§ 162-17. Duties of outgoing sheriff for unexecuted process.
§ 162‑17. Dutiesof outgoing sheriff for unexecuted process.
It shall be the duty of any sheriff who shall have received a precept,and shall go out of office before the return day thereof, without havingexecuted the same, to deliver same to the succeeding sheriff with sufficienttime allowed for it to be executed by him. (R.C., c. 105, s. 25; Code, s. 2088; Rev., s. 2820; C.S., s. 3939;1983, c. 670, s. 10.)