The Clerk & Recorder is a nonpartisan, countywide elected official serving a four-year term. In Tehama County, the Clerk & Recorder also has the role of Registrar of Voters and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.

The ideal candidate for County Clerk/Registrar of Voters will foster an environment which will promote civil participation, transparency, public engagement and education, and will ensure elections and voter registration processes are handled with integrity; will work to maintain and restore public trust in the elections process; will understand California Elections laws; will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and exceptional leadership skills; the ability to work collaboratively and build relationships with the CAO, Board of Supervisors, Department Heads, community organizations, and the community; and have the ability to handle sensitive and/or politically charged situations with diplomacy and tact.

Clerk & Recorder — Provides a variety of direct public services, such as issuing marriage licenses; registering confidential marriages; filing fictitious business name statements; filing and qualifying notary public oaths and bonds; processing passport applications; posting environmental documents; registering process servers; administering and filing oaths of office; filing grand jury reports; and filing, indexing, and maintaining a variety of miscellaneous public documents. Files and maintains public documents associated with land transactions, including sale, lien, purchase, and easement; files and maintains documents associated with vital statistics, including births, deaths, and regular marriages (as opposed to confidential marriages); and maintains a cumulative record of all official documents for the county. The Clerk & Recorder is the Commissioner of Civil Marriages and may perform civil marriage ceremonies.

Clerk of the Board of Supervisors — Provides overall support to the Board, including processing and maintaining all Board records and agendas; attending and taking minutes at all sessions of the Board and its affiliated agencies.

Registrar of Voters — Registers all voters in the county and maintains the voter files; verifies petitions; files campaign statements; conducts all elections in the county (i.e., federal, state, county, school, and special district elections).

Qualifications:

This position has specific qualifications pursuant to Government Code sections 1020, 24001, and 24004(a). The appointee must be at least 18 years of age, a resident in California, and be registered to vote in Tehama County by the time of appointment. Additionally, as required by law, the candidate shall not practice law or have as a partner a lawyer or anyone who acts as a lawyer for a collection agency or acts as a collector for any collection agency or have as a partner a collector or anyone who acts as a collection agency in the county where they reside and hold office.

• Candidate's application will become a public document.
• Interviews with the Board will be held in a public location.