“Duties of the Court Clerk (County/State)”
A Court Clerk is an administrative worker in the criminal and civil justice systems, providing
support to judges, attorneys and other officers of the court. They manage all secretarial duties
including maintaining court records, distributing orders of the court, and preparing meeting
agendas. They ensure that all court processes run smoothly
and effectively.
More specifically, a Court Clerk – upholds all court files and records to ensure they stay up-to-
date and accessible; records the minutes of meetings and court proceedings; assists in all office
management and administrative processes; creates calendars of cases to be called; prepare and
distribute court orders including probation orders, sentencing information, and court summonses;
collects court fines and maintain records of amounts collected; ensures that all legal documents
submitted adhere to the law and
court procedures; and administers oaths and affirmations.
The Court Clerk via Anna
Clerks set the venue of court cases — that is, they determine where a case belongs, in which
court and jurisdiction, and they assign it to a specific Judge, a Justice, or a Justice of the Peace
to “shepherd” the proceedings.
So the first duty of a Court Clerk is to recognize the kind of action being pursued and the nature
of the people or the persons pursuing it, and thereby, to correctly direct it to the appropriate
jurisdiction and the appropriate court within that jurisdiction.
Our Clerks have to turn away people who are coming to our courts seeking redress while still
functioning as “foreign persons” on our shores. … Is it an issue that pertains to the land and soil
and to actual, factual people and things? That is our jurisdiction. Or is it something intangible and
theoretical, like two corporations arguing over patent rights? That is THEIR jurisdiction. A good
Court Clerk can determine the jurisdiction of a case from determining the capacity in which parties
to a case are acting, the nature of the controversy and what it involves as subject matter.
A good Court Clerk operating a lawful Court as one of the People and a member of the State Jural
Assembly can “observe the facts” though not offer “legal advice” since our lawful system is foreign
to their legal system. Court Clerks also maintain meticulous records of all the paperwork involved
in a case, assigning numbers to case records and keeping track as more paperwork and evidence
comes in and is added to the court record.
Land and soil jurisdiction Courts keep records. Sea jurisdiction Courts keep files. Many Paralegals
can readily fulfill the duties of Court Clerk once they are brought up to speed and understand that
we are reopening Public Courts to serve the people (State Nationals) and People (State Citizens)
of our State.
— Excerpt p.76,77 The Jural Assembly Handbook
