Sheriffs Act 1887^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the office of Sheriff in England, and to repeal certain enactments relating to Sheriffs which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Citation	50 & 51 Vict. c. 55
Territorial extent	England and Wales[2]
Dates
Royal assent	16 September 1887
Commencement	16 September 1887[3]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	3 Edw. 1. (Stat. Westm. prim.) c. 15. 12 Edw. 1. c. 3 12 Edw. 1. c. 4 12 Edw. 1. (Stat. Both.) 13 Edw. 1. (Stat. Westm. Sec.) c. 13 13 Edw. 1. (Stat. Westm Sec.) c. 39 25 Edw. 1. (Magna Carta.) c. 35. 28 Edw. 1. c. 13 9 Edw. 2 Stat. 2. (Stat. Lincoln.) (Stat. Temp. Incert. Visus Franciplegii.) 1 Edw. 3 Stat. 2. c. 17 2 Edw. 3. c. 4 2 Edw. 3. c. 5 2 Edw. 3. c. 12 5 Edw. 3. c. 4 14 Edw. 3 Stat. 1. c. 7 14 Edw. 3 Stat. 1. c. 9 28 Edw. 3. c. 7 28 Edw. 3. c. 9 31 Edw. 3 Stat. 1. c. 15 1 Ric. 2. c. 11 23 Hen. 6. c. 7 23 Hen. 6. c. 9 1 Edw. 4. c. 2 12 Edw. 4. c. 1 17 Edw. 4. c. 7 11 Hen. 7. c. 15 19 Hen. 7. c. 24 2 & 3 Edw. 6. c. 25 1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 8 27 Eliz. 1. c. 12 28 & 29 Eliz. 1. c. 4 43 Eliz. 1. c. 6 Expenses of Sheriffs Act 1662 6 Ann. c. 31 20 Geo. 2. c. 37 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 55 8 & 9 Vict. c. 11. 9 & 10 Vict. c. 44. 13 & 14 Vict. c. 30.
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Sheriffs Act 1887 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It sets out the appointments and qualifications of sheriffs in England and Wales.^[4]

The Act gives sheriffs the right to arrest those resisting a warrant (posse comitatus).