N.Y. Uniform District Court Act § 105: Powers and duties of non-judicial personnel

§ 105. Powers and duties of non-judicial personnel.

(a) Clerks. The chief clerk and such other non-judicial personnel as

shall be authorized by rule or order shall each have the power to

administer oaths, take acknowledgments and sign the process or mandate

of the court.

(b) Enforcement officers; police officers. The enforcement officers of

the court shall perform the same duties as are performed by sheriffs in

courts of record and shall have, within their territorial jurisdiction

and subject to any limitations imposed by this act or by other provision

of law, such power to serve and execute the processes and mandates of

the court as a sheriff has with regard to the processes and mandates of

the supreme court. They shall also have, within their territorial

jurisdiction, all of the powers in criminal matters of a constable of a

town in the state of New York. It shall also be the duty of the police

officers of the county, or of any city, town or village therein, to

execute all criminal processes and mandates of the court. Neither an

enforcement officer nor a police officer shall receive any fee or

compensation for the service or execution of any criminal process or

mandate issued out of the court.

(c) Records of enforcement officers. Each of the court's enforcement

officers shall keep a record of official acts performed by him upon or

in conjunction with the court's process or mandate. The rules may

prescribe the manner in which such records shall be maintained.