Section 15-10-44
Execution of writ by sheriff or deputy.
A writ of arrest may be executed by the sheriff of any county in the state or by his deputy. Such officers have the same powers and authority, in relation to arrest under a writ of arrest, as are by law conferred upon them in executing a warrant of arrest.
(Code 1852, §604; Code 1867, §4156; Code 1876, §4829; Code 1886, §4400; Code 1896, §5256; Code 1907, §6288; Code 1923, §3282; Code 1940, T. 15, §173.)