Once a judicial official has remanded an arrestee into the Sheriff's custody, can the Sheriff refuse to accept the arrestee?

• A. Yes
• B. No
• C. Only if there is a hold
• D. Not if the arrestee requests a different facility

Answer: (B)

When a judge remands an arrestee into the Sheriff’s custody, custody over that person transfers to the Sheriff for confinement and processing. That court order makes receiving the arrestee the Sheriff’s duty, so the Sheriff must take the arrestee into custody rather than refuse to accept them. An arrestee’s request to go to a different facility or the presence of a hold does not override the court’s directive or remove the Sheriff’s obligation to receive the arrestee. If there were a legitimate transfer order or jurisdictional issue, those would be handled through proper channels, not by a unilateral refusal. So, the Sheriff cannot refuse to accept a remanded arrestee.