15-10-47
Section 15-10-47 Return of writs by sheriff; duty of clerks to accept returns by mail; failure
of sheriffs to comply with section. (a) All writs of arrest, with the undertaking of bail
when given, must be returned by the sheriff to the clerk of the court from which they were
issued, with the proper return thereon endorsed. (b) If the writ of arrest is executed, the
return must be made within five days after service; but if executed out of the county in which
the indictment was found, the return may be made by depositing the writ in the post office
within five days after service in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, directed to the clerk
of the court at the courthouse of his county, with the title of the case and the character
of the process endorsed on the envelope. (c) When any writ of arrest is not executed, it must
be returned by the sheriff to the clerk of the court from which it was issued; and when the
return is made by the sheriff of any other county than that in which the...
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6-4-2
Section 6-4-2 Execution - Adjoining county or any part of state. When the summons, subpoena,
or other process issues to the sheriff of the county in which the defendant or person against
whom the subpoena or other process is directed resides, he may execute it in an adjoining
county if such parties are there found, or he may pursue them and execute it in any part of
the state. (Code 1852, §2173; Code 1867, §2572; Code 1876, §2936; Code 1886, §2658; Code
1896, §3279; Code 1907, §5315; Code 1923, §9440; Code 1940, T. 7, §342.)...
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11-51-12
Section 11-51-12 Filing of list in circuit court; entry of civil actions for assessments on
trial docket; issuance, execution, and return of summons notifying owners of institution of
proceedings against property generally. Such lists shall be filed with the register or clerk
of the circuit court. The register or clerk shall cause to be entered on the trial docket
in such court in a well-bound book kept for that purpose a civil action for each assessment
of property of the city or town against such property so assessed. Said docket shall show
the amount of the taxes sought to be collected, a description of the property and the name
of the owner, if known. Upon the filing of the certificate, the register or clerk is directed
to issue a summons, as in other civil actions, containing a description of the property and
notifying each owner of the filing of the proceedings against his property. Only one summons,
however, shall be necessary if two or more pieces of property are assessed to...
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31-2-102
Section 31-2-102 Courts-martial for members of National Guard - Payment of expenses. All expenses
incurred in court-martial proceedings, including the payment of a reporter, sheriff's fees
for service of complaints, warrants, summons, and subpoenas, witness fees, and the payment
of officers and the judge advocate of the court, shall be paid out of the regular military
appropriations by warrant on the Comptroller, with the approval of the Governor. Sheriffs'
fees and witness fees in court-martial proceedings shall be allowed in the same amounts as
are allowed in criminal cases in the civilian courts of this state. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess.,
No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §134; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §103.)...
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12-16-87
Section 12-16-87 Summoning of persons for jury by sheriff, etc., with intent to produce result
favorable to party in action before court. Any sheriff or other officer having a discretion
in summoning jurors who summons any person with intent to produce a result favorable to any
party having a case in the court in which such person is summoned shall, on conviction, be
imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than five years. (Code 1852,
§25; Code 1867, §3565; Code 1876, §4121; Code 1886, §3924; Code 1896, §5101; Code 1907,
§7468; Code 1923, §5060; Code 1940, T. 30, §34.)...
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12-21-183
Section 12-21-183 Execution of warrants for witnesses and other process in adjoining counties.
The sheriff, his deputy or any person specially deputed by a court of record may execute all
warrants of arrest, attachments, subpoenas, etc., for witnesses or any other process issued
by a court of record, during trial or within three days before trial, in any adjoining county.
The sheriff, the deputy sheriff or person specially deputed may act upon a copy of such warrant,
attachment or subpoena, given him over a telephone, by telegraph or by radio by the sheriff
or clerk of the court. (Code 1907, §4023; Code 1923, §7737; Code 1940, T. 7, §450.)...

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12-21-241
Section 12-21-241 Attendance of witnesses - Where case continued. Where a case has been continued,
it shall be the duty of the clerk of the circuit court or district court to issue a subpoena
for all witnesses in such case when it is next set, and it shall be the duty of the sheriff
to execute such subpoena by summoning the witnesses named therein. The circuit clerk shall,
for the services required of him by this section, receive the same compensation that he receives
for issuing the original subpoenas, and the sheriff shall receive the same compensation that
he receives for serving the original summons. The costs accruing from the services performed
as provided in this section shall be taxed and paid as other costs are taxed and paid in criminal
cases. (Code 1852, §666; Code 1867, §4218; Code 1876, §4924; Code 1886, §4461; Code 1896,
§5285; Code 1907, §7882; Code 1923, §5620; Acts 1931, No. 575, p. 668; Code 1940, T. 15,
§295.)...
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27-2-26
Section 27-2-26 Witnesses and evidence for examination, investigation or hearing - Generally.
(a) As to the subject of any examination, investigation, or hearing being conducted by him,
the commissioner may subpoena witnesses and administer oaths or affirmations and examine any
individual under oath or take depositions and, by subpoena duces tecum, may require and compel
the production of records, books, files, documents, and other evidence. (b) Witness fees and
mileage, if claimed, shall be allowed the same as for testimony in a circuit court. Witness
fees, mileage, and the actual expense necessarily incurred in securing attendance of witnesses
and their testimony shall be itemized and shall be paid by the person being examined if in
the proceedings in which such witness is called such person is found to have been in violation
of the law or by the person, if other than the commissioner, at whose request the hearing
is held. (c) Subpoenas of witnesses shall be served in the same manner...
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32-15-6
Section 32-15-6 Failure to redeliver hired vehicle; service of written demand. Any person who,
after hiring, leasing or renting a motor vehicle under an agreement in writing, which provides
for return of said vehicle to a particular place, or at a particular time, shall abandon such
vehicle, or secrete, convert, sell or attempt to sell the same or any part thereof, or who
shall fail to return the vehicle to said place within the time specified, and is thereafter
personally served with a written demand, or upon whom written demand is thereafter made by
registered mail, to return said vehicle to the place specified in the written agreement within
48 hours from the time of the personal service or service by registered mail of such demand,
and who fails, except for causes beyond his control to return said vehicle to the lessor within
said period, is guilty of a Class C felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more
than 10 years or less than one year and one day in a state...
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6-6-682
Section 6-6-682 Judgment in favor of clerk of appellate court; copy of execution and certification
of clerk as evidence. (a) Judgment must, in like manner, be entered in favor of the clerk
of an appellate court against the sheriff or coroner, on three days' notice: (1) For failure
to return an execution from that court; (2) For making a false return thereon; (3) For failing
to make the money thereon when by due diligence it could have been made; or (4) For failing
on demand to pay over money collected on execution, for the penalties prescribed in this division
for the same defaults on executions issued from the circuit court. (b) On the trial of the
motion by such clerk, a copy of the execution made and certified by him with the return thereon,
if any was made, or a statement that no return was made, if such be the fact, together with
his certificate that the execution was received by the sheriff or sent to him by mail is evidence
of the facts so certified, without producing a...
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