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Utah Code § 17-70-302

Duties

Amended by Chapter 105, 2026 General Session

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:

(a) show the amount of each claim or order;

(b) show the date of each claim or order;

(c) show the date of the county's allowance or rejection of the claim; and

(d) are countersigned by the county executive;

(5) deliver one of the lists referred to in Subsection (4) to the:

(a) county finance officer; and

(b) 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:

(a) ordinance; or

(b) 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 Section 17-70-102 all deeds and conveyances of all real estate conveyed by the county;

(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 17-64-103; and

(24) keep other records and perform other duties as may be prescribed by law.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.