Faithful discharge of duties — penalty for disobedience.

1. The provisions of section 331.652, subsections 1 and 2 , and section 331.653, subsections 1 and 2 , do not relieve a sheriff or deputy sheriff from the full and faithful discharge of all duties required of the officer by law. 2. The disobedience of a sheriff or deputy sheriff to the command of a legal process is a contempt of the court from which the process is issued and is punishable as provided in chapter 665 . The sheriff or deputy sheriff is also liable to action by any person injured by the disobedience. [C51, §171; R60, §384; C73, §338; C97, §500; S13, §499-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5185, 5186; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §337.5 , 337.6 ; S81, §331.654 ; 81 Acts, ch 117, §653 ]