DEPUTY COURT CLERK - City of Little Rock, AR - Little Rock, AR
Essential Job Functions:
Answers questions and provides information by telephone and in person, from the public regarding civil and small claims matters. Enters judgments, satisfactions, dismissals, transfers, and appeals into civil dockets; enters case filings, garnishments, and orders into the civil and small claims docket. Issues garnishments, supersedeas bonds, writ of executions, complaints, replevins, and summons; maintains docket book for all pleadings, judgments, and entries in each file. Collects monies for filing fees, issues receipts; reconciles monthly bank statements with receipts and deposits; calculates fund distributions and writes checks payable to City accounts in compliance with state statute; notifies supervisor of any discrepancies.
Maintains hard copy files and records of civil and small claims court records and civil appeals posted; prepares, scans, and indexes current and historical small claims and civil court files and records; operates a computerized scanner system. Prepares deposits for accounts maintained for collections from the civil and small claims court; submits all deposits daily to the Department of Finance, Division of Treasury. Records transactions in all civil and small claims filings. Prepares monthly statistical report for the judicial system. Creates and maintains case files with appropriate information for civil and small claims filings. File stamps all incoming case file related documents; enters into docket book and distributes to correct case file. Verifies by telephone, all judgments, with credit agencies and attorney’s offices to confirm that the judgments have been satisfied. Prepares and organizes docket sheets for civil hearings and other documents for scheduling trials. Serves as backup to the Court Clerk (Environmental) as assigned. Operates a computer terminal to update small claims and civil court filings. Maintains a diary of all upcoming trials; notifies all plaintiffs, defendants, and attorneys by mail and telephone of trial dates. Operates a computer, utilizing spreadsheet, access and word processing software in the performance of essential functions.
Minimum Qualifications and Additional Requirements:
These knowledge, skills, and abilities are usually, although not always, acquired through the completion of high school or a vocational technical school, and two (2) years of clerical/administrative experience in a legal environment, and one (1) year of computer experience. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
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