§ 525. County clerk; duties. 1. The county clerk shall perform the duties prescribed by law as register, and be the clerk of the supreme court and clerk of the county court within his county. He shall perform such additional and related duties as may be prescribed by law and directed by the board of […]
§ 526. Deputy county clerk. 1. Within ten days after assuming the duties of the office, each county clerk shall appoint a deputy county clerk by an instrument in writing filed and recorded in his office. The deputy county clerk shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the county clerk and during the […]
§ 527. Special court clerks. The board of supervisors shall authorize the appointment by the county clerk of such special court clerks including naturalization clerks as may be necessary for the courts of record sitting in the county to function properly. Special court clerks shall have the same powers and duties as the county clerk […]
§ 528. Photo recording. In any county in which documents to be recorded in the county clerk’s office are copies by use of a photo copying process, such county clerk may cause the parts of such a document to be separated temporarily to facilitate such process, provided the document is restored to its original form […]
§ 529. Consolidated lien index. 1. In counties having a population of less than five hundred thousand, the county clerk may install and maintain a single consolidated index, in lieu of all other indices required by law, for the purpose of indexing alphabetically all liens or encumbrances affecting real property recorded or filed in his […]
§ 530. Court and trust fund register. Each county clerk shall keep a book to be known as a court and trust fund register to be used solely as a record of moneys and securities paid, transferred, or deposited, or ordered to be so paid, transferred, or deposited into the courts of which he is […]
§ 532. Retention and destruction of certain recorded instruments. After twenty years have elapsed from the date of recording a deed, lease, contract, agreement, mortgage or a release of part of mortgaged premises any such instrument so recorded which has not been returned to the person presenting such instrument for recording or to some other […]
§ 533. Liability of county for negligence of county clerk and employees of county clerk’s office. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general, special or local, a county may by local law assume the liability to save harmless and protect its county clerk and employees of the county clerk’s office from financial loss arising out […]
§ 534. County clerk; appointment of notaries public. Each county clerk shall designate from among the members of his or her staff at least one notary public to be available to notarize documents for the public in each county clerk’s office during normal business hours free of charge. Each individual appointed by the county clerk […]