0000003644.COURT CLERK.DISTRICT CLERK CRIMINAL SECTION

Responsibilities

• Receives, prepares, verifies, and processes documents including routine correspondence and legal documents;
• Copies forms and other materials;
• May process and create new cases;
• Schedules hearings;
• Ensures case information is properly entered into the court’s official record in accordance with established procedures.
• Researches and analyzes requests to respond to inquiries, problems, issues, and exceptions to resolve discrepancies;
• Manages assigned caseload;
• Serves as a liaison between prosecutors, attorneys, Judges, witnesses, victims, granting and law enforcement agencies, and other County departments.
• May serve as court administrator on behalf of the courts.
• Maintains confidentiality of cases.
• Determines action to be taken to comply with statues and court orders.
• Processes time-sensitive documents in accordance with all applicable County, State and Federal statutes
• Scans, indexes, and performs quality assurance of documents in case management system.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from an accredited high school/GED program;
• Experience: Four (4) years job-related experience or 60 college hours or a combination of the two.