Assertion: sheriff | /r/CapableOf | enforce court orders
Facets:
value: in a civil case
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The sheriff enforces court orders and mandates and may perform duties such as evictions, seizing property and assets pursuant to court orders, and serving warrants and legal papers.
text: The sheriff is the chief law-enforcement officer of a county and is empowered to enforce the criminal laws of the State of Washington and the county their office represents, as well as to serve (once the sheriff has received adequate payment for services rendered) or execute civil processes (such as court orders, evictions, property foreclosures, tax warrants) after payment has been made to the civil division of the county sheriff's office ; to maintain county jails; to provide courthouse security; and to provide general law enforcement in unincorporated areas.
text: A sheriff may also be called upon to enforce a court order in a civil case.