Wichita County

The County Clerk Is Now A Passport Acceptance Agency

Duties of the County Clerk

Without county clerks, many of government’s underlying responsibilities would go undone. 
The main duties of the county clerk are:

• Administering all county and state elections, including early voting and primaries, unless the commissioners court has transferred the function to the tax assessor-collector or an office of county election administrator;
• Serving as clerk of the county court and the commissioners court and keep records of the proceedings;
• Acting as recorder of deeds and other instruments;
• Filing and recording birth and death certificates;
• Recording assumed names, wills and probate;
• Issuing marriage licenses; and
• Accounting for all funds paid to the office by way of fines and fees, and the amount owed to county court jurors for service.