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Debbie Shirley
Physical Address: 306 N. Davis
Sulphur Springs, TX 75482
903-438-4074
March 4, 2008 Official Election Results
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About the Office
Duties
Without county clerks, many of the government's underlying
responsibilities would go undone.
The main duties of the county clerk are:
- Administering all county and state elections, including early
voting and primaries, unless the commissioners court has transferred
the function to the tax assessor-collector or an office of county
election administrator:
- Serving as clerk of the county court and the commissioners court
and keep records of the proceedings;
- Acting as recorder of deeds and other instruments;
- Filing and recording birth and death certificates;
- Recording assumed names, wills and probate:
- Issuing marriage licenses; and
- Accounting for all funds paid to the office by way of fines
and fees, and the amount owed to county court jurors for service
In Texas counties with a population of less than 8,000, unless
there has been a special election, the county clerk also serves
as the district clerk, assuming all constitutional and statutory
duties of the district clerk, along with those of county clerk.
Recording Department
All real property information (including plat records and subdivisions)
and records for property located in Hopkins County are filed in
this department. Assumed name certificates (for businesses) may
be obtained in this office. After completion of the assumed name
certificate it is ready for recording in the county clerk's office.
For information regarding our fees, please see the Fee Schedule.
Guidelines for subdivisions may be obtained through this office.
UCC Filing
UCC's are filed and recorded in this office under certain provisions.
If you have questions regarding the provisions, please contact the
Hopkins County Clerk's Office at the main office number. See the
Fee Schedule for recording and filing UCCs.
Vital Statistics
This office is responsible for the recording of all birth and death
records that occur in Hopkins County. We are also responsible for
issuing and recording marriage licenses for use anywhere in the
State of Texas. Certified copies of birth, death and marriage records
may be obtained by mail or in person. State law requires proof of
identification before certified copies of birth and death records
may be issued.
Civil, Probate and Mental Filings (See
Fee Schedule 2)
The county clerk provided clerical support to the County Court and
the County Court at Law. The Civil Department is responsible for
the filing of civil cases with a jurisdiction up to $5000 (same
jurisdiction as Hopkins County Justice of the Peace Offices). Occupational
driver's licenses are a very large volume of cases filed in this
court. Probate cases may be filed in one of two courts depending
on the style of the case. The style of the case determines which
Judge hears the probate. In our county appointments made for civil
and probate hearings are made directly through the office of the
Judge hearing the case. The Mental section of this department works
very closely with the Sheriff's Department, the County Judge's Office
and the County Attorney's office. All mental filings are confidential.
Criminal Misdemeanor
This department is designed to support our criminal misdemeanor
court as well as, our county court at law (we do not have juvenile
jurisdiction). Our staff files and records criminal cases, tracks
all official information regarding court cases, acts a court coordinator
putting cases on the docket and collects fines and court costs.
There are numerous criminal misdemeanor cases filed each year -
keeping this department very busy.
Commissioners' Court
Debbie Shirley, County Clerk, attends all meetings and records the
meetings and actions taken by the Hopkins County Commissioners'
Court. Commissioners' Court minutes are up-to-date and filed and
indexed in the Commissioner's Court Minutes, which are kept in the
County Clerk's office.
Elections
The Hopkins County Clerk's Office is responsible for conducting
countywide special and general elections. Early voting for all special
and general elections, as well as, the Democratic and Republican
Primaries, also takes place in the County Clerk's Office. Early
voting can be done through the mail (with restrictions) or by personal
appearance at a designated location to be announced prior to the
election. For information regarding early voting and restriction
on voting by mail, you may contact the Hopkins County Clerk's Office
at the main office number. Questions about voter registration may
be directed to the Hopkins County Tax Assessor-Collector at (903)438-4063.
For further information on elections, you may contact the Secretary
of State, Elections Division at 1-800-252-VOTE.
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