AL · constitutions
Ala. Const. art. V, § 138
Election and Term of Office of Sheriffs; Sheriff Eligible to Succeed Self; Impeachment of Sheriff; Effect of Impeachment of Sheriff
A sheriff shall be elected in each county by the qualified electors thereof who shall hold office for a term of four years unless sooner removed, and he shall be eligible to such office as his own successor. Whenever any prisoner is taken from jail, or from the custody of any sheriff or his deputy, and put to death, or suffers grevious [grievous] bodily harm, owing to the neglect, connivance, cowardice, or other grave fault of the sheriff, such sheriff may be impeached, under section 174 of this Constitution. If the sheriff be impeached, and thereupon convicted, he shall not be eligible to hold any office in this state during the time for which he had been elected or appointed to serve as sheriff.
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- alison.legislature.state.al.us
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- 2026-09-24
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- 2026-09-24
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