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CITY OF POLSON Court Clerk in POLSON, Montana
Performs a wide variety of routine clerical and administrative support work for the City Court.
Assists in administering criminal proceedings and docketing. Prepares correspondence and maintains records. Processes deferrals, jail sentences, probation, pre-sentence matters, failures. Assists in the coordination of court matters with defendants, defense counsel, City prosecutor, police department, jail, alcohol agencies and other levels of the criminal justice administration system. Receipts, deposits and accounts for monies for fines, forfeitures and other court receipts. Prepares reports for state and local agencies. Prepares court dockets and files; checks with jails for special hearings. Receives, logs and indexes incoming filings, citations and complaints. Responds to counter, telephone and written inquiries. Receipts bail, fines and penalties. Initiates related paperwork as needed by defendants to facilitate their response to a citation or complaint. Performs primary filing of all papers, dockets, index cards, case files, and case related correspondence. Processes Failure to Pay, Failure to Comply and Failure to Appear notices. Constructs new case files, filing and retrieving documents as necessary. Prepares and maintains appropriate calendars; sets up court hearings. Prepares files for court use; processes timely notices to defendants of arraignments, trials and hearings. Initiates requests for driving and criminal records. Responds to requests from City Judge, City Prosecutor, Police Department and others for assistance and information; processes discovery activity required from the office. Performs a variety of courtroom related tasks such as swearing in juries and witnesses, opening court sessions, and marking exhibits in order of presentation in court cases.
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