County Clerk & Recorder

OVERVIEW

The County Clerk is elected to a 4 year term and is responsible for the following duties:

Serving as clerk to the County Board
Sending out agendas for Committee and Full Board meetings
Preparing minutes from Full Board meetings
Issuing Marriage License
Issuing certified vital records (birth, death, marriage)
Tending to genealogy records
Collecting Delinquent Taxes after they have gone to tax sale
Issuing Payroll and accounts payable for entire County
Registering Notary commissions
Administering Voter Registration
Managing all election proceedings as Election Authority
Calculating the rates for taxing authorities based on levies they have turned in
Recording prepared documents transferring land
Keeping and preserving all records of deeds
Maintaining records of subdivision plats, mortgages, and all types of liens against property
Assuming name/Doing Business As
Veterans discharged from the military (DD214)

CONTACT

T: 618.244.8020 ext. 3

Select option 1 for the recording department and tax extensions

Select option 2 for vital records, delinquent taxes, elections/voter registration, payroll and accounts payable

F: 618.244.8023

payroll/accounts payable jeffcoclerk2@jeffil.us

Office/Mailing Address:

100 South 10th Street

Room 105

Mt. Vernon, IL 62864

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