Printable Format20-3102. Duties in general. The clerks of the district courts shall do and perform all duties that may be required of them by law or the rules and practice of the courts, and shall safely keep and preserve all papers, process, pleadings and awards that may be filed, or by law placed in their respective offices.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 148; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1302.
Source or Prior Law:
L. 1861, ch. 24, § 2.
Cross References to Related Sections:
Certified copies of decrees to division of water resources, see 82a-720.
Attorney General's Opinions:
Tort claims act; liability of district court clerks for wrongful garnishment. 79-299.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Clerk must retain original files in his office. W. & W. Rld. Co. v. Kuhn, 38 Kan. 104, 106, 16 P. 75. Overruled: W. & W. Rld. Co. v. Kuhn, 38 Kan. 675, 17 P. 322.
2. Any person may examine records who has present existing interest. Boylan v. Warren, Clerk, 39 Kan. 301, 303, 18 P. 174.