Lawrence County Sheriff Department - Lawrenceburg, TN
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YoSam.
N 35° 14.596 W 087° 20.236
16S E 469314 N 3900072
on the west side and underneath the county courthouse
Waymark Code: WMV1R8
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2017
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County of department: Lawrence County
Location of department: 240 W. Gaines St., #8, Lawrenceburg
Sheriff moved here in 1974
"The office of sheriff is ancient in origin; its beginning can be traced back centuries to medieval England. The office of sheriff has been provided for in each of Tennessee’s three constitutions (1796, 1835 and 1870) and was retained in the latest amendment in 1978. The sheriff is elected to a four-year term in the August general election in the same year in which the governor is elected.
"The Tennessee Constitution does not prescribe the duties of the office of sheriff even though sheriffs are constitutional officers. The office of sheriff carries all the common-law powers and duties except as modified by statute. The sheriff’s duties were originally defined by the common law but are now largely prescribed by statute. Over time, the sheriff’s responsibilities have expanded from being primarily ministerial to include peacekeeping functions. Today, the sheriff’s statutory duties encompass his common law duties and can be grouped into four broad categories: (1) keeping the peace, (2) attending the courts, (3) serving the process and orders of the courts, and (4) operating the jail." ~ Sheriff's Office