Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-35 (2026)
Duty of sheriff to attend courts, jail committed persons, and to execute orders and decrees
✓ current as of July 2026
The sheriff shall be the executive officer of the circuit and chancery court of his county, and he shall attend all the sessions thereof with a sufficient number of deputies or bailiffs. He shall execute all orders and decrees of said courts directed to him to be executed. He shall take into his custody, and safely keep, in the jail of his county, all persons committed by order of either of said courts, or by any process issuing therefrom, or lawfully required to be held for appearance before either of them.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 28, art 3 (13); 1857, ch. 6, art 129; 1871, § 235; 1880, § 2278; 1892, § 4116; 1906, § 4668; Hemingway's 1917, § 3085; 1930, § 3315; 1942, § 4240.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2023 · leading case: Tyrone Lewis v. Hinds Cnty. Circuit Court, 158 So. 3d 1117 (Miss. 2015).
Tyrone Lewis v. Hinds Cnty. Circuit Court, 158 So. 3d 1117 (Miss. 2015). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 19-25-35 (Rev. 2012). The sheriff has the duty to ensure every session of the circuit court has a deputy or bailiff attending.”
Boston v. Lafayette Cnty., Miss., 744 F. Supp. 746 (N.D. Miss. 1990). “Miss.Code Ann. § 19-25-35 states, in pertinent part: [The sheriff] shall take into his custody, and safely keep, in the jail of his county, all persons committed by order .”
Boston v. Lafayette Cnty., Miss., 743 F. Supp. 462 (N.D. Miss. 1990). “Miss.Code Ann. §§ 19-25-35, 19-25-69 (1972), 41-21-69 (Supp.”
Spicer v. State, 921 So. 2d 292 (Miss. 2006). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 19-25-35 provides: The sheriff shall be the executive officer of the circuit and chancery court of his county, and he shall attend all the sessions thereof with a sufficient number of deputies or bailiffs.”
McQueen v. Williams, 587 So. 2d 918 (Miss. 1991). “Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-69 (1972) provides: The sheriff shall have charge of the courthouse and jail of his county, of the premises belonging thereto, and of the prisoners in said jail.”
State v. Dailey, 990 N.W.2d 523 (Neb. 2023). “11 (2022); Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-35 (2012); Mo. Ann.”
Coleman v. State, 482 So. 2d 221 (Miss. 1986). “Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-35 (1972) defining the sheriff's duties, provides: The sheriff shall be the executive officer of the circuit and chancery court of his county, and he shall attend all the sessions thereof with a sufficient number of deputies or bailiffs.”
Robinson v. Est. of Williams, 721 F. Supp. 806 (S.D. Miss. 1989). “of any prisoner therein ... it [is] the duty of the sheriff or jailer to summon a sufficient guard to protect and secure such prisoner .”
Harvison v. Greene Cnty. Sheriff Dept., 899 So. 2d 922 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005). “[2] Miss.Code Ann. § 19-25-35. Duty of sheriff to attend courts, jail committed persons, and to execute orders and decrees.”
Ricky W. Ward v. Dorothy Winston Colom, 253 So. 3d 265 (Miss. 2018). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-35 (Rev. 2012). However, this duty and authority must be harmonized with and be subject to the inherent power of the court to control the administration of justice.”
Tyrone Lewis v. Hinds Cnty. Circuit Court (Miss. 2015). “Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-35 (Rev. 2012). Section 19-25-35 confers upon the sheriff the duty of keeping the people convicted in custody and keeping the courthouse safe.”
Spicer v. State, 921 So. 2d 292 (Miss. 2006). “" Miss.Code Ann. § 19-25-35 provides: The sheriff shall be the executive officer of the circuit and chancery court of his county, and he shall attend all the sessions thereof with a sufficient number of deputies or bailiffs.”
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