Our Services
What Does the County Government Do For You
- Collect all of your property taxes, invest them, and distribute them to schools, cities, towns, and every special district
- Collect any delinquent taxes for all these entities
- Maintain all of your land records and property transactions
- Record vital statistics such as births, deaths, and marriages
- License your motor vehicles and boats
- The County funds recycling and refuse burial services
- Build, maintain, and plow public roads and bridges
- The County works with State officials to immunize your children and provides health care services to citizens
- Contribute to your libraries and senior citizen center
- Provide law enforcement, a circuit court system, and a district court system
- Call all juries and provide for the defense of the indigent
- Prosecute all felonies, and when criminals are found guilty, they provide detention centers to keep them off the street
- Provide emergency dispatch services for fire, law enforcement, and ambulances
- Provide search and rescue operations when people are lost or in danger
- Provide ambulance services when a private provider is not available
- Provide fairgrounds and parks for children to play in, as well as weed and animal control
- Provide fire protection and preparation and response to disasters such as fires, floods, and earthquakes
- Provide land-use planning and extension services such as 4-H and agricultural assistance
- Sponsor economic development loans to expand the economy