Mary Mahady:  Restoring Trust to the Clerk’s Office

​The McHenry County Clerk Duties Are Vital and Include:
Chief Election Officer
  • Accurate ballot preparation for every precinct 
  • Procuring and maintaining voting machines 
  • Recruiting and training poll workers 
  • Proper conduct of all elections
Real Estate Tax Administrator
  • Computes every real estate bill in the county
  • Collects delinquent tax payments and calculates Enterprise Zone abatements
Registrar of Vital Records
  • Only official in the county authorized to issue, record and maintain birth and death certificates
Administrator of Vital Records
  • Business registrations, Notary public applications, liquor licenses, mobile home files, landfill site applications, lawsuits, and delinquent tax records, etc.
Clerk of the County Board
  • Attends all county board meetings
  • Responsible for keeping an accurate record of all the proceedings of the board
  • Preserves all bills of account acted upon by the board
Largest library of permanent property records within a county
  • Records all documents transferring land in order to establish legal ownership
  • Records mortgage and trust deeds, assigned when an owner borrows money
  • Maintains records of all subdivisions platted within the county. A subdivision plat is a detailed map which defines such specifics as lot sizes, lot number, outside boundary lines, and utility easements
  • Makes available to other county officials and the township assessor copies of all documents, plats and deeds conveying real estate filed in the recorder's office during that month
All records subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
  • Review, approve, and provide all requests for FOIA information
Pagado por Citizens for Mary Mahady: 803 N. Front Street, McHenry, IL 60050
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Paid for by Citizens for Mary Mahady:  803 N. Front Street, McHenry, IL 60050
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