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Subscribe Donate Donate Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today. County clerk From Ballotpedia Jump to: navigation, search

A county clerk is a public official responsible for maintaining records for a county. The county clerk's responsibilities may include handling marriage licenses and deeds, collecting campaign finance information from local candidates, and administering elections. This position may also be called county clerk-recorder or county recorder, though county recorders typically do not handle elections. The National Association of Counties determined that 24 states required county clerks to be elected officials. Two other states allowed counties to determine whether these officials are elected or appointed, while other states with county clerks required them to be appointed.[1]

See also

• County
• County council
• County commission
• County mayor
• County seat
• Special districts

Footnotes

1. ↑ National Association of Counties, "Role of the County Clerk," accessed October 1, 2016

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