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Overview
Sheriffs can serve summonses, subpoenas, notices or petitions as ordered. They also execute court orders, which involves having the Sheriff carry out court instructions. This may require the Sheriff to seize and sell property (including personal belongings, such as a vehicle, or mechanical equipment, as well as buildings or land), evict tenants, arrest persons and bring them to court.
Most of the orders that Sheriffs execute result from a civil court matter. One party (the judgment creditor) obtains a judgment (court order) for money to be paid by another party (the judgment debtor). If the judgment debtor does not pay voluntarily, the judgment creditor may pay a fee to have the Sheriff attempt to collect part, or all, of the amount owing. The judgment creditor must also pay any costs or disbursements incurred by the Sheriff in attempting to collect the amount owing.
Fees
- On the receipt by a sheriff of any document for service:
- On one person or on more than one person in the same action or proceeding served at the same time. - $75
- On each additional person served in the same action or proceeding but not served at the same time. - $30
- On the filing or renewal of an order, a certificate or a writ that the sheriff is required to enforce - $75
- For each attempt to enforce an order, a certificate or a writ - $75
- For a sheriff’s deed or a sheriff’s transfer - $150
- For all work performed by a sheriff in conducting an auction, except an auction under the Enforcement of Money Judgments Act - $100
- Certificate stating the results of a search of a Sheriff's records: for one or two names - $10
- Certificate stating the results of a search of a Sheriff's records: for each additional name - $5