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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. Appointment of clerk; term; clerk pro tempore. The county commissioners in each county may appoint a suitable person to serve as clerk to the county commissioners. If the county has a county administrator, the commissioners may not appoint a clerk. The clerk of the county commissioners shall be known as the county clerk.
A. The county clerk serves at the will of the county commissioners.
B. When a clerk is absent, the clerk may appoint a clerk pro tempore to the commissioners for whose actions the clerk is responsible.
2. Duties; commissioners' records. County clerks must be sworn and shall make a record of the actions of the county commissioners. The commissioners shall examine these records and, when correct, shall certify them and they shall be adopted into the records of the county commissioners by the clerk.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A. Municipalities and Counties § 81. Designation of clerk; duties - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-30-a-municipalities-and-counties/me-rev-st-tit-30-a-sect-81/
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