(1) (a) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), if a debt or demand against a county is fixed by law, the debt or demand shall be paid by: (i) subject to Subsection (2)(a), a warrant drawn by the county finance officer or the county treasurer; or (ii) subject to Subsection (2)(b), a check or other payment mechanism as may be adopted in accordance with Chapter 63, Fiscal Authority and Processes. (b) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to a debt or demand against the county that is, in accordance with law, audited by another person or tribunal. (2) (a) The county finance officer shall: (i) distinctly specify on a warrant the liability for which the warrant is made and when the liability accrued; and (ii) notify the county treasurer: (A) as described in Subsection (3), of the date, amount, payee of, and number assigned to a warrant; and (B) of the aggregate amount of all contemporaneous payments by warrant. (b) The county finance officer shall notify the county treasurer and county executive: (i) as described in Subsection (3), of the amount and payee of all payments made by check or other payment mechanism; (ii) as described in Subsection (3), the date of and number assigned to a check or other payment mechanism; and (iii) the aggregate amount of a contemporaneous payment. (3) For a remuneration issued by the county finance officer, the finance officer shall: (a) number each remuneration consecutively, commencing annually on the first day of January; and (b) state on the remuneration: (i) the number of the remuneration; (ii) the date of payment; (iii) the amount of the payment made; (iv) the name of the person to whom payable; and (v) the purpose for which the remuneration was made. (4) The county finance officer shall dispose of a payment not presented for collection in accordance with Title 67, Chapter 4a, Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 105, 2026 General Session
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