{"data":{"id":"us-pa/16-pa.c.s.-13715","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"16 Pa.C.S. § 13715","heading":"Not to exercise office until commission granted and recorded and penalty.","body":"An individual elected or appointed to the office of sheriff may not execute any of the duties of office before a commission is duly granted to the sheriff by the Governor and properly recorded, under a penalty of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court of common pleas. The individual elected or appointed to the office of sheriff shall be liable to a person injured by acts done by the sheriff under the purview of the office of sheriff.","path":["Title 16 - COUNTIES","PART IV COUNTIES OF THE SECOND CLASS A THROUGH EIGHTH CLASS","CHAPTER 137 SHERIFF"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=16\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=137\u0026sctn=15\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-07-23 (Statute Update stamp, 16 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:18Z","sha256":"4ce017cffe87edc187894cce5453d261c61c685eef1f8df6e40a7e17184f70c8","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/16-pa.c.s.-13714","next":"us-pa/16-pa.c.s.-13901"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}