50.04.050 Responsibilities

(a) The Chief Clerk of Court shall keep the books, dockets, ledgers, and records for all matters in the court, including juvenile, guardianship, and probate.

(1) These books, dockets, ledgers, and records shall include all criminal pleadings, filings, and orders filed in the Court; and

(2) These books, dockets, ledgers, and records shall include all civil pleadings, filings, and orders filed in the Court.

(b) The Chief Clerk shall maintain the jury pool, create a quarterly schedule of the changes, and update it on a quarterly basis.

(c) The clerk shall enter the defendant's plea, which shall be guilty or not guilty, and shall be entered as not guilty on failure to plead, which plea of not guilty shall put all matters in such case at issue, any other provisions of law notwithstanding.

(d) The Chief Clerk of Court shall ensure that the necessary extradition requisition papers are executed in accordance with the laws of the Tribe.

(e) The Chief Clerk of Court or an assistant clerk shall:

(1) Be present at each session of the Court assigned criminal and traffic cases and shall perform all ministerial acts required by and under the direction of the judges; and.

(2) When the court is not in session, the Clerk may take bail for the appearance of any person under arrest before the courts for a misdemeanor or a traffic violation, subject to the uniform bail schedule established by the Court;

(f) The clerk or one of his or her deputies, shall issue all processes under the clerk's hand and the seal of the court and attest it in the name of the judge, signing it by the title of office, and shall tax costs;

(g) The Chief Clerk of Court's office shall collect fees as ordered by the Court and deposit such fees with the Tribe for orderly administration of the judiciary.

(h) The Clerk of Court shall process complaints, warrants, recognizance, commitments, attachments, venires, subpoenas and all other writs and papers in the courts shall be in substance in the form provided by Judicial administrative Rules duly adopted and published and the Rules of Procedure, either criminal or civil.

(i) The Chief Clerk of Court shall monitor all cases before the Court to ensure that matters are timely handled and take active efforts to ensure the criminal timelines are noticed to the parties and the Court.

(j) The Clerk shall enter information in the necessary Tribe, State, and Federal databases as required by the laws of the Tribe and the United State of America.