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County Clerk & Elections

Overview & Services

The County Clerk's Office takes daily phone calls assisting people as well as those who walk in requesting information. The office also handles the following:

• Act as secretary to the Board of County Commissioners by attending the sessions of the Board, either in person or by deputy
  • Keep the seal, record the papers of the Board
  • Sign the records of proceedings and attest the same with the seal of the county
• Assist township, cemetery, watershed, and fire districts with budget preparations
• Assist with genealogy research
• Handle all county elections
• Handle all voter registrations
• Handle house moving permits
• Maintain budgets for all county taxing entities
• Maintain records for many items
• Manage accounts payable
• Manage open records request
• Prepare the tax roll for the county and furnish an abstract of taxes to be collected to the County Treasurer
• Boat registration - New and renewals
• Sell cereal malt beverage licenses
• Sell fish and game licenses
• Serve as Election Officer for Dickinson County

The County Clerk's Office checks all budgets for legal limits and sets levies for:

• County Budget
• 9 Cities
• 24 Townships
• 7 Fire Districts
• 30 Cemetery Districts
• 1 Hospital District
• 2 Watershed Districts
• 5 Schools
• 4 Recreation Commissions
• Red Bud Lake
• Chisholm Trail Ext. District

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