Title 4, Counties

The failure of any supervisor or of the governing body of any county to publish the quarterly reports required by Section 4-13-130 shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, within the discretion of the court.

The county supervisor shall designate every account upon which any sum shall be audited and allowed by the board, the amount so audited and allowed and the charges for which the same was allowed. He shall also deliver to any person who may desire it a certified copy of any accoun…

When any such account is filed by a clerk of the court, sheriff or magistrate, the officer filing the claim shall declare further on oath that the costs in the case out of which the claim arises have not been recovered out of the defendants and that the defendants are unable to p…

The accounts of the coroners, sheriffs and supervisors and physicians' or surgeons' fees for post mortems shall be approved by the governing body of the county, and the supervisor, on their approval, shall draw an order upon the county treasurer for the payment of such accounts, …

The governing body of each county shall keep in its office a "File Book" in which all claims presented for its consideration shall be entered by its clerk, the entry designating the date of filing, by whom presented, to whom such claim belongs and the character and amount thereof…

A memorandum of the time of presenting such claims and the names of the persons in whose favor they are made out and by whom presented shall be entered in the minutes of the governing body.

No account when presented, audited and ordered to be paid shall be withdrawn from the custody of the governing body or its clerk for any purpose whatever, except to be used in evidence upon a judicial trial or proceeding, in which case it shall, after being so used, be forthwith …

No claim against any county of this State shall be valid and payable unless the same be presented to and filed with the governing body of such county during the fiscal year in which it is contracted or the next thereafter, and all claims not so presented and filed shall be barred…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the governing body of any county from disallowing any account, in whole or in part, when so rendered and verified, if it appears that the charges are incorrect or that the services or disbursements have not, in fact, been made…

No fees shall be paid by the governing body of any county for the proof of any claim presented to them. All public officers are required to probate without compensation all claims against their respective counties.