{"id":408,"date":"2016-11-07T14:17:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T14:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barrowsheriff.com\/home\/?page_id=408"},"modified":"2024-06-21T13:59:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T17:59:37","slug":"408-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.barrowsheriff.com\/home\/sheriffs-services\/civil-unit\/408-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Writ of Possession Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Barrow County Sheriff\u2019s Office Civil\/Transport Unit is responsible for the service of Writs of Possession (Eviction) in Barrow County.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Writs of Possession are scheduled by Sheriff\u2019s Office personnel only, and cannot be scheduled the same day the Writ was signed by the Magistrate Judge. All Writs are scheduled for Monday through Friday at either 09:00 am or 1:00 pm.\u00a0 Writs are scheduled on a first come, first served basis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If the Writ is cancelled by the eviction crew or the attorney\u2019s office, the writ will become invalid and will be returned to the Magistrate Court as \u201cunserved.\u201d Cancellations due to inclement weather may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If the eviction crew fails to appear at the scheduled time, the Writ will become invalid and will be returned to the Magistrate Court as \u201cunserved.\u201d Deputies will wait a maximum of fifteen (15) minutes from the scheduled time for the eviction crew to arrive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Removal of the property should be organized so that the eviction can be completed in two (2) hours or less. Deputies DO NOT assist in the physical removal of property. The eviction crew is required to have a labor force large enough to complete the task in the time allotted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If the eviction crew enters the premises prior to the Deputy\u2019s arrival, the Writ will become invalid and will be returned to the Magistrate Court as \u201cunserved.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Vehicles, boats, and trailers must be towed before the Deputy leaves the premises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Any Writs that are returned to the Magistrate Court cannot be rescheduled. You will be required to re-file with the Magistrate Court.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once obtaining a Writ of Possession (Eviction), contact the Civil\/Transport Unit of the Barrow County Sheriff\u2019s Office to schedule a time for service.\u00a0 You can visit our office at:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px;\">Barrow County Courthouse<br \/>\nCivil\/Transport Unit<br \/>\n652 Barrow Park Drive<br \/>\nWinder, GA.\u00a0 30680<\/p>\n<p>Or call us at (770) 307-3080 ext. 3084 or (770) 307-3080 ext. 3121.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Barrow County Sheriff\u2019s Office Civil\/Transport Unit is responsible for the service of Writs of Possession (Eviction) in Barrow County. Writs of Possession are scheduled by Sheriff\u2019s Office personnel only, and cannot be scheduled the same day the Writ was signed by the Magistrate Judge. All Writs are scheduled for Monday through Friday at either [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":126,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-408","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barrowsheriff.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barrowsheriff.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barrowsheriff.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barrowsheriff.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barrowsheriff.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.barrowsheriff.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2202,"href":"https:\/\/www.barrowsheriff.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/408\/revisions\/2202"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barrowsheriff.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barrowsheriff.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}