A county clerk shall:

1. (1) record all proceedings of the county legislative body;
2. (2) make full entries of all resolutions and decisions of the county legislative body on all questions concerning the county;
3. (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. (4) prepare and certify duplicate lists of all claims that:

   1. (a) show the amount of each claim or order;
   2. (b) show the date of each claim or order;
   3. (c) show the date of the county's allowance or rejection of the claim; and
   4. (d) are countersigned by the county executive;

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

   1. (a) county finance officer; and
   2. (b) county treasurer;
6. (6) file and preserve a county officer's report to the county legislative body;
7. (7) file and preserve all accounts except accounts that are kept by the county finance officer;
8. (8) file and preserve all petitions and applications for franchises;
9. (9) record the county legislative body's action on petitions and applications for franchises;
10. (10) authenticate with the clerk's signature and the seal of the county the county legislative body's proceedings;
11. (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. (12) record all orders levying taxes;
13. (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. (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. (15) perform all other duties the county legislative body requires by:

    1. (a) ordinance; or
    2. (b) resolution;
16. (16) establish policies to issue marriage licenses to county residents and individuals getting married in the county;
17. (17) keep a register of marriage licenses the county clerk issues;
18. (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. (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. (20) take and certify acknowledgments;
21. (21) administer oaths;
22. (22) keep a fee schedule as provided by law;
23. (23) take charge of and safely keep the seal of the county described in Section 17-64-103; and
24. (24) keep other records and perform other duties as may be prescribed by law.

Amended by Chapter 105, 2026 General Session