Pennsylvania § 13715 Not to exercise office until commission granted and recorded and penalty

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 13715 — Not to exercise office until commission granted and recorded and penalty

Pennsylvania § 13715

Title 16COUNTIES

PartPART IV

Ch. 137SHERIFF

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16 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 13715 (2026).

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An individual elected or appointed to the office of sheriff may not execute any of the duties of office before a commission is duly granted to the sheriff by the Governor and properly recorded, under a penalty of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court of common pleas. The individual elected or appointed to the office of sheriff shall be liable to a person injured by acts done by the sheriff under the purview of the office of sheriff.

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An individual elected or appointed to the office of sheriff may not execute any of the duties of office before a commission is duly granted to the sheriff by the Governor and properly recorded, under a penalty of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court of common pleas. The individual elected or appointed to the office of sheriff shall be liable to a person injured by acts done by the sheriff under the purview of the office of sheriff.