Civil Process Clerk

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CIVIL PROCESS CLERK

SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT

Starting Salary: $37,440.37 per year

This is a full-time position which includes a full range of benefits, including Paid Time Off, Extended Medical Leave, Holidays, Employee Health, Dental, Life, Disability, Retirement, and Tuition Assistance programs.

Job Overview

The purpose of this position is to process various forms of legal documents; provide assistance to the general public, legal community and courts as needed; and perform data validation and entry of cases, determine fees to be charged, and complete Sheriff returns for court files. This position acts under the supervision of the Senior Clerical Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Uses a high level of understanding of legal terminology to process a high volume of court documents with varying service timelines and service requirements in accordance with the Missouri Supreme Court Rules and the Missouri Statutes.
• Utilizes the County Assessors site, USPS site, and Secretary of States site for address, business, and party verification, obtaining phone numbers to support successful service by the Deputy.
• Utilizes online Argis GIS map to Zone all service papers for entry into the computer database (Central Square).
• Verifies, updates, and enters a high volume of court papers into the computer database (Central Square), consisting of affidavits, body attachments, civil and criminal summons and subpoenas, dissolutions of marriage, Ex-partes, garnishments, judgment debtor exams, juvenile summons and subpoenas, landlord summons, motions to modify, notices, show cause orders, probate hearings, protection orders, small claims, unlawful detainers, mental health orders, writs and other various legal documents for local, out of County and out of state court cases.
• Open, sort, distribute, and process mail, verifying service address is within our legal jurisdiction and appropriate service fees are enclosed, returning mail improperly or missing items or where service timelines expired.
• Sorts court papers by court date to prioritize processing and ensure timelines and service guidelines are met.
• Reviews, sorts, and files original court documents into service files pending completion of service.
• Reviews deputies returns of service, ensuring completion and proper service in accordance with Missouri Supreme Court Rules and Missouri Statutes, seeking completion, clarification, or corrections as needed.
• Prepares service cover sheets for deputies on all court cases, calculating the service fees assessed and determining and logging the service expiration date.

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Other
• Government Administration

• Government Administration