| ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS |
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| Justice Court Deputy Clerk |
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| Works under general supervision in performing various in-court |
| duties. |
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| Maintains cross reference recovery system; opens mail, sorts and |
| processes. |
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| Takes minutes and maintains record of court proceedings; enters |
| minutes. |
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| Opens and closes court as required. |
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| Marks, handles, and is responsible for keeping and releasing of |
| exhibits. |
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| Receives dockets and files incoming citations, complaints notices |
| of appeal. |
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| Prepares orders to show cause and distribution of all judgments and |
| orders. |
| Performs customer service duties; receives telephone calls and |
| assists public in resolving questions regarding various processes and |
| paperwork; provides information about court procedures and schedules; |
| sets appointments. |
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| Administers fines based on Uniform Fine and Bail Schedule or |
| maintains and monitors trusts if not guilty is entered. |
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| Cashiering duties include: taking payments over the counter, credit |
| card payments, and cash bail received from the Duchesne County Jail. |
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| Tracks payments made through the mail and credit card system; |
| balances daily receipts; receives and processes requests for small |
| claims proceedings; maintains accurate record of small claims |
| judgment files. |
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| Prepares affidavits and orders; sets hearings, collects fees and |
| initiates docketing. |
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| Maintains calendar of events such as trials, arraignments, |
| sentencing, hearings, and motions. |
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| Prepares a variety of notices including notices of trial and |
| pre-trial. |
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| Performs confidential secretarial functions and prepares legal |
| correspondence. |
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| Reviews citations; abstracts; tracks payment records of defendants |
| to assure conformity to judgments and payment schedules; tracks cases |
| that are classified as failure to appear; utilizes legal processes |
| such as late notices, summons, bench warrants, warrants of arrest, |
| orders to show cause; receipts money for bail forfeitures, fines; and |
| issues receipts. |
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| Prepares, with approval and instruction from judge, various court |
| documents such as rulings, judgments, arrest and bench warrants; |
| prepares and issues warrants and orders to show cause for judge's |
| signature; enters warrants on the state system and mails orders to |
| show cause to defendant's. |
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| Arranges appropriate dates of tran |
| sportation when arrests are made in other jurisdictions; computer |
| entry of case information; maintains tickler files and monitors when |
| payments are due (end of court probation etc.). |
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| Prepares case filing, case disposition and other related reports |
| and forwards or routes documents and reports to allied government |
| agencies (BCI, DLD); maintains liaison and communications with |
| agencies associated with the criminal justice system such as police |
| department warrants divisions, bail bondsmen, prosecuting attorney |
| offices, defenses attorneys, public defenders, adult probation and |
| county offices. |
