Ala. Code § 11-5-5: When to Discharge Duties of Sheriff Generally.

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-164, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2023.

The coroner must discharge the duties of the sheriff:

(1) When the office of sheriff is vacant and until his successor is qualified;

(2) When the sheriff is incompetent to act;

(3) When the sheriff is imprisoned;

(4) In cases to which the sheriff is a party; and

(5) In such cases as he is directed by the judge of probate.