331.659  Prohibited actions.

1.  A sheriff or a deputy sheriff shall not:

a.  Appear in any court as an attorney or legal counsel for another party.

b.  Make or prepare a writing, document or process to commence a legal action or proceeding.

c.  Use a writing, document or process prepared by the sheriff or deputy sheriff in a legal action or proceeding. The document, writing, or process prepared or made by a sheriff or a deputy sheriff in violation of this subsection is void.

2.  A sheriff or a deputy sheriff shall not be the purchaser, directly or indirectly, of property which is being sold by the sheriff or deputy sheriff under process of law. A purchase made in violation of this subsection is void.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 175, 176; R60, § 388, 389; C73, § 342, 343; C97, § 546, 547; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5251, 5252; C46, 50, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 343.3, 343.4; S81, § 331.659; 81 Acts, ch 117, § 658]


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