CHAPTER 7. COUNTY COMMISSIONS AND OFFICERS.

ARTICLE 14C. DEPUTY SHERIFFS; PROCEDURE FOR INVESTIGATION.

§7-14C-5. Appeal.

Any deputy sheriff adversely affected by any decision, order or action taken as a result of a hearing as herein provided has the right to appeal the decision, order or action to the deputy sheriff's civil service commission, in the manner provided for in section fifteen, article fourteen of this chapter.

The sheriff may also appeal the decision of the hearing board if he or she believes the department would be adversely affected by the order or action of the hearing board.

The order or action of the hearing board is binding upon all involved parties unless overturned in the appeal process by the deputy sheriff's civil service commission or the circuit court of the county wherein the affected parties reside.