N.Y. County Law § 651: Appointment of person to act as sheriff in certain cases

§ 651. Appointment of person to act as sheriff in certain cases. When

a vacancy shall occur in the office of sheriff, and there be no

undersheriff to perform the duties, the county judge shall designate and

appoint some suitable and proper resident of the county to perform the

duties of sheriff until a new sheriff is elected or appointed and has

qualified. The designation shall be in writing and filed and recorded in

the office of the county clerk. The county clerk shall notify the person

so designated of such designation, and within ten days thereafter, an

official undertaking shall be furnished in the same amount and approved

in the same manner as that of the sheriff. If such undertaking be not

furnished, the county judge shall designate another person in the same

manner.