11-621. Payments from treasury on demand;
exception; duty of auditor general; payment of loss; alternative
procedure
A. A payment exceeding five hundred dollars may be made from the treasury of the
county upon demand duly presented and allowed, but compensation due to jurors and
witnesses and official salaries shall be paid without presentation of a claim.
B. A demand is not required to authorize payment if all other required
documentation as prescribed in the uniform system of bookkeeping for counties is
maintained to support the payment.
C. No demand shall be necessary for the board of supervisors to draw warrants upon
the county treasury in amounts not exceeding five hundred dollars for the purpose of
paying for goods and services costing five hundred dollars or less. The auditor general
shall prescribe the manner in which the warrants described in this subsection shall be
drawn and issued. Any loss arising out of the issuance of a warrant drawn and issued in
the manner prescribed by the auditor general shall be a county charge.
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