Job Details

Deputy Clerk III

This posting may close at any time once a sufficient number of applications have been received. The Deputy Clerk III performs a variety of secretarial, administrative, and technical duties for the department of assignment.

Examples of duties include:

• Answers telephone and greet visitors; provides information or refers inquiries to appropriate personnel; routes incoming calls and records messages; responds to emails and faxes as necessary.
• Utilizes computerized data entry equipment and various word processing and file maintenance programs to enter, store, and/or retrieve information; maintains pertinent files and records; scans and copies documents as necessary; ensures files are complete and accurate.
• Processes incoming and outgoing mail, including preparing photocopies and collating materials; distributes mail to appropriate department or employee.
• Prepares periodic activity statistical summary and financial reports.
• Assists and provides information to judges, attorneys, title companies, and the general public regarding inquiries and questions.
• Certifies and issues copies of legal documents.
• Supervises support staff for the department; trains employees as necessary.
• Regular and punctual attendance is required.
• Processes all cash and surety bonds, independently verifying information and sufficiency for court; creates spreadsheets to ensure money is received; receives the actual cash from the bonds and processes appropriately.
• Issues all writs and abstracts, determining appropriate action steps to be taken with final paperwork; approves related bonds as necessary.
• Enters all court orders; evaluate orders and chooses next appropriate; responds to orders in a timely manner.
• Receives payments and issues receipts; logs payments in appropriate files and places money in cash drawers; determines which account to post money to; issues refunds and determines appropriate account settlement; recalculates fee schedules for courts; prepares cash drawers from the safe daily.
• Recalls all warrants based upon satisfaction of terms.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Minimum qualifications include:

• High school diploma or GED and a minimum two years of experience in a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Completion of some college level course work preferred.
• Specific certifications related to the area of assignment may be required for this position.

Supplemental information:

To ensure the proper delivery of emails please add jobs@dentoncounty.gov to your email safe list. The primary location for this position will be in Denton, Texas. At times this position may require some travel to other satellite locations.