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Office of Phil Simons, Dickson County Clerk
you may visit or call either of the below Office's Dickson County Clerks Office Charlotte, TN 615-789-5093 Courthouse Annex, Po Box 220 Charlotte, TN 37036 or Dickson County Clerks Office, Dickson TN, Branch Office 615-446-2543 106 North Main st, Dickson, TN 37036
To obtain: Vehicle Registration & Titles, Boat Registration, Business License/ Business Tax, Marriage License, Notaries.
The County Clerk, formerly the county court clerk, was a statutory official for many decades prior to becoming a constitutional office in the 1978 amendments to the Tennessee Constitution. The county clerk is elected to a four-year term in the August general election in the same even-numbered year that the governor is elected. T.C.A. § 18-6-101. Qualifications. The office of county clerk does not carry any qualifications beyond the general qualifications noted earlier in this chapter for county officers. Oath of Office and Bond. Before entering into office, the county clerk must take and subscribe to the constitutional oath and the oath of office known as the fidelity oath. An example of this oath for the county clerk is included in the appendix to this handbook. The deputy’s oath of office is the same as that of the county clerk; it must be certified, filed, and endorsed in the same manner. T.C.A. § 8-18-112. Also, prior to entering into the duties of the office, the county clerk must post either a $50,000 official bond in counties with a population of 15,000 or more, or a $25,000 bond in counties with a population of less than 15,000. T.C.A. § 18-2-201. 30 Compensation. As discussed earlier in this chapter, county clerks must receive an annual minimum salary in the amount for a general officer as formulated in T.C.A. § 8- 24-102. The county legislative body may increase the salary of general officers above the minimum amount, but may not increase the salary of the county clerk without also increasing the salary of other general officers. The amount due the county clerk as compensation does not vary with the amount of fees collected regardless of whether the salary of the county clerk is paid from the clerk’s fee account or from the general fund. Deputies and Assistants. The county clerk may receive authority to employ deputies and assistants through a letter of agreement or court order as explained earlier in this chapter. If the county clerk decides to petition for additional deputies or assistants or additional salary amounts, the petition is filed in the chancery court and the county mayor defends the salary suit. T.C.A. § 8-20-101. Duties. The general duties of the county clerk are set out in T.C.A. § 18-6-101 et seq. Other duties are found in various other sections of the Tennessee Code. The county clerk performs a wide variety of functions, which generally include: (1) keeping the official records of the county legislative body; (2) collecting certain local and state taxes (such as local wheel taxes, local hotel/motel taxes, beer taxes, business taxes, and vehicle registration fees); (3) issuing motor vehicle titles and registrations; (4) issuing marriage licenses; (5) issuing business licenses; (6) processing applications for beer permits; (7) processing applications for notaries public; (8) issuing pawnbroker licenses; and (9) issuing hunting and fishing licenses. The county clerk receives fees for the services rendered by the office. Fees for the various duties performed by the county clerk are found in T.C.A. §§ 8-21-701 and 8-21-401, as well as in statutes relating to the particular subject matter, such as Title 55 for motor vehicle titling and registration. Fee officers, including county clerks, are required to collect all fees to which they are entitled. T.C.A. § 8-22-102.
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