Job Details

Responsibilities:

• Records and processes criminal arrest warrants.
• Prepares, organizes and files citations city ordinance violations for state and superior court cases.
• Receives and processes principal summons arrest paperwork; issues justice numbers for defendants and prosecutors.
• Prepares all paperwork for preliminary court dockets.
• Responds to legal inquiries from attorneys and the general public and prepares certified copies of dispositions for attorneys, judges, and various governmental departments.
• Investigates complaints from individuals and makes necessary court corrections with the Georgia Department of Drivers Services, GCIC and other law enforcement agencies.
• Initiates and maintains files for each case; reviews files and case documents for accuracy, correctness, and completeness.
• Stamps and files legal documents from judges.
• Prepares warrants for criminal cases when a defendant has violated a court order or probation.
• Makes arrangements for court interpreters.
• Coordinates activities with other jurisdictions.
• Completes state required certification forms.
• Responds to questions and concerns from the general public; collects fees and issues receipts; provides court dates.
• Attends court.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of the legal system.
• Knowledge of state laws regarding operating procedures for Recorder's, State and Superior Court.
• Knowledge of court procedures and federal procedures related to Federal Highway Safety Funds.
• Knowledge of modern office principles and practices.
• Knowledge of GCIC and NCIC rules and regulations.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with others.
• Skill in planning, organizing, problem solving, and decision making.
• Skill in the use of office equipment including computers and related software.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in the operation of standard office equipment.
• Skill in the operation of computers and various software programs.
• Skill in typing, filing, and writing.
• Ability to read, write and perform mathematical calculations.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Education and Experience:

Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of specialized training in the occupational field, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education. Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.

Physical Requirements:

The work is typically performed while sitting at a desk or table while intermittently sitting, standing, or stooping. The employee must occasionally lift light objects.

• Balancing – maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing – for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
• Talking – expressing ideas by spoken word.
• Visual Acuity – prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
• Walking – on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

The work is typically performed in an office, library, or computer room.