COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
P O Box 369
Charleston, MO  63834
(573) 683-2146 Extensions 221 & 223                FAX (573) 683-6071
Email: mississippi@sos.mo.gov

Hubert DeLay, Jr., County Clerk
Cyndi Hensley, Deputy County Clerk
Emily Pullen, Registrar of Voters

   The County Clerk's office is the "nerve center" of the county government:  ranging from the daily administration of the county's business to conducting elections to personnel administration to risk management to flood plain management to a host of other administrative functions, the County Clerk is considered the Chief Administrative Officer of the county.

**Financial**

• The County Clerk is the Budget/Accounting officer for the county and accounts for all monies expended from and received into the multiple varied funds of the County.
• The County Clerk's office is responsible for the processing of accounts payable and payroll for the county.
• The County Clerk is responsible for the preparation and publication of the county's annual financial statement.
• The County Clerk's office maintains account books for both the Treasurer and the Collector as a system of "checks and balances" on county funds.

Related Links:

Missouri State Auditor

Department of Revenue

**Elections**

• The County Clerk is the local election authority and is responsible for conducting all elections in the county, whether the election is for federal, state, county, school, city, or special purpose district candidates or issues.
• The County Clerk's office maintains the voter registration files for the county and conducts voter registration throughout the county.
• The County Clerk maintains files on any local candidate or committee who is required to file a Campaign Finance Disclosure Statement.
• The County Clerk has Deputy Voter Registration officials at the following sites:

Anniston City Hall	Bertrand City Hall
Charleston City Hall	East Prairie City Hall
Wyatt City Hall	Charleston High School
East Prairie High School

Related Links:

Secretary of State

Federal Elections Commission

**Flood Plain Management**

• The County Clerk is the Administrator of the county's Flood Plain Management program.  A "Development Permit" must be obtained from the County Clerk's office prior to any development of the unincoporated area of the county.

Related Links:

State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

**Liquor License**

• The County Clerk's office issues liquor licenses for the county.  Any establishment offering intoxicating beverages for sale at retail in the county, whether in incorporated or unincorporated areas, is required to have a county liquor license in addition to a state license and municipal license (incorporated areas only).

Related Links:

Division of Liquor Control

**Oak Grove Cemetery**

• Mississippi County owns, maintains, and operates the Oak Grove Cemetery located on Highway 60 West, approximately two miles west of Charleston.
• The County Clerk's office issues permits for the Oak Grove Cemetery for the following: grave spaces, grave opening, and grave markers.
• The County Clerk's office has a record of grave markers for the Oak Grove Cemetery as compiled by the Mississippi County Genealogical Society. These are the only Oak Grove Cemetery records in existence.

**Miscellaneous**

• The County Clerk maintains a permanent record of the proceedings of the County Commission (formerly County Court), the governing body of the county.  These records date back to 1845; the year Mississippi County was organized.
• The County Clerk's office issues Notary Public Commissions.
• The County Clerk's office administers the personnel system for the county as it pertains to employee salary, benefits, and other related personnel issues.

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