12-281. Oath; bond; salary; prohibition


A. The clerk of the superior court shall take the oath of office and give a bond in
the sum of five thousand dollars conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties
of that office and the payment of all monies to the person entitled to receive them. The
bond is subject to approval by the presiding superior court judge.


B. In counties having a population of five hundred thousand or more persons, as
determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census, the annual salary of the
clerk of the superior court is seventy-six thousand six hundred dollars until modified.


C. In counties having a population of less than five hundred thousand persons, as
determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census, the annual salary of the
clerk of the superior court is sixty-three thousand eight hundred dollars until modified.


D. The annual salary of the clerk of the superior court shall be reviewed by the
commission on salaries for elective state officers pursuant to section 41-1903.


E. The clerk of the superior court and the clerk's deputies are prohibited from
practicing law or forming a partnership with an attorney-at-law. This subsection does not
prohibit the clerk or the clerk's employees from providing to the public, including
litigants, information regarding documents routinely filed with the clerk.