What Do We Do?
The County Clerk’s duties are:

• Manage Elections, Candidates, and Voters, including voter registration.
• Help you get married, including applications and copies of licenses .
• Help you apply for a U.S. Passport.
• Help you apply for property tax relief (i.e.,veteran with a disability, blind, elderly, hardship, etc.)
• Maintain official records of Commission meetings, contracts, and other county documents (GRAMA).

The County Auditor’s duties are:

• Manage the budgeting process for the county (Budget Officer).
• Handle the county’s procurement and purchasing needs.
• Perform the accounts payable and accounting functions, including financial reporting.
• Audit and review the activities of other offices and departments within the county.
• Guide you through the process of appealing your property’s assessed value.
• Prepare for and manage the Delinquent Tax Sale.

You Are Our Boss!
We realize that you, the taxpayer, pay our salaries.  We work for you. Our office’s main priorities are to provide world-class service, to constantly seek to improve, and to make sure your tax dollars are spent in a controlled manner.  Of course, we have laws and ordinances we must follow, but will serve you in any way we possibly can.

Other Available Services
Although we’ll help you however we can, we simply cannot perform certain duties:

• Birth and Death records – See Health Department Website.
• Divorce application and documentation – the 2nd District Court handles that.
• We are not the clerk of the courts.
• Business licenses-check with your city. If you’re in an unincorporated area, the County Engineering Dept can help you.
• We do not determine your tax rates – that is done by various taxing entities.
• We do not determine your property market value. The Assessor has that job.
• We do not collect your property taxes.  The Treasurer does that.