Issues concealed weapons permits.

Helps reduce crime in York County through professional education programs aimed at promoting community involvement in crime prevention. Serves legal documents on any person, company, or corporation designated by the courts in civil actions.

Conducts Sheriff Sales periodically. Other services includes concealed Weapons permits, child abduction unit, central booking, and the criminal response unit.

Serves and enforces all orders of the county Court of Common Pleas. Serves bench warrants and civil writs and protection from abuse orders, enforces child custody orders, issues concealed weapons permits and firearms sales licenses, provides security and protection for the court of common pleas and court related functions, provides security for the courthouse complex and other county court offices, keeps the peace in the county, transports prisoners to and from county, state and federal institutions for court appearances, arrests violators of the law and fugitives, assists other law-enforcement agencies in the county as requested in periods of emergency, conducts levies, sales of personal property and real estate.

Provides various services including to serve and enforce all orders of the court, courthouse policing, transporting prisoners, arrest violators of the law and fugitives, serve and enforce protection orders, conduct levies sales of personal property and real estate, issues concealed weapons permits and licenses to sell firearms.

The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office has the following duties:
- To serve and enforce all orders of the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas
- To serve bench warrants and civil writs
- To serve protection from abuse orders
- To enforce child custody orders
- To issue concealed weapons permits and firearms sales licenses
- To provide security and protection for the court of common pleas and court related functions
- To provide security for the courthouse complex and other Lancaster County Court offices
- To keep the peace in the county
- To transport prisoners to and from county, state and federal institutions for court appearances
- To arrest violators of the law and fugitives
- To provide a K-9 explosive detection unit
- To assist other law-enforcement agencies in the county as requested in periods of emergency
- To assist in special law-enforcement efforts such as Weed and Seed and community events
- To conduct levies, sales of personal property and real

Office is responsible for transporting all prisoners, transporting juveniles to and from detention centers and courts; docketing and serving summons, civil papers, mortgage foreclosures, personal sheriff's sales, protection from abuse orders, civil complaints, landlord/tenant complaints, orders of possession and execution for District Justices, and court bench warrants; conducting sheriff's sales; removing weapons from the homes; making arrests if a defendant violates the Protection from Abuse Order and for court bench warrants; and selling licenses for firearms to gun dealers and issuing concealed pistol permits.