NOC 43200: Sheriffs and bailiffs

Sheriffs execute and enforce court orders, warrants and writs, participate in seizure and sale of property and perform courtroom and other related duties. Bailiffs serve legal orders and documents, seize or repossess properties, evict tenants and perform other related activities. Sheriffs and bailiffs must usually complete a training program offered by the province to work in the provincial courts. They are employed by federal, provincial, territorial and municipal courts, and bailiffs may be employed as officers of the court or in private service as agents for creditors.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 3.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 3: Occupations that usually need a college diploma, an apprenticeship of less than 2 years, or more than 6 months of on-the-job training. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 43200 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 43200

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Serve statements of claims, summonses, warrants, jury summonses, orders to pay spousal support, and other court orders
• Serve writs of execution by seizing and selling property and distributing the proceeds according to court decisions
• Locate property and make seizures and removals under various acts of Parliament
• Provide courthouse security for judges and perimeter security for the courthouse
• Escort prisoners to and from courts and correctional institutions
• Prepare comprehensive reports and affidavits and maintain records
• Attend court, escort witnesses and assist in maintaining order
• Ensure security support services for sequestered juries
• Issue warrants for imprisonment, arrest or apprehension.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• bailiff
• deputy sheriff
• sheriff
• sheriff's bailiff
• sheriff's officer

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• A college diploma or bachelor's degree in legal studies is usually required.
• Sheriffs require experience as a deputy sheriff or bailiff and/or in custodial/escort or security work.
• Bailiffs usually require some work experience related to law enforcement as well as knowledge of relevant statutes and laws.
• Mandatory provincial training may be required.
• Membership in the provincial regulatory body is mandatory in Quebec.

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