40A:9-109 - Amercement of sheriff, acting sheriff - New Jersey Statutes

40A:9-109.  Amercement of sheriff, acting sheriff
    If a sheriff or acting sheriff fails to perform any duty imposed upon him by  law in respect to writs of execution resulting in loss or damage to the judgment creditor, he shall be subject to amercement in the amount of such loss  and damage to and for the use of the judgment creditor.  Such amercement may be  made by the court having jurisdiction of the judgment and proceedings for the  enforcement thereof in an action or proceeding for amercement or in the nature  of an amercement brought for the purpose.  The court may proceed in a summary  manner or otherwise.  The delinquent sheriff or acting sheriff shall also be  subject to attachment or punishment for contempt.

     L.1971, c. 200, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1971.