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: show the amount of each claim or order; show the date of each claim or order; show the date of the county's allowance or rejection of the claim; and are countersigned by the county executive;
(5) deliver one of the lists referred to in Subsectionto the: (4) county finance officer; and 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: ordinance; or 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 Sectionall deeds and conveyances of all real estate conveyed by the county; 17-70-102
(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; and 17-64-103
(24) keep other records and perform other duties as may be prescribed by law.