About the Auditor
The county auditor has a broad range of
duties and responsibilities involving specific statutory
functions and county financial administration. The
auditor examines and audits county financial records
and prepares the preliminary county budget for the
board of county commissioners. The auditor also has
functions relating to special districts. Many of the
auditors' statutory duties are not associated with
county finance.
The primary statutory responsibilities of
the county auditor are: (1) recording (recording of real
property documents such as deeds and other recorded
documents); (2) licensing (licensing, titling, and
registration for motor vehicles and watercraft, issuing
various licenses such as marriage, and acting as agent
for the state Department of Revenue in collecting
certain fees and taxes); (3) elections and voter
registration (acting as ex-officio supervisor of
elections and administering voter registration and
elections); (4) county financial audit and
administration duties includes auditing county
expenditures, serving as ex officio supervisor of the
state Auditor's Office Division of Municipal
Corporations, preparation and administration of the
county budget and preparing the annual financial report.
