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Commonly called the County Clerk is elected for a four-year term and is prohibited from serving more than two terms within a 12-year period. Functions of the Clerk include:Serving as a member and secretary of the county election board and the County commission on public records. Appointing the other members of the county election board from nominations made by the Party chair persons; receiving filings of candidacy from people seeking certain elective offices.Attending sessions of the circuit court and other county courts. Filing, recording and entering orders pertaining to civil, juvenile and criminal matters. Issuing testimony letters, letters of administration and letters of guardianship. Recording will’s, inventories of estates, sale bills, inheritance tax orders and final accounts of probate proceedings. Issuing marriage licenses, paying out support monies and issuing receipts in dependency cases, recording birth certificates