Services
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
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
Contact Us
Location
109 E. 1st Street Abilene, KS 67410
Phone
785-263-3774
Office Hours
8:00 am - 5:00 pm