Civil Process Division
The Erie County Sheriff's Office Civil Process Division is located on the 4th floor at 134 West Eagle Street, Buffalo, NY 14202. This is the only office permitted to handle civil matters. The office is open Monday Through Friday, from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. and is closed weekends and legal holidays.
The primary telephone numbers are area code (716):
General Information - 858-7606 - 858-7808
Filing Legal Papers - 858-6252 - 858-6253
Income Execution Inquiries - 858-7807
Field deputies - 858-7606 or individual direct
Bookkeeping - 858-7620
The Erie County Sheriff's Civil Division was the first Civil Division certified as "Professionally Accredited" in New York State. The Civil Process Division is a state mandated service provided by all Sheriff's Offices throughout New York State.
Its purpose and function is to serve and execute the various legal processes issued by and for the several non-criminal courts of New York State and for jurisdictions of other states and countries throughout the world.
The Civil Division is the enforcement vehicle for all courts, including small claims, city, county, state and federal jurisdictions.
Legal processes administered by the Civil Process Division for the legal community and the general public include:
- Income and property executions
- Notices, summonses, subpoenas and petitions,
- Court orders: contempt of court, civil arrests, orders of seizure and attachments
- Warrants of eviction
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Collections are done by way of income executions (wage garnishments) and property executions, which authorize the Sheriff to seize property and then sell it at a Sheriff's sale.
The sale proceeds are then applied to satisfy the judgment.
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