The Office of the High Sheriff performs a number of services related to criminal and civil process, court operations and prisoner escort and transport. The authority for the appointment of the High Sheriff, sub-sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, bailiffs and other Sheriff’s Office staff lies in the Sheriff’s Act, 1991. Sheriff’s Officers are also peace officers under the Criminal Code of Canada.

Responsible for: 

• serving civil and/or criminal process for the Crown and Crown related agencies, lawyers and the public;

• acting as ex-officio Federal Marshals in Admiralty law and other matters in carrying out ships’ or aircraft arrests and discharging other Federal Court orders;

• discharging the instructions and orders of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Canada (Appeal Division), the Federal Court of Canada (Trial Division), the Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador ,Trial Division, and Provincial Courts of Newfoundland and Labrador, to the Sheriff’s Office.

• maintaining the provincial jury list;

• summoning jurors and looking after their needs and security from the beginning to the end of a trial;

• collecting accounts on behalf of creditors with judgments, including seizure and sale of assets and garnishment of monies;

• protecting the rights of debtors against overzealous creditors;

• collecting monies for the support of spouses and children under the Support Enforcement Act;

• enforcing decisions of the Residential Tenancies Board;

• safely transporting and housing persons in our custody, including young offenders and operating holding cells for prisoners at Atlantic Place, St. John’s;

• providing security services to our Courts and the people who attend at the same;

• implementing advanced technological initiatives such as the Sheriff’s Office Remote Electronic Access Project and Justice’s Fines Administration Project;

• working with Fines Administration in collecting fines on behalf of the province owed to the Courts.

Publications:

      Sheriff's Office Publications
 

Forms:

To download the below forms, please right-click on the form link and select the "save target as" option. Save the file to your computer and double-click it to open in Microsoft Word. Fill out the form and save it. Attach the completed form to an email and send it to sheriffreports@gov.nl.ca

• Court Security Request Form (CSF005)
• Incident Report Form (CSF006)
   

Recruitment and Training:

The Physical Ability Requirement Evaluation (PARE)

The Physical Ability Requirement Evaluation (PARE) is an occupational test that measures the essential physical capacities to perform satisfactory police/court security work.

PARE Forms

Candidates that are scheduled for PARE testing are to download and have the following forms completed prior to the testing date (all three must be completed):

PARE Medical Clearance Form (CSF007):  This form must be completed by a licensed physician and brought with the candidate to the PARE testing.

Informed Consent for PARE Form (CSF013):  This form is to be filled out by the candidate and must be brought to the PARE testing.

PAR-Q:   This form is to be filled out by the candidate and must be brought to the PARE testing.