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Article 19 - County Clerk - Charter

Section 1901. Election.
  1902. Powers and Duties.

Section 1901. Election. There shall be a County Clerk who shall be elected from the County at large. The County Clerk’s term of office shall begin with the first day of January next following the County Clerk’s election, and shall be for four years except as otherwise provided in this Charter. At the time of the County Clerk’s election and throughout the County Clerk’s term of office the Clerk shall be a qualified elector of the County. The Clerk shall devote the County Clerk’s whole time to the duties of the County Clerk’s office and shall hold no other public office.

Section 1902. Powers and duties. Except wherein consistent with this Charter, the County Clerk shall have and exercise all powers and duties now or hereafter conferred or imposed upon the County Clerk by any applicable law. The Clerk shall perform such additional and related duties as may be prescribed by local law.

Amended by Local Law No.3-2025.

Article 19 was formerly numbered Article 20, which was formerly numbered Article XIII.