Clerk of District Court
Linny Emrich
Office location: Courthouse
Position: state employee appointed by district court judges
- Keeps an index of judgments and liens
- Custodian of Grand Jury indictments and reports
- Issues execution on judgments of record
- Approves appearance bonds of criminals out on bond
- Approves bonds of guardians, executors, and administrators
- Appoints administrators of decedents and guardians of minors
- Receives on deposit money due minors or heirs whose whereabouts are unknown
- Issues commitments for persons delivered to the penitentiary or mental institutes
- Acts as referee in probate
- Custodian of all court records in law, equity, probate, criminal, juvenile, adoptions, small claims and traffic
- In conjunction with County Auditor & County Recorder, draws grand jurors, petit jurors, and talesmen
- Trustee of Workmen's compensation
