Philippines
[edit] Manila

The Office of Sheriff of Manila was established on July 1, 1901. The first Sheriff of Manila was James Peterson.[3] The main duties of the sheriff and deputies is enforcing arrest warrants, evictions, civil orders, writs, subpoenas, notices, release orders, commitment orders, mittimus, and providing court security. The office has three divisions; administrative, criminal and civil.[4] The office of the sheriff is now located at Manila city hall.