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Essential Job Functions

• Advises county employees on civil-related legal issues.
• Advises the statutory county officers and their departments regarding civil legal matters and represents them in court and regulatory actions.
• Provide written opinions to county officers and their employees on matters relating to the duties of their offices.
• Act as the legal advisor to the board of supervisors, attend its meetings and oppose claims against the county that the county attorney deems unjust or illegal.
• Represents the assigned departments on civil matters in courts of law and regulatory agencies.
• Responds to emails, questions, and phone calls from county employees regarding civil legal matters that arise within their departments.
• Defends the County and county employees in civil lawsuits.
• Attends Commissions, Committees, and Board meetings to provide legal advice to the respective public bodies and their members.
• Represents the County in Title 36 mental health hearings, reviews petitions for court ordered evaluation and court-ordered treatment and provide advice regarding the Title 36 process.
• Represents and advises Mohave County and the Mohave County Treasurer in all tax lien foreclosures.
• Reviews and responds to Public Records Requests received by Mohave County.
• Advises and represents civil code enforcement for legal issues involving environmental and trash abatements, public health enforcement, and zoning enforcement.
• Represents and advises the Development Services Department and the Planning and Zoning Commission on matters concerning planning and zoning.
• Represents Mohave County in civil forfeiture proceedings and advises law enforcement on legal issues that involve the civil forfeiture of property seized in a criminal case.
• Coordinates civil litigation with outside legal counsel when Mohave County is named as a party to the action.
• Represents and defends Mohave County and the Mohave County Recorder in election lawsuits and election challenges.
• Conducts transactional work on behalf of Mohave County.
• Reviews, drafts and edits legal documents, such as contracts, intergovernmental agreements, liens, deeds, and memorandums of understanding.
• Represents and defends all locally valued and assessed property tax appeals.
• Represents and advises the Mohave County Public Fiduciary in Guardianship and Conservatorship matters.
• Represents Mohave County in animal seizure and forfeiture proceedings.
• Advises and provides representation in matters related to improvement districts.
• Makes presentations to consumer, civic, church groups and others concerning the assigned departments office and the law.
• Serves on specific task groups as requested.
• Participates in policy-making discussions as requested.
• Possesses authority to make office-wide decisions, if necessary, in the absence or unavailability of the Department Director, as specifically delegated by the Department Director in strict accordance with the policies of the department.
• Obtains additional knowledge of legal, judicial and other job-related fields through reading of related information and materials and attending training and educational classes.
• Maintains files, compiles reports, and statistics as needed.
• Draft and represent Mohave County in appellate work.

SECONDARY JOB FUNCTIONS

• Performs related work as required.

• Performs special assignments as requested.

• Exercise regular and predictable attendance and punctuality in accordance with Mohave County Personnel Policies and Procedures.