Court Clerk I

4 days ago

Austin, Texas, United States Travis County, TX Full time
Job Summary

The Travis County Clerk is seeking highly skilled and detail-oriented individuals to fill Court Clerk I positions within the Civil, Probate, and Misdemeanor Divisions. As a Court Clerk I, you will perform a variety of legal clerical duties, including reviewing and processing legal documents, assessing fees, and providing exceptional customer service to the public.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assist and answer questions from the public regarding court cases, directing customers to the appropriate court clerk as needed.
  • Process incoming faxes, sort and log incoming mail and legal documents, and perform filing duties.
  • Serve as liaison or primary point of contact with defendants, plaintiffs, families, judges, court personnel, and other stakeholders regarding status, disposition, and pending actions of individual cases.
  • Assess fees and fines, receive payments, and perform as cashier for the office on a daily basis.
  • Receive and process petitions, indictments, tickets, affidavits, complaints, applications, or information instituting a cause of action, making appropriate notations in the computer system.
  • Initiate new cases and update the status of existing cases in the automated case management system.
  • Prepare or issue summons, capiases, warrants, commitments, subpoenas, citations, writs, injunctions, protective orders, restraining orders, judgments, notices, and executed commitments by statute, rule, order of court, or request by customer.
  • Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
  • Associate's degree in Criminal Justice, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a directly related field.
  • Two years of responsible clerical experience, including familiarity with legal procedures, terminology, the court system, and customer service.
  • Knowledge of criminal justice system policies and procedures, legal terminology, principles, procedures, documents, and forms, office procedures and protocol, scanning equipment and document control, County Court at Law Systems, litigation procedures, appeal process from lower courts, warrant process, criminal justice procedures to handle bond forfeiture cases, business letter writing, grammar, and punctuation, and report preparation.
  • Ability to analyze legal documents, coordinate the review and processing of legal documents, calculate and collect money, operate two-way radios and other communications devices, operate a variety of modern office equipment, including a computer, and both verbal and written communication.
Work Environment

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

Benefits

Employment at Travis County comes with a full array of benefits, including comprehensive health insurance, a no-cost, on-site Health and Wellness clinic, longevity pay, paid vacations, sick time, and personal holidays.

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