17-70-302. Duties.
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Effective 5/6/2026
17-70-302. Duties.
A county clerk shall:
(1)record all proceedings of the county legislative body;
(2)make full entries of all resolutions and decisions of the county legislative body on all questions concerning the county;
(3)record the vote of each member of the county legislative body on any motion where there is a division of the county legislative body;
(4)prepare and certify duplicate lists of all claims that:
(a)show the amount of each claim or order;
(b)show the date of each claim or order;
(c)show the date of the county's allowance or rejection of the claim; and
(d)are countersigned by the county executive;
(5)deliver one of the lists referred to in Subsection
(4)to the:
(a)county finance officer; and
(b)county treasurer;
(6)file and preserve a county officer's report to the county legislative body;
(7)file and preserve all accounts except accounts that are kept by the county finance officer;
(8)file and preserve all petitions and applications for franchises;
(9)record the county legislative body's action on petitions and applications for franchises;
(10)authenticate with the clerk's signature and the seal of the county the county legislative body's proceedings;
(11)authenticate with the clerk's signature and the seal of the county all ordinances the county legislative body passes, and record them in the ordinance book;
(12)record all orders levying taxes;
(13)keep at the county clerk's office all county books, records, and accounts that the county clerk is required by law to keep;
(14)during regular business hours, provide for public inspection all county books, records, and accounts that the county clerk is required by law to keep;
(15)perform all other duties the county legislative body requires by:
(a)ordinance; or
(b)resolution;
(16)establish policies to issue marriage licenses to county residents and individuals getting married in the county;
(17)keep a register of marriage licenses the county clerk issues;
(18)establish policies to ensure that the county clerk, or a designee of the county clerk who is willing, is available during business hours to solemnize a legal marriage for which a marriage license has been issued;
(19)execute with the county clerk's seal described in Section 17-70-102 all deeds and conveyances of all real estate conveyed by the county;
(20)take and certify acknowledgments;
(21)administer oaths;
(22)keep a fee schedule as provided by law;
(23)take charge of and safely keep the seal of the county described in Section 17-64-103 ; and
(24)keep other records and perform other duties as may be prescribed by law.
Amended by Chapter 105 , 2026 General Session