Printable Format19-304. Duties of county clerk. The county clerk shall:
(a) Keep the clerk's office at the county seat;
(b) attend the sessions of the board of county commissioners, either in person or by deputy;
(c) keep the seals, records and papers of the board of commissioners;
(d) sign the records of the proceedings of the board of commissioners, and attest the same with the seal of the county; and
(e) have the general powers of a notary public in the performance of all notarial acts.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 43; R.S. 1923, § 19-304; L. 1998, ch. 81, § 1; July 1.
Attorney General's Opinions:
County commissioners; contracts to provide ambulance service. 79-24.
County and county officers; open public meetings; attendance at executive sessions. 87-170.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Clerk must attend meetings of board and keep its records. The State, ex rel., v. Allen, 5 Kan. 213; Comm'rs of Stafford Co. v. The State, ex rel., 40 Kan. 21, 26, 18 P. 889.
2. Section cited in action to determine who was county commissioner. McCahon v. Comm'rs of Leavenworth Co., 8 Kan. 437, 444.
3. On appeal from commissioners, bond must be filed with clerk. Trego County v. Cross, 71 Kan. 151, 153, 79 P. 1084.
4. Records pertaining to road proceedings cannot be altered by parol. Flemming v. Ellsworth County Comm'rs, 119 Kan. 598, 601, 240 P. 591.
5. Duty of county clerk as clerk of board considered. Atchison, T. & S. F. Rly. Co. v. Montgomery County Comm'rs, 121 Kan. 428, 430, 247 P. 442.
6. County clerk proper depository for condemnation award; clerk of county commissioners; duties. Barker v. County of Wyandotte, 188 Kan. 750, 754, 755, 366 P.2d 291.