Standards-Compliant
Web Site Design
This web site has been built using valid XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in accordance with the standards created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the governing body for the web that sets standards for technical development. These standards, known as Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), set forth the requirements for making web site content accessible.
Accessibility isn’t just about making sure blind people can use this site. It’s about removing barriers and making a web site usable to a wide range of people. This includes, for example, someone with arthritis or multiple sclerosis who has difficulty using a mouse, an older user with low vision, a site visitor with dyslexia, as well as those who use assistive technologies to access the Internet.
Because web standards incorporate and support accessibility, a standards-compliant web site ensures that everyone has equal access to the same information—a basic tenet of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Sussex County Sheriff’s Office web site also complies with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998).
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- Foreclosure Listings
- Online and up-to-date
database of sheriff’s sales.
- Inmate Visitation
- What you need to know
prior to visiting an inmate.
- Contact Information
- Telephone numbers and a
contact form to get in touch.
- Community Alerts
- Featuring Swift911 and
Register Ready programs.
- Attorney IDs
- Expedites attorney access
into the courthouse.
Sheriff’s OfficeAccessibility Information
The Sussex County Sheriff’s Office web site has been designed to be fully accessible to all users regardless of technological or physical disability. This page outlines the specific features and initiatives which have been implemented to facilitate access.
Skip Link
A “Skip to main content” link is available at the top of every web page. This allows users with mobility impairments and those who use screen reader software to go directly to the main content of a web page without having to deal with repetitive navigation links.
The “Skip to main content” link is hidden from visual browsers and is accessed through the keyboard. Upon landing on a web page, use your keyboard and press the TAB key. This should make the previously hidden “Skip to main content” link appear at the top of the browser window. Users of Explorer may need to tab several times before the link becomes visible. Once the link is visible, simply hit your ENTER key to activate the link. Safari users must first go into preferences and under the advanced tab, check the box next to “Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage.” The skip link is also available via access key “s,” as explained in the “Access Keys” section below.
Skip links currently do not work correctly in the latest versions of Safari, Google Chrome and Opera. These browsers will allow you to skip to the main content area as intended however, once there, hitting your TAB key again will return you to the top of the page.
Page Zoom (Magnification) and Text Sizing Options
Generally speaking, there are two ways to magnify the contents of a web page—you can increase the size of the text or you can zoom the entire page layout. While either method will make it easier to read our content, when you increase the size of the text, graphics and images within the page remain unchanged. On the other hand, page zoom resizes all elements of the page, not just text. Instructions are provided below, following the description about access keys, for invoking this functionality in each of the major browsers.
Access Keys
Access keys are quick keyboard shortcuts that can be used to navigate the web site. The access keys used on this site and the page each leads to are listed below.
1 Home Page
2 Contact Page
4 Wanted
0 Accessibility Information
The combination of keys that must be pressed to invoke an access key differs among the browsers and are shown at the bottom of each panel in the tabbed box which follows.
Explorer
Increase the Size of the Text
Zoom the Entire Page Layout
- Wheelmouse: Hold down the CTRL key and scroll the mouse wheel up to zoom in.
- Keyboard: Hold down the CTRL key and at the same time, push the + key to zoom in.
Access Key Combination
ALT plus ACCESS KEY then ENTER
Firefox
Increase the Size of the Text
- Wheelmouse: First you must use the menu to select Zoom Text Only as described above, then hold down the CTRL key (CMD key on Mac) and scroll the mouse wheel up to increase the text size.
- Keyboard: First you must use the menu to select Zoom Text Only as described above, then hold down the CTRL key (CMD key on Mac) and at the same time, push the + key to increase the text size.
Zoom the Entire Page Layout Make sure the Zoom Text Only feature is not engaged
- Wheelmouse: Hold down the CTRL key (CMD key on Mac) and scroll the mouse wheel up to zoom in.
- Keyboard: Hold down the CTRL key (CMD key on Mac) and at the same time, push the + key to zoom in.
Access Key Combination
Windows: ALT plus SHIFT plus ACCESS KEYMacintosh: CONTROL plus OPTION plus ACCESS KEY
Safari
Increase the Size of the Text
- Wheelmouse: First you must use the View menu to select Zoom Text Only as described above, then hold down the CTRL key (CMD key on Mac) and scroll the mouse wheel up to increase the text size.
- Keyboard: First you must use the View menu to select Zoom Text Only as described above, then hold down the CTRL key (CMD key on Mac) and at the same time, push the + key to increase the text size.
Zoom the Entire Page Layout Make sure the Zoom Text Only feature is not engaged
- Wheelmouse: Hold down the CTRL key (CMD key on Mac) and scroll the mouse wheel up to zoom in.
- Keyboard: Hold down the CTRL key (CMD key on Mac) and at the same time, push the + key to zoom in.
Access Key Combination
Windows: ALT plus ACCESS KEYMacintosh: CONTROL plus OPTION plus ACCESS KEY
Chrome
Increase the Size of the Text
- Not available
Zoom the Entire Page Layout
- Wheelmouse: Hold down the CTRL key (CMD key on Mac) and scroll the mouse wheel up to zoom in.
- Keyboard: Hold down the CTRL key (CMD key on Mac) and at the same time, push the + key to zoom in.
Access Key Combination
Windows: ALT plus ACCESS KEYMacintosh: CONTROL plus OPTION plus ACCESS KEY
Opera
Increase the Size of the Text
- Not available
Zoom the Entire Page Layout
- Wheelmouse: Hold down the CTRL key (OPTION key on Mac) and scroll the mouse wheel up to zoom in.
- Keyboard: Hold down the SHIFT key and at the same time, push the + key to zoom in.
Access Key Combination
SHIFT plus ESC then ACCESS KEYDocuments in PDF Format
In order to provide online access to sheriff’s office forms in their original formatting, we use Adobe Acrobat to create Portable Document Format (PDF) files. To view PDFs, you will need the freely available Adobe Reader software installed on your computer, version 7 or higher.