Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 31-708 (2026)
Duties of clerk.
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Duties of clerk.
The clerk of the board must:
1. Record all the proceedings of the board.
2. Make full entries of all their resolutions and decisions on all questions concerning the raising of money for, and the allowance of accounts against, the county.
3. Record the vote of each member on any question upon which there is a division, or at the request of any member present.
4. Sign all orders made and warrants issued by order of the board for the payment of money.
5. Record the reports of the county treasurer of the receipts and disbursements of the county.
6. Preserve and file all accounts acted upon by the board.
7. Preserve and file all petitions and applications for franchises; and record the action of the board thereon.
8. Record all orders levying taxes; and,
9. Perform all other duties required by law or any rule or order of the board.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1976–2002 · leading case: Farrell v. Bd. of Com'rs, Lemhi Cnty., 64 P.3d 304 (Idaho 2002).
Farrell v. Bd. of Com'rs, Lemhi Cnty., 64 P.3d 304 (Idaho 2002). “” I.C. § 31-708. Also, a code section referring to the county board of commissioners states that a “majority of the board constitutes a quorum,” and it would not make sense to define a quorum unless it were necessary for board action.”
Application of Bennion, 554 P.2d 942 (Idaho 1976). “In other words, in this case was the right to appeal lost by a technical failure to serve the clerk of the board of county commissioners when service has been made on the board by mail, with copies of the notice sent to an attorney who had represented the board, as well as to…”
E. Idaho Health Servs., Inc. v. Burtenshaw, 841 P.2d 434 (Idaho 1992). “As we noted in that case: I.C. § 31-708 enumerates the duties of the clerk of the board of county commissioners.”
Fox v. Estep, 797 P.2d 854 (Idaho 1990). “Idaho Code § 31-708 , in defining the “[d]uties of clerk,” specifies “[t]he clerk of the board must: 1.”
Holman v. Bd. of Commissioners, 554 P.2d 942 (Idaho 1976). “In other words, in this case was the right to appeal lost by a technical failure to serve the clerk of the board of county commissioners when service has been made on the board by mail, with copies of the notice sent to an attorney who had represented the board, as well as to…”
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