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 Elected Officials information. Each Ohio county organized under the general statutory law has eleven elected officials consisting of three county commissioners and an auditor, treasurer, prosecuting attorney, clerk of courts of common pleas, engineer, coroner, recorder and sheriff. There is no chief executive officer; each elected official possesses some executive authority.
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CLERK OF COURTS The principal duty of the clerk of courts is to keep journals, records,
books, and the papers pertaining to the court of common pleas and the
court of appeals. The clerk's responsibilities involve not only the
filing, docketing, indexing, and preserving of all pleadings, but also
with arriving at decisions regarding the procedures required by law
and the The clerk of courts is also responsible for issuing titles for motor vehicles and watercraft. As a part of this responsibility the clerk collects the sales tax on automobiles and remits this money to the state. In this regard, the clerk also issues memorandum copies of titles, duplicates, notations of licenses on vehicles and watercraft and fees associated with these responsibilities. Some clerks also perform the duties of administrator for juvenile and probate courts, and a few serve as the clerk of the municipal or a county court. Clerks also generally accept passport applications and accept applications for hunting and fishing licenses. Finally, the clerk of courts has the responsibility for collecting
or disbursing millions of dollars in court costs, witness fees, juror
fees, fines, appraisal fees and other costs. Clerks also file real estate
salesmen and brokers licenses, optometrists licenses, coroners reports,
and notary public
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