication.
- 248.380 - Fees payable in advance; execution.
- 248.390 - Mileage for service of more than one process.
- 248.400 - Computation of mileage.
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 248.005 - Qualifications.
- 248.010 - Election; term of office; exception. Â
- 248.020 - Oath and bond.
- 248.030 - Office; hours to remain open.
- 248.040 - Deputies: Appointment and removal in smaller counties; oath; recording of appointment; bonds.
- 248.045 - Appointment and removal of police officers by sheriff of metropolitan police department; appointment and removal of deputies in larger counties.