TITLE 31

COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW

CHAPTER 15

COUNTY FINANCES AND CLAIMS AGAINST COUNTY

31-1510.  Definitions. (1) A "warrant" is an order drawn by the board of county commissioners directing the county treasurer to pay a specified amount to a person named or to the bearer. It may be payable on demand or it may be issued as a short-term obligation payable. Determination of warrant type in each county shall be set by the board of county commissioners after consultation with the county treasurer and county auditor.

(2)  A "registered warrant" is a warrant drawn on a fund which has insufficient funds to pay it and has been identified and logged by the county treasurer and county auditor and thereafter paid in the order of its presentation.

History:

[31-1510, added 1994, ch. 35, sec. 2, p. 54.]