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Bay Countys Clerk of the Circuit Court is a directly elected public trustee. The Office of the Clerk is a complex organization that performs a wide range of record keeping. All information management and financial management tasks in the Judicial System and County Government are kept.
The Clerk's Office performs 926 different tasks. Some of the more significant duties of the Clerk are summarized below:
Duties as a Member of the Court
Attend each session of court
File indictments, information and verdicts
Process all civil and criminal cases
Prepare records to next highest court of appeals
Oversee Jury selection
Receive payments for fines, court costs and victim restitution
Disburse judicial funds
Supervise the fines and forfeiture fund
Duties as County Recorder
Record and index deeds, mortgages, and descriptions of all county property
Record all tax liens and claims against estates, instruments of conveyance, agreements, contracts, maps and plats of subdivisions
Process tax deed applications and conduct sales
Maintain public microfilm libraries and a record storage facility
Duties as Ex-Officio Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners
Attend all meetings of the Board of County Commissioners and committees of the Board as directed
Produce, record, index and distribute the official minutes of those meetings
Maintain legal custody of the Official County Seal
Custodian of all County resolutions, ordinances and contracts
Process appeals before the Value Adjustment Board
Duties as Custodian of County Funds, Account and County Auditor
Provide effective and efficient accounting services to all the departments under the Board of County Commissioners
Provide the correct accounting treatment for all of the fiscal changes that are implemented by the Board
Responsible for the investment of available county funds
Provide for the investment of available county funds
Provide financial reporting to the Board and all federal and state agencies
Process accounts payable
Review the management and accounting controls existing in the County government
The Clerk
Issues Marriage Licenses
Records Birth Certificates (when requested to do so)
Records Home Owner Deeds
Records Mortgage Information
Collects Documentary Stamps Required
Closes Estates After Death (through the Probate Division)
Contact information:
Bay County Clerk's Office,
300 East 4th Street ,
Panama City, FL 32401.
Phone (850)763-9061.
Fax (850)747-5188.
Email: baycoclerk@baycoclerk.com
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