Are there any Sheriff's Dept's that do strictly civil process and don't enforce any laws?

Question

I know St. Louis County Sheriff's Deptartment does strictly civil process, but are there any other Sheriff's Departments that do strictly civil process?

Answer 1

Yes, here in New Orleans we have a Criminal Sheriff, who runs the parish prison, and a CIVIL Sheriff, who handles civil matters, like evictions, seizure of property, etc.

Answer 2

In the counties of California, law enforcement is done by the Sheriff's Department, and Matters of the court is handled by the Marshal's Department.

Answer 3

In counties where there is a county police dept and a sheriff department, but they still do other duties like the jail, court security and other things beyond just service. There are officers assigned just to that. In some areas the job is called a constible.

Answer 4

I would assume that any county that is entirely comprised within a major city's limits would mainly do civil process since the city police department would handle the law enforcement within the city, and therefore, within the entire county boundaries. But, ultimately, a sworn sheriff's deputy would have law authority in that county and could enforce any violation of law that they witnessed.

Answer 5

I believe several of the Sheriff's Offices in the northeast corner of the US are pretty much process servers.

Answer 6

Dodge City ,Kansas... They label everything on "speculation" or "circumstantial " , if you report break-in's or stolen property.. Unless the crime is done to the officers, that's when justice is served ...
Plus if you get into a auto accident with an illegal immigrant, at their fault, they just blame the accident on you , to save the trouble and paper work .

Answer 7

Just what are you trying to get away with?