Informal Opinion No.

J. Paul Kolodziej, Esq. City Attorney, Gloversville

I am writing in response to your request for an Attorney General's opinion as to whether the duties assigned to a city marshal by statute may be performed by a city police officer on active duty and whether that officer may collect the fees authorized by the statute.

Under the Uniform City Court Act (UCCA), mandates of the city court are executed and carried out by the court's enforcement officers:

"Enforcement officers; police officers. The enforcement officers of the court shall perform the same duties as are performed by sheriffs in courts…