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  Harris County Clerk's Office
The Harris County Clerk's office is a State Constitutional office with the duties of County Clerk varying somewhat in each of Texas’ 254 counties.
As chief election official for the third largest county in the country, she administers county and state elections and also contracts for election services for political parties and smaller jurisdictions such as the City of Houston.
The current County Clerk, Beverly Kaufman, was appointed to the office on March 11, 1994 and was elected to a full four-year term in November 1994 by sixty-one percent (61.3%) and re-elected in 1998, 2002, and 2006.
www.cclerk.hctx.net   (0 words)

  
  County Clerk: Home
Election of the clerk of the county board of supervisors by the electors of the county began in 1849.
The self-image of the modern County Clerk is that of a member of the management team of the county and representative of the state in several important functions.
Modern clerks have learned to use computers and effectively and understand that one of their major functions is as manager of a complex information system for the public, other county officials and the state government.
www.co.kenosha.wi.us /countyclerk/index.html   (447 words)

  
 County Clerk - Courts - Clark County Washington
The County Clerk is an elected official provided for by the Washington State Constitution whose responsibilities are assigned by local and state rules and statute.
The County Clerk serves and supports the Superior Court by receiving and processing court documents, attending and assisting in all court proceedings, maintaining the court's files, and entering its orders, judgments and decrees.
As Ex Officio Clerk of Court, the Clerk is required to be present at all court proceedings for the purpose of receiving and marking court documents and exhibits.
www.co.clark.wa.us /courts/clerk/index.html   (0 words)

  
 Nueces County Clerk
The County Clerk is the clerk of the Commissioners Court and serves the court during each of its meetings.
The County Clerk's responsibilities in the area of vital statistics is the issuing of marriage licenses and the recording of birth and death certificates.
The County Clerk in Nueces County is the local registrar for all births and death occurring outside the city limits but within the county's boundaries.
www.co.nueces.tx.us /countyclerk   (0 words)

  
 St. Lucie County - Clerk of Circuit Court
…the clerk of the circuit court shall be ex officio clerk of the board of county commissioners, auditor, recorder and custodian of all county funds.', this, event, '255px')">Constitution of 1838, is the public trustee for the county.
The Clerk serves as the check and balance for the board of county commissioners by ensuring that county funds are properly accounted for and that the use of those funds meets a public service need.
The clerk serves as the check and balance to the courts by ensuring that all fines, court costs and fees are collected and by keeping accurate records of all court cases.
www.slcclerkofcourt.com   (0 words)

  
 Aransas County Texas County Clerk
The County Clerk is elected in the same year that voters select the Governor of the State and the County Judge and in Aransas County, the County Court at Law Judge.
Within one year of the day on which a person first takes office as County Clerk and each year thereafter, he or she must successfully complete 20 hours of instruction in the performance of the duties of the office including 1 hour in the Registry of the Court and 1 hour in fraudulent filings.
The Clerk issues arrest warrants and subpeonaes, receives and reports payment of fines and court costs; reports dispositions to the Office of Court Administration and to the Texas Department of Public Safety and acts as the Clerk for the County Court at Law.
www.aransascounty.org /countyclerk.html   (0 words)

  
 County Clerk - Knox County Tennessee - A Great American Community
The County Clerk is a constitutional officer who is elected to a four-year term.
The County Clerk maintains records of marriage licenses and automobile titles, and collects taxes for automobile sales and privilege taxes for the State Department of Revenue.
The County Clerk receives fees, set by state law, for each transaction and those in excess of salaries are transferred to the County general fund.
knoxcounty.org /clerk/index.php   (200 words)

  
 Baker County Clerk of Courts
The Clerk of the Circuit Court is responsible under Florida Statutes 34.032 for recording and handling all minutes and related duties for all misdemeanors, small claims and traffic cases for the County Court.
The Clerk of the Court is the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, auditor, recorder and custodian of all County funds.
As Public Trustee under County Government, the Clerk is the accountant and auditor for the Board of County Commissioners - Collector and distributor of statutory assessments - Guardian of the public records, public funds, and public property.
www.bakercountyfl.org /clerk   (347 words)

  
 County Clerk | Monroe County, NY
County Clerks are Constitutional Officers, as their office is prescribed for in the Constitution of the State of New York.
The County Clerk is the official registrar of deeds, mortgages, assignments of mortgages, satisfactions of mortgages, judgments and liens.
The County Clerk is the Chief Notary of Monroe County and provides for the general public’s use of a notary.
www.monroecounty.gov /clerk-index.php   (0 words)

  
 Onondaga County Clerk
In addition, the County Clerk serves as an official passport application acceptance center, records veteran’s discharges (DD-214) as well as DEC licenses and maintains and processes notary public licenses.
We offer many services offsite, The Office of the County Clerk is located in Room 200 of the County Court House at 401 Montgomery Street in downtown Syracuse, New York 13202.
All ten flags are now in a case outside the County Clerk’s office on the 2nd floor foyer in the Courthouse.
www.ongov.net /Clerk   (0 words)

  
 Saginaw, MI - County Clerk
The Clerk is the chief election official of the County and supervises all national, state, and local elections.
The Clerk is the official for oaths of office for county officials and their deputies and is the keeper of the official Circuit Court seal and the County Seal, which is used for general obligation bonds.
The Clerk's office maintains a record of all proceedings, collecting and disbursing fines and fees, receives and holds monies to be disbursed on order of the court for cases awaiting settlement.
www.saginawcounty.com /Clerk/index.html   (560 words)

  
 Douglas County, Kansas - Clerk of the District Court
The clerk of the court is an officer of the district court.
The clerk issues court processes which establishes the power of the court to act in a case and keeps a record of the date and time subpoenas, summons, and warrants are returned to court endorsed with evidence of service on potential litigants and witnesses
The clerk is charged with the critical function of keeping accurate records of the date, time, and manner in which petitions, answers, and motions of parties to a suit are served, received, and filed in the court.
www.douglas-county.com /district_court/dcclerk.asp   (153 words)

  
 Harris County Clerk's Office
The Harris County Clerk's office is a State Constitutional office with the duties of County Clerk varying somewhat in each of Texas’ 254 counties.
As chief election official for the third largest county in the country, she administers county and state elections and also contracts for election services for political parties and smaller jurisdictions such as the City of Houston.
The current County Clerk, Beverly Kaufman, was appointed to the office on March 11, 1994 and was elected to a full four-year term in November 1994 by sixty-one percent (61.3%) and re-elected in 1998, 2002, and 2006.
www.co.harris.tx.us /cclerk   (281 words)

  
 Clerk - Warrick County   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In England "the clerk of the peace," a county officer appointed by the custos rotulorum (keeper of the rolls) of the county was clerk of the court of general sessions of the peace.
In the various states of this country the creation of the office of the clerk of the court is a matter of constitutional or statutory provision.
The clerk of the circuit court is registration officer and is in full charge and control of the registration of voters within Warrick County.
www.warrickcounty.gov /departments/clerk.htm   (283 words)

  
 Dallas County Web Site
Texas County government is generally an extension of state government, focusing on the judicial system, health and welfare service delivery, law enforcement, and road construction.
Dallas County shares organizational features with the state's other 253 counties: its governing body (the Commissioner's Court) consists of one member elected at large (the county judge) and four members (County Commissioners) elected from districts.
In Dallas County, the County Judge is an executive and administrator in addition to his duties as presiding officer of the Commissioners Court.
www.dallascounty.org   (0 words)

  
 Brown County Clerk
The County Clerk's Office consists of five main areas of responsibility: records management; elections; licenses and permits; U.S. Passport Acceptance Agency; and serving the County Board and Parks Department.
Regarding elections, the County Clerk is responsible for conduction county, state, and national elections to include: publishing of notices; filing of nomination papers; preparing finance reports; coding, printing, and distributing ballots; tabulating and releasing returns; and storing and maintaining election records, statewide voter registration services, supplies, and ballots.
Likewise, the County Clerk serves the County Board by recording County Board proceedings assuring compliance with open meetings and records laws, and maintaining files of legal papers and documents.
www.co.brown.wi.us /County_Clerk/index.html   (0 words)

  
 Warren County Ohio Clerk of Court of Common Pleas
The office of the Clerk of Courts traces its origin to the medieval cleric, who maintained the records, was responsible for correspondence and had powers to issue writs or other processes ordered by the Court.
The office of the Warren County Clerk of Courts traces its origin to 1802 when the Ohio Constitution provided for the appointment of a Clerk of Courts for each county by the judge of the Common Pleas Court.
The Clerk maintains the records for the Domestic Relations and the General (Civil/Criminal) Divisions of the Court of Common Pleas in Warren County and for Warren County-generated cases in the 12th District Court of Appeals.
www.co.warren.oh.us /clerkofcourt   (0 words)

  
 Clerk`s Office Home
The Washoe County Clerk is responsible for Fictitious Firm Name filings, issuance of oaths to Notary Publics and the filing of Notary bonds.
One of the main responsibilities of the Clerk's Office is the issuance of marriage licenses.
The County Clerk must also be actively involved in any pending legislative action that will adversely affect the office and participate in the legislative process to defeat or defer bills being proposed as new mandates on the Clerk's Office.
www.co.washoe.nv.us /clerks   (298 words)

  
 Collin County County Clerk
The County Clerk is the Local Registrar for filing and recording all birth and death certificates in the county, Trust Fund Records, Official Bond Records, Military Discharge Records and other miscellaneous records.
The County Clerk is responsible for legal instruments which include real and personal property, power of attorney filings, bonds, plats, marks and brands, assume names, deputation records, issuance of bail bond checks, beer and wine hearings, safekeeping of wills, probate, and Commissioners' Court minutes.
The County Clerk's office is comprised of Mental, Probate, Treasury, County Court at Law Clerks, Land, and Vitals (Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, and Marriage Licenses).
www.co.collin.tx.us /county_clerk/index.jsp   (0 words)

  
 Wakulla County Clerk - Home
The Clerk of the Courts for Wakulla County, Florida is a duly elected Constitutional Officer as mandated by Article V, Section XIV of the Constitution of the State of Florida.
The electorate of Wakulla County elects the Clerk to a four-year term.
Within these areas, the Clerk of Court as an elected public trustee sets in place at the county level a system of "checks and balances" which has been proven to serve the public well.
www.wakullaclerk.com   (0 words)

  
 Clerk's Office: Cumberland County, NJ
If you are a resident of Cumberland County who is 60 years of age or older, you may receive a complimentary photo ID card from the Clerk's Office.
The Clerk's Office received notification in August from the United States Department of Justice that according to the 2000 Census, the population in Cumberland County is more than 5% Hispanic.
Cumberland County Clerk Gloria Noto is proud to announce that her office has been awarded certification by state officials for a new land records image processing system on November 20, 2002.
www.co.cumberland.nj.us /govtserv/departments/county_clerk   (0 words)

  
 Vanderburgh County - County Clerk   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Clerk is elected by the residents of Vanderburgh County and is limited to serving two consecutive terms.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court also serves as the Secretary to the County Election Board which is responsible for conducting all elections in the county including the certification of results.
The Clerk serves as trustee of child support collections ordered by the Court and paid through the Clerk's Office, and also acts as the chief financial officer of the Courts by collecting, disbursing, and reconciling monies related to court.
www.vanderburghgov.org /home/index.asp?page=66   (193 words)

  
 Clinton County Clerk
The Clerk is responsible for the filing of all legal documents for circuit court cases, including criminal, civil and family court.
Abstract records of conviction are prepared by the Clerk's Office and sent to the Secretary of State for LEIN entry.
The Clerk is the chief election official of the County and supervises all national, state, and local elections, further, serves as to Election Coordinator of all Clinton County school districts within the county.
www.clinton-county.org /clerk/clerk.htm   (352 words)

  
 Marsha Ewing - Clerk of the Circuit Court - Martin County, Florida
The responsibilities of the Clerk of the Court are set forth in the Constitution of the State of Florida and are ministerial in nature.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court serves as an Officer of the Court, County Recorder, County Treasurer, County Auditor, and Clerk and Accountant to the Board of County Commissioners.
Established by the Florida Constitution in 1838, the Clerk of the Circuit and County Court is the locally elected constitutional officer who serves as the “public trustee”, putting into motion the county level system of “checks and balances” between the people, the judiciary, and the executive and legislative branches of government.
clerk-web.martin.fl.us /ClerkWeb   (0 words)

  
 Navarro County - County Clerk
The county clerk's office serves as the official record keeper for Navarro County, County Court, and the Commissioner's Court.
The county clerk's office posts notices of the comissioner's meetings, and actions of the comminsioner's court sessions, maintains records of these proceedings, and disseminates this information.
Duties and Responsibilities of the COUNTY CLERK from the Texas Association of Counties.
www.co.navarro.tx.us /ips/cms/countyoffices/countyClerk.html   (644 words)

  
 Clerk & Comptroller, Palm Beach County
The Clerk's neutral record keeping role is intended to limit disputes between former spouses over whether a check was issued from one to the other.
The Clerk's office provides services to the public, the legal community, the courts, the Palm Beach County government and the Florida State government.
As such, we have custody of the County's financial system and we oversee the expenditure of tax dollars to ensure they are spent in accordance with the law, policy and budget.
www.pbcountyclerk.com   (0 words)

  
 Cook County Clerk's Office | Welcome to the Clerk's website
White Sox Slugger Paul Konerko was one of four sports stars and celebrities to record a Public Service Announcement for the Clerk's office urging residents to register to vote.
The Cook County Clerk serves as the chief election authority for the entire county, the third largest election jurisdiction in the nation.
Along with administering elections in suburban Cook County, the Clerk's office maintains birth, marriage and death records, assists property owners in redeeming delinquent taxes, and records the activity of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
www.cookctyclerk.com   (111 words)

  
 Macomb County Michigan Clerk / Register of Deeds Office
The Macomb County Clerk's Office is under the leadership of Macomb County Clerk / Register of Deeds Carmella Sabaugh.
By Michigan statute, the County Clerk is the "keeper of records" for the citizens of Macomb County.
The County Clerk is the official Clerk for the 16th Judicial Circuit Court including the Family Division, Board of Commissioners, Election Scheduling Committee, Election Commission, Tax Allocation Board, Board of Canvassers, Plat Board, Civil Service Commission for the Macomb County Sheriff Department, Jury Commission and the Concealed Weapon Licensing Board.
www.macombcountymi.gov /clerksoffice   (0 words)

  
 TAC: About Counties-County Official Information
District clerks are called on to assure that the affairs of the district courts are maintained objectively with the full confidence of judicial authorities.
Serving as clerk of the county court and the commissioners court and keep records of the proceedings;
In Texas counties with a population of less than 8,000, unless there has been a special election, the county clerk also serves as the district clerk, assuming all constitutional and statutory duties of the district clerk, along with those of county clerk.
www.county.org /counties/desc_office/clerk.asp   (0 words)

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