The Sheriff’s Office was created when Yuma County was established in 1864, According to the Howell Code, the Sheriff had charge of “the county jails and prisoners; served or executed all processes, writs, precepts and orders issued by a lawful authority; and served as Assessor and collector of taxes for the county.” The Sheriff also “gave public notice of the time and place of sale of property to be sold for delinquent taxes; sold goods and chattels of persons who neglected or refused to pay taxes; collected poll taxes; and received and recorded the fees for the issuance of all business taxes.”
The collection contains handwritten transcriptions from original Yuma County Sheriff Docket log books, likely compiled by volunteers and preserved here as “ready reference” materials for researchers. No Series. Arranged chronologically. Some years missing.
