State & Administrative Duties
Counties are mandated to perform certain state functions or administrative duties:
- County parks and recreation
- Elections administration
- Jail administration, law enforcement
- Licensing
- Property tax administration for other jurisdictions
- Prosecution of state laws and local ordinances
- Recording of documents
- Secondary road maintenance
- Social/Human services
Local Duties
Local Services performed by county government:
- Health services
- Law enforcement
- Public works
- Social/Human services
Internal Duties
Internal administrative functions performed by county government:
- Finance and other management functions
- Miscellaneous housekeeping and record-keeping functions
- Property tax administration functions performed by county government