11-401. Enumeration of officers A. The officers of the county are: 1. Sheriff. 2. Recorder. 3. Treasurer. 4. School superintendent. 5. County attorney. 6. Assessor. 7. Supervisors. 8. Clerk of the board of supervisors. 9. Tax collector. B. The county treasurer shall be ex officio tax collector.
11-402. Qualifications A person shall not be eligible for a county office, whether elective or appointive, nor shall a certificate of election or commission issue to any person, unless he is, at the time of his election or appointment, eighteen years of age or over, a resident of the state, an elector of the county […]
11-403. Private practice of law prohibited; certain county attorneys; exceptions A. The sheriff, the constable and the constable’s deputies are prohibited from practicing law or forming a partnership with an attorney-at-law. B. In a county having a population of sixty thousand or more persons, the county attorney or the county attorney’s deputies shall not engage […]
11-404. Residence of county officers The following officers shall reside within the county: 1. Judge of the superior court. 2. Treasurer and ex officio tax collector. 3. Clerk of the board of supervisors. 4. Sheriff. 5. Assessor. 6. County attorney. 7. Recorder. 8. School superintendent. 9. Public defender.
11-405. Limitations on absence of officer from state A county officer shall not absent himself from the state for more than thirty days without the consent of the board of supervisors.
11-406. Term of office A. County and precinct officers for whose election and term of office no other provision is made, shall be elected at the regular general election and shall hold office for a term of two years from the first day of January subsequent to their election. B. One person only shall be […]
11-407. Duties of successors to office A. When the term of office for which an officer has been elected or appointed is terminated by operation of law, death, resignation or removal, leaving unperformed any duty imposed by law, the successor in office shall perform all acts and complete all unfinished official business commenced by his […]
11-408. Consolidation of offices Where offices are consolidated, the person elected or appointed to fill the offices consolidated shall take the oath of office and give the bond required for each, discharge the duties and receive the compensation of each office.
11-409. Deputies and employees; appointment The county officers enumerated in section 11-401, by and with the consent of, and at salaries fixed by the board, may appoint deputies, stenographers, clerks and assistants necessary to conduct the affairs of their respective offices. The appointments shall be in writing.
11-410. Use of county resources or employees to influence elections; prohibition; civil penalty; definitions A. A county shall not spend or use its resources, including the use or expenditure of monies, accounts, credit, facilities, vehicles, postage, telecommunications, computer hardware and software, web pages, personnel, equipment, materials, buildings or any other thing of value, for the […]
11-411. Performance of duties at place other than county seat; record filing When, in the opinion of the chief officer of any county office, the public interest requires the performance of any duties of the office at a place other than the county seat, the duties may be performed at such place by a duly […]
11-412. Seals for certain officers The board of supervisors, treasurer and recorder shall each have a seal of office bearing the name of the county and the office.
11-413. County offices; business periods A. Every county officer, except the sheriff, shall keep the officer’s office open for at least forty hours each week or at least thirty-two hours each week if the week contains a day that is a legal holiday. Notwithstanding section 1-301, for the purposes of opening county offices for the […]
11-414. Monthly statement of fees earned; disposition of fees A. County and precinct officers entitled to receive or collect fees, except notaries public, shall file on the first day of the month an itemized statement of all fees earned during the last month in the conduct of their official duties with the clerk of the […]
11-416. Liability for failure to collect and remit fees Every salaried county or precinct officer failing to collect the prescribed fees and pay them into the county treasury is liable to the county therefor.
11-419. County salaries A. In counties having a population of five hundred thousand or more persons, the following annual salaries shall be paid to county officers: Annual Salary Annual Salary Through Beginning Officer December 31, 2024 January 1, 2025 Attorney $123, 678 $143, 678 Assessor 76, 600 96, 600 Recorder 76, 600 96, 600 Sheriff […]
11-422. Salary of clerk of the board A. The board of supervisors in each county shall appoint a clerk and determine his salary. B. A clerk of a board of supervisors shall not be paid compensation other than the salary determined by the board but the clerk may be reimbursed for his actual necessary expenses […]
11-423. Assessor; treasurer; confidentiality; email addresses A. The county assessor and treasurer shall maintain the confidentiality of email addresses provided by county residents who request to receive information and notices from these county offices by email. B. This section does not limit or prohibit the public from inspecting or copying other records pursuant to title […]
11-424.01. Salaries of precinct officers other than justices of the peace; definition A. At the regular June meeting of the several boards of supervisors preceding a general election, the boards shall fix the salaries of all precinct officers, other than justices of the peace, for those officers to be elected for the four-year period commencing […]
11-424.02. Receipt of salary by justices of the peace; affidavit; pending and undetermined causes; violation; classification A. A justice of the peace or a justice of the peace pro tempore shall not receive his salary unless such justice either certifies that no cause before such justice remains pending and undetermined for sixty days after it […]
