Title 11, Counties

In counties adopting a short form of county managership, the functions imposed on the recorder shall be performed, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, by or under the direction of the county manager. In counties adopting a county manager form of government, such functio…

In counties adopting any form of county managership, the office of coroner shall be abolished. The functions of that office shall be performed by the county manager in counties adopting a short form of county managership, and in counties adopting a county manager form of governme…

In counties adopting any form of county managership, the office of public administrator is abolished. The county manager shall perform the functions of that office in counties adopting a short form of county managership, and in counties adopting a county manager form of governmen…

In counties adopting any form of county managership, the office of county surveyor shall be abolished. The functions of that office shall be performed by or under the direction of the county manager in counties adopting a short form of county managership, and in counties adopting…

Whenever there is doubt as to what officer of a county adopting any form of county managership shall exercise a power or perform a duty conferred upon or required of the county, or any officer thereof, by general law, such power shall be exercised or duty performed by such office…

The manager in a county which has adopted a county manager form of government may authorize the head of a department or office responsible to the manager to appoint subordinates in such department or office. All appointments shall be made on the basis of ability, training, and ex…

Any officer or employee appointed by the manager of a county adopting any form of county managership, or upon the manager's authorization, may be laid off, suspended, or removed from office or employment by the manager and, in a county adopting a county manager form of government…

Before entering upon the duties of office, the county manager of a county adopting any form of county managership shall furnish the county a bond in the penal sum of not less than ten thousand dollars. In counties adopting a county manager form of government, the director of fina…

The county manager of a county adopting any form of county managership shall establish a schedule of compensation for officers and employees which shall provide uniform compensation for like service. The schedule may establish a minimum and maximum for any class, and an increase …

The salary of any subordinate, employee, or officer shall be set by the county manager with the approval of the board of county commissioners. Every subordinate, employee, or officer shall account for and pay into the county treasury all fees and compensation received for any act…

All moneys received by an officer or employee of the county for the county or in connection with the business of the county shall be paid promptly into the hands of the county treasurer or the bank or trust company acting as county treasurer under the provisions of section 11-09-…

In a county which has adopted any form of county managership, neither the board of county commissioners nor any of its committees or members shall direct or request the appointment or removal of any person by the county manager or any of the manager's subordinates nor in any mann…

On or before the sixth day of July of each year, the county manager of a county which has adopted any form of county managership shall prepare and submit to the board of county commissioners a budget presenting a financial plan for the conduct of the affairs of the county for the…

The county manager in a county adopting a short form of county managership and the director of finance in a county adopting a county manager form of government shall have charge of the administration of the financial affairs of the county, including: 1. The budget. 2. The assessm…

No money shall be drawn from the treasury of the county, nor shall any obligation for the expenditure of money be incurred, except in pursuance of the annual appropriation by the board of county commissioners. Accounts shall be kept for each item of appropriation made by the boar…

The county manager in counties adopting a short form of county managership and the director of finance in counties adopting a county manager form of government shall be charged with the keeping of all general books of financial and budgetary control for all departments and office…

The board of county commissioners of a county adopting any form of county managership shall require an annual audit of the books of every county officer who handles public funds to be made by an accountant who is not a regular officer or employee of the county and who is thorough…

The county manager of a county adopting a short form of county managership or the director of finance of a county adopting a county manager form of government shall act as purchasing agent or shall appoint and have supervision over this official. The purchasing agent shall make a…

The county manager in counties adopting a short form of county managership and the director of public works in counties adopting a county manager form of government shall have charge of the construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges, county drains and other public w…

The county manager in counties adopting a short form of county managership and the director of public welfare in counties adopting a county manager form of government shall have charge of hospitals, charitable and correctional institutions, parks and playgrounds, public health, a…

No member of the board of county commissioners or other officer or employee of a county which has adopted any form of county managership, and no person receiving a salary or compensation from funds appropriated by the county, shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any co…

At any time after any form of county managership has been in force in a county for a period of four years, the board of county commissioners may submit, and, when petitioned to do so at least ninety days before a primary election by at least twenty-five percent of the qualified e…

Each organized county is a body corporate for civil and political purposes only. As such, the county may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and in all cases when lands have been granted to it for public purposes and any part thereof has been sold and the purchase m…

Each organized county, unless it has adopted one of the optional forms of county government provided by the code or has combined or separated the functions of county offices or redesignated offices as elective or appointive pursuant to chapter 11-10.2 or 11-10.3, must have the fo…

The board of county commissioners may employ a county surveyor to serve at the pleasure of the board and such surveyor may be compensated on a per diem basis or otherwise as may be determined by the board. The office of county surveyor may be combined with the office of county hi…

Upon the submission to the board of county commissioners of a petition signed by ten percent or more of the total number of qualified electors of the county voting for governor at the most recent gubernatorial election or upon resolution of the board of county commissioners, the …

1. Except as otherwise specifically provided by the laws of this state, a county officer must be a qualified elector in the county in which the person is appointed, and a county commissioner must be a qualified elector in the district from which the commissioner is chosen. 2. Not…

Unless otherwise provided by law, an appointed member of a county board, commission, or committee that has authority to levy taxes must be a resident of the area subject to taxation by the board, commission, or committee.

Except as otherwise specifically provided by the laws of this state, the regular term of office of each county officer, when the officer is elected for a full term, shall commence on the first of January next succeeding the officer's election and each such officer shall qualify a…

The regular term of office of each county commissioner, when the commissioner is elected for a full term, commences on the first Monday in December next succeeding the officer's election and each such commissioner shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of the commissioner's d…

Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the following county officers must be bonded for the faithful discharge of their respective duties in the same manner as other civil officers are bonded and in the following amounts: 1. The county auditor, recorder, and…

In counties where any offices are consolidated under the provisions of this title, only one bond shall be required for the offices consolidated, and such bond shall be in the highest amount required for any one of the offices so consolidated.

Unless a county officer is bonded in the state bonding fund, the bond of each county officer, immediately after the approval thereof, shall be recorded at length in the office of the recorder in a book provided for that purpose except as otherwise provided by the laws of this sta…

Every county officer, before entering upon the discharge of the officer's duties, shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed for civil officers.

1. The salary of an elected county auditor, county treasurer, county superintendent of schools, recorder, and sheriff must be regulated by the population in the respective counties according to the last preceding official federal census from and after the date when the official r…

It is the intent of the legislative assembly that the several boards of county commissioners shall exercise the responsibility of setting the salaries of county officials within the limits imposed by section 11-10-10. A board of county commissioners, in making a decision in regar…

For purposes of sections 11-10-10, 11-10-15, and 11-10-20, the county superintendent of schools employed by the board of county commissioners is an officer of the county. A board of county commissioners shall employ a county superintendent of schools, as provided for in section 1…

The salaries of deputies, clerks, and assistants for the county auditor, county treasurer, sheriff, recorder, ex officio clerk of the district court, and state's attorney must be fixed by a resolution of the board of county commissioners. Each of the named officers may appoint su…

Any county official may require that official's deputy to be bonded for the faithful performance of the deputy's duties in an amount to be fixed by the board of county commissioners. A bond of a deputy shall be issued, and the premium thereon paid, in the same manner as in the ca…

Each deputy county officer shall take and subscribe the same oath as the deputy's principal, naming the deputyship, which shall be endorsed upon and filed with the deputy's certificate of appointment.

The salaries fixed by this chapter shall be full compensation for all county officials, deputies, clerks, and assistants, respectively, and all fees and compensation received by any official, deputy, clerk, or assistant for any act or service rendered in an official capacity shal…

Unless otherwise provided by the laws of this state, every county official, whether elective or appointive, every deputy of a county official, and any county employee entitled by law to travel or mileage expense is entitled to mileage expenses of at least the amount allowed state…

Unless the expense was incurred by the use of a purchasing card, before an allowance for mileage or travel expense may be paid by a county, the individual for whose travel the claim is made shall file with the county auditor an itemized statement verified by affidavit showing the…

Every county officer chargeable with money belonging to the county shall render that officer's account to and settle with the board of county commissioners at such times as are provided by the laws of this state. A county officer shall pay into the county treasury any balance whi…

If any person chargeable with money belonging to the county shall neglect or refuse to render true accounts to or settle with the county therefor, the board of county commissioners shall adjust the accounts of such delinquent according to the best information it can obtain and as…

Whenever the board of county commissioners shall deem it expedient to do so, photography may be used in the making of permanent county records. When permanent photographic or photostatic copies of any instrument, document, or decree which is required to be recorded are thus made,…