331.654 - FAITHFUL DISCHARGE OF DUTIES -- PENALTY FOR DISOBEDIENCE.

        331.654  FAITHFUL DISCHARGE OF DUTIES -- PENALTY FOR      DISOBEDIENCE.         1.  The provisions of section 331.652, subsections 1 and 2, and      section 331.653, subsections 1 and 2, do not relieve a sheriff or      deputy sheriff from the full and faithful discharge of all duties      required of the officer by law.         2.  The disobedience of a sheriff or deputy sheriff to the command      of a legal process is a contempt of the court from which the process      is issued and is punishable as provided in chapter 665.  The sheriff      or deputy sheriff is also liable to action by any person injured by      the disobedience.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C51, § 171; R60, § 384; C73, § 338; C97, § 500; S13, § 499-d;      C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5185, 5186; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,      73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 337.5, 337.6; S81, § 331.654; 81 Acts, ch 117,      § 653]