Moderate scope In the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, counties typically provide, at a minimum, courts, public utilities, libraries, hospitals, public health services, parks, roads, law enforcement, and jails. There is usually a county registrar, recorder, or clerk (the exact title varies) who collects vital statistics, holds elections (sometimes in coordination with a separate elections office or commission), and prepares or processes certificates of births, deaths, marriages, and dissolutions (divorce decrees). The county recorder normally maintains the official record of all real estate transactions. Other key county officials include the coroner/medical examiner, treasurer, assessor, auditor, comptroller, and district attorney.
Moderate scope In the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest counties typically provide at a minimum courts public utilities libraries hospitals public health services parks roads law enforcement and jails There is usually a county registrar recorder or clerk (the exact title varies) who collects vital statistics holds elections (sometimes in coordination with a separate elections office or commission) and prepares or processes certificates of births deaths marriages and dissolutions (divorce decrees) The county recorder normally maintains the official record of all real estate transactions Other key county officials include the coroner/medical examiner treasurer assessor auditor comptroller and district attorney