Run for County (Tax) Collector/Treasurer (Joint) in Sebastian County County, AR

The county treasurer is the disbursement officer of the county, and is the unofficial or quasi comptroller. A few counties do have a county comptroller. The treasurer is responsible for the custody and disbursement of all county funds and school district funds. The treasurer, therefore, receives county property tax collections, county sales tax collections, county turnback funds, grant funds, fees and fines from other county officials and departments, and revenues from various other sources. The treasurer, after receiving this revenue, distributes the money to the various taxing entities and the other units of the county. The county treasurer signs checks, prepared and signed by the county clerk indicating that the expenditure has been authorized by the county court, to pay employees and creditors of the county. The county collector is the collector of taxes for the county and collects municipal, county, school and improvement district taxes and turns them over to the county treasurer.

Must posses qualifications of an elector, must be a U.S. citizen, must be an Arkansas resident, Must reside within their respective township, justice of the peace district, or county to be represented, Must be a minimum of eighteen (18) years of age , Must be lawfully registered to vote, Must never have been convicted of embezzlement of public money, bribery, forgery, or other infamous crime