Office of the Sheriff Edgar A. Domenech, Sheriff The responsibilities of the members of the New York City Office of the Sheriff currently include the entire field of criminal and civil law as well as the judiciary.

The Office is the chief enforcement agency for the New York State Court System.  The Sheriff and Deputies service a great variety of mandates, orders, warrants and decrees for the Courts.  They can also conduct tax fraud investigations, enforce NYC traffic regulations, remove persons and property based on any civil eviction process and conduct auctions for property they seize.

Based on Federal, New York State and City laws, statutes, acts and procedures, designated members of the New York City Office of the Sheriff have the authority and power to:

1. Execute any arrest, warrant, order or judgment, etc., for the New York Supreme, Family, Surrogate’s, County, Criminal, District, City and the Civil Courts.
   
2. Investigate business and personal tax fraud.
   
3. Serve and enforce Orders of Protection.
   
4. Remove persons and property in any civil eviction action.  Serve all criminal or civil process, summons, subpoenas or citations whether it is issued by the court or not.
   
5. Carry out warrantless searches and make warrantless arrests 24 hours a day anywhere in the State of New York whenever constitutionally permissible.
   
6. Issue court appearance summons or tickets.
   
7. Levy and seize property in civil matters.
   
8. Enforce New York City traffic regulations and issue simplified traffic citations.
   
9. Conduct auctions for seized property.
   
10. Perform any function not specifically mentioned above which is permissible within the law.

Related Information
 A Brief History of the Duties and Authority of the Sheriff