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Harrison
County Sheriff's Office:
Sheriff's
duties fall into four major categories: tax collection, election
duties, services to the court, and law enforcement. More
specifically, here are the things that the sheriff's office does
on a day-to-day basis:
- Collects taxes.
- Serves court
papers:
- warrants,
- criminal
summonses,
- civil papers
(suits, subpoenas, small claims, eviction notices),
- domestic
violence summonses and orders.
- Patrols the
highways in the county:
- works
accidents,
- issues
notices and traffic citations,
- provides
motorist assistance.
- Opens and
investigates burglary, theft and other criminal cases.
- Performs vehicle
inspections on out-of-state vehicles for licensing purposes.
- Transports
prisoners in and out of state.
- Provides
security (bailiffs) for the two District Court, the Circuit
Court judges and for all Domestic Relations Court proceedings.
- Teaches drug
prevention/education classes (D.A.R.E.) in the county schools.
- Provides law
enforcement services in coordination with the county clerk on
Election Day.
- Eviction
Notices.
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