Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Taylor succumbed to injuries sustained three weeks earlier when he was struck by a car while directing traffic around a stalled truck. He was struck by a vehicle driving in the opposite direction. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries three weeks later. Sheriff Taylor had been sheriff for seven years and was running for this third term at the time of the accident.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two sons, daughter, six grandchildren, one great-grandchild and five siblings.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sheriff Taylor gave the Bowman County Sheriff's Office 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bowman community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Taylor.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Max L. Taylor is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ND, 15 of 61 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.6% of this state's fallen. That is 6.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Max L. Taylor's cause is highlighted.
How Max L. Taylor Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Max L. Taylor is highlighted in Jun.