The County Clerk's Office

The County Clerk's Office handles many administrative duties for Jefferson County. These duties include:

• Acts as the Secretary to the Board of County Commissioners by scheduling meetings, preparing and distributing the agenda and recording and distributing official meeting minutes.
• Responsible for keeping official record of the Board of County Commissioners
• Serves as the County Election Officer
• Responsible for Human Resources
• Administrator of County Payroll
• Administrator of Accounts Payable
• Review budgets for all County taxing entities
• Prepare budgets for cemeteries, townships, fire districts, drainage and watershed districts
• Calculate and set mill levies for all taxing entities
• Swears in elected officials and various board members
• Certifies Tax Unit Boundary Maps
• Issues Cereal Malt Beverage Licenses
• Register Scrap Metal Dealers
• Sell Kansas Wildlife and Parks permits
• Maintains inventory for Jefferson County
• Keeps Real Estate Ownership Records (Assessment Roll)
• Prepare and add special assessments and state assessed utilities to tax roll
• Prepares the tax roll for the County

News and Announcements

Election News                                                                    No primary election will be necessary for August 2023. A primary is needed when more than 3 times the number of candidates file for the position.  For example, for 1 position, if 4 people file it would require a primary.  See the candidate list on the Elections Section of this website.