17-22-2 - Sheriff -- General duties.
17-22-2. Sheriff -- General duties.
(1) The sheriff shall:
(a) preserve the peace;
(b) make all lawful arrests;
(c) attend in person or by deputy the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals whenrequired or when the court is held within his county, all courts of record, and court commissionerand referee sessions held within his county, obey their lawful orders and directions, and complywith the court security rule, Rule 3-414, of the Utah Code of Judicial Administration;
(d) upon request of the juvenile court, aid the court in maintaining order during hearingsand transport a minor to and from youth corrections facilities, other institutions, or otherdesignated places;
(e) attend county justice courts if the judge finds that the matter before the court requiresthe sheriff's attendance for security, transportation, and escort of jail prisoners in his custody, orfor the custody of jurors;
(f) command the aid of as many inhabitants of his county as he considers necessary in theexecution of these duties;
(g) take charge of and keep the county jail and the jail prisoners;
(h) receive and safely keep all persons committed to his custody, file and preserve thecommitments of those persons, and record the name, age, place of birth, and description of eachperson committed;
(i) release on the record all attachments of real property when the attachment he receiveshas been released or discharged;
(j) endorse on all process and notices the year, month, day, hour, and minute ofreception, and, upon payment of fees, issue a certificate to the person delivering process or noticeshowing the names of the parties, title of paper, and the time of receipt;
(k) serve all process and notices as prescribed by law;
(l) if he makes service of process or notice, certify on the process or notices the manner,time, and place of service, or, if he fails to make service, certify the reason upon the process ornotice, and return them without delay;
(m) extinguish fires occurring in the undergrowth, trees, or wooded areas on the publicland within his county;
(n) perform as required by any contracts between the county and private contractors formanagement, maintenance, operation, and construction of county jails entered into under theauthority of Section 17-53-311;
(o) for the sheriff of a county that enters into an interlocal agreement for law enforcementservice under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, provide law enforcement serviceas provided in the interlocal agreement;
(p) manage search and rescue services in his county;
(q) obtain saliva DNA specimens as required under Section 53-10-404;
(r) on or before January 1, 2003, adopt a written policy that prohibits the stopping,detention, or search of any person when the action is solely motivated by considerations of race,color, ethnicity, age, or gender; and
(s) perform any other duties that are required by law.
(2) Violation of Subsection (1)(j) is a class C misdemeanor. Violation of any othersubsection under Subsection (1) is a class A misdemeanor.
(3) (a) As used in this Subsection (3):
(i) "Police interlocal entity" has the same meaning as defined in Section 17-30-3.
(ii) "Police local district" has the same meaning as defined in Section 17-30-3.
(b) A sheriff in a county which includes within its boundary a police local district orpolice interlocal entity, or both:
(i) serves as the chief executive officer of each police local district and police interlocalentity within the county with respect to the provision of law enforcement service within theboundary of the police local district or police interlocal entity, respectively; and
(ii) is subject to the direction of the police local district board of trustees or policeinterlocal entity governing body, as the case may be, as and to the extent provided by agreementbetween the police local district or police interlocal entity, respectively, and the sheriff.
(c) If a police interlocal entity or police local district enters an interlocal agreement witha public agency, as defined in Section 11-13-103, for the provision of law enforcement service,the sheriff:
(i) does not serve as the chief executive officer of any interlocal entity created under thatinterlocal agreement, unless the agreement provides for the sheriff to serve as the chief executiveofficer; and
(ii) shall provide law enforcement service under that interlocal agreement as provided inthe agreement.
Amended by Chapter 218, 2009 General Session