Section 11-5-5 When to Discharge Duties of Sheriff Generally

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Alabama Code › Title 1 › Chapter 5 › Section 11-5-5

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REPEALED BY ACT 2023-164, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2023.

The coroner must discharge the duties of the sheriff:

(1) When the office of sheriff is vacant and until his successor is qualified;

(2) When the sheriff is incompetent to act;

(3) When the sheriff is imprisoned;

(4) In cases to which the sheriff is a party; and

(5) In such cases as he is directed by the judge of probate.

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