N.Y. UJC Law § 110

§ 110. Enforcement officers.\n Unless the rules shall otherwise provide, and subject to such\nvariations as they may provide, the enforcement officers of the court\nshall be, and shall have such powers and duties as are provided in this\nsection and § 701 of this act. Each of such officers shall keep a record\nof official acts performed by him upon or in connection with the court's\nprocess or mandate. The rules may prescribe the manner in which such\nrecord shall be maintained.\n (a) Civil matters. In civil matters, in addition to such other persons\nas are designated by the municipal board to be enforcement officers, the\nenforcement officers shall be, in the case of:\n 1. a town court, the constables of the town and the sheriff of the\ncounty;\n 2. a village court, the police officers, marshals and constables of\nthe village and the sheriff of the county;\n 3. a court established in and for a city and governed by this act, the\nsheriff of the county.\n The enforcement officers shall perform the same duties as are\nperformed by sheriffs in courts of record and shall have, within their\nterritorial jurisdiction and subject to any limitations imposed by law\nor by the rules, such power to serve and execute the processes and\nmandates of the court as a sheriff has with regard to the processes and\nmandates of the supreme court.\n (b) Criminal matters. In criminal matters any peace officer, acting\npursuant to his special duties, or police officer to whom the process or\nmandate of the court is delivered within the county or any adjoining\ncounty shall be the enforcement officer of the court. Each such officer\nshall have, within his territorial jurisdiction, the powers and duties\nof a constable of a town in criminal matters. No such officer shall\nreceive any fee for the service or execution of any criminal process or\nmandate issued out of the court.\n