Court Clerk II - Entry Level Re p o r t i n g d i r e c t l y t o t h e Chi e f J u s t ic e Co u rt Cle rk /A d mi n is t r a t o r, t h e Co u r t Cl e rk II i s r e sp on si b l e f o r a v a r i e t y o f i n cre a si n g l y c o mpl e x l eg a l p r o ced u r a l d u ties.

Work Schedule:

Monday-Friday, 8-hour days (40 hours per week). Condensed schedules (e.g., four 10- hour days) are not offered for this position. G e n e r a l:

• Maintains and ensures accuracy and integrity of the Courts' electronic and paper files.
• Records, researches, and processes Orders of the Court and ensure timely completion.
• Serve as a liaison between the judge and attorneys, other County departments, law enforcement agencies, and the general public.
• Provides customer service and performs detailed legal procedures associated with the receipt, review, processing, and maintenance of court documents and case files.
• Prepa res and processes varied legal procedures and documents including summons, subpoenas, writs, notifications, motions, orders, judgments, abstracts, appeals, and dismissals.
• Assist judge in the courtroom during trials, process court evidence and exhibits into the court software, draft judgments and orders as trials are in session.
• Process incoming and outgoing mail and email.
• Must be well versed in business writing and possess strong grammar skills.
• Assist with court docket coordination.
• Schedule court hearings and disseminate notices to all parties related to case.
• Records, maintains, and reports to the State any court ordered community service, driver's license suspensions, alcohol convictions by minors.
• Enter criminal cases into the OmniBase Services of Texas as needed.
• Cross-trains for departmental coverage of specialized duty assignments. R e s ea rc h :
• Researching and maintaining a comprehensive knowledge and understating of applicable laws, criminal and civil procedures, policies, and procedures to effectively commu nicate with judge, staff, elected officials, law enforcement, attorneys and pro-se litigants.
• Utilizes legal reference materials to perform research related to current laws and procedures.
• Preforms research to maintain up-to-date knowledge of monthly judgment interest rates.

Training/Certification:

• Maintain specialized knowledge of the statutes and governing processes of the court.
• Obtain required TLETS Certification and maintain recertification every two years.
• Attend annual clerk training session. F i nan c i a l :
• Collect court costs and fees.
• Calculates and processes exact fines and filing fee amounts; receives and processes payment for fees and fine s; handl es rec e ipt s for m oney; r e c onci l es c a sh draw e r a t the c l ose o f eac h business day ; creates related financial reports; completes bank deposit as necessary.
• Processes surety, and cash bonds for criminal, civil, and administrative cases and personal bonds for criminal cases.
• B ala n c es c a s h d r a w e r d ail y a nd p r e p a r es r e l a t e d r e p o r t s o n a d ail y a nd w e e k l y b a s i s .