43200 Sheriffs and bailiffs

What this occupation covers

Sheriffs execute and enforce court orders, warrants and writs, participate in seizure and sale of property and perform courtroom and other related duties. Bailiffs serve legal orders and documents, seize or repossess properties, evict tenants and perform other related activities. Sheriffs and bailiffs must usually complete a training program offered by the province to work in the provincial courts. They are employed by federal, provincial, territorial and municipal courts, and bailiffs may be employed as officers of the court or in private service as agents for creditors.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 9 main duties for this code.

• Serve statements of claims, summonses, warrants, jury summonses, orders to pay spousal support, and other court orders
• Serve writs of execution by seizing and selling property and distributing the proceeds according to court decisions
• Locate property and make seizures and removals under various acts of Parliament
• Provide courthouse security for judges and perimeter security for the courthouse
• Escort prisoners to and from courts and correctional institutions
• Prepare comprehensive reports and affidavits and maintain records
• Attend court, escort witnesses and assist in maintaining order
• Ensure security support services for sequestered juries
• Issue warrants for imprisonment, arrest or apprehension.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 9 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 43201 Correctional service officers
• 14103 Court clerks and related court services occupations
• 41311 Probation and parole officers

Excluded from this code

• Correctional service officers (See 43201 Correctional service officers)
• Court clerks and related court services occupations (See 14103 Court clerks and related court services occupations)
• Probation and parole officers (See 41311 Probation and parole officers)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

automobile repossessor · bailiff · car repossessor · chief deputy sheriff · chief sheriff · court bailiff · court enforcement officer · deputy sheriff · district sheriff · private bailiff · process server · sheriff · sheriff's bailiff · sheriff's officer · special constable · sub-sheriff · writ server - bailiff

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• A college diploma or bachelor's degree in legal studies is usually required.
• Sheriffs require experience as a deputy sheriff or bailiff and/or in custodial/escort or security work.
• Bailiffs usually require some work experience related to law enforcement as well as knowledge of relevant statutes and laws.
• Mandatory provincial training may be required.
• Membership in the provincial regulatory body is mandatory in Quebec.