Utah Code § 17-70-302

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A county clerk shall:
(1) record all proceedings of the county legislative body;
(2) make full entries of all resolutions and decisions of the county legislative body on all questions
concerning the county;
(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) prepare and certify duplicate lists of all claims that:
(a) show the amount of each claim or order;
(b) show the date of each claim or order;
(c) show the date of the county's allowance or rejection of the claim; and
(d) are countersigned by the county executive;
(5) deliver one of the lists referred to in Subsection (4) to the:
(a) county finance officer; and
(b) county treasurer;
(6) file and preserve a county officer's report to the county legislative body;
(7) file and preserve all accounts except accounts that are kept by the county finance officer;
(8) file and preserve all petitions and applications for franchises;
(9) record the county legislative body's action on petitions and applications for franchises;
(10) authenticate with the clerk's signature and the seal of the county the county legislative body's
proceedings;
(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) record all orders levying taxes;
(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) 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) perform all other duties the county legislative body requires by:
(a) ordinance; or
(b) resolution;
(16) establish policies to issue marriage licenses to county residents and individuals getting
married in the county;
(17) keep a register of marriage licenses the county clerk issues;
(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) 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) take and certify acknowledgments;
(21) administer oaths;
(22) keep a fee schedule as provided by law;
(23) take charge of and safely keep the seal of the county described in Section 17-64-103; and
(24) keep other records and perform other duties as may be prescribed by law.

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