Aarons InsuranceAdventures Off Road
Circle D AuctionCrockett CinemasD.E. Hill & SonsDustin's Lawn CareEnvy Tanning & Day SpaFirst Class Charter Fox Sporting GoodsGreens Furniture Groucho's Tires Hollands PharmacyHood Flora Realty J & G Tire Center
Kelly Appliance & Vacuum
Lawrenceburg Florist Lawrenceburg Glass Lynn Electronics
Markus Insurance Mckelvey's Flowers
Miss Millie'sMo's Pawn Nature's Nuggets One Stop Medical Pettus Turnbo Funeral Home Randy's Cycle & ATVRent Right Rick's ElectricalSalt GlowSwap and Shop Center True Value HardwareWall-Modrall Insurance

 

AUCTIONS

Circle D Auction 931-829-3430

APPLIANCE REPAIR

Kelly Appliance & Vacuum 931-244-7200

AIR CONDITIONING

D.E. Hill & Son 762-9584

ASSISTED LIVING

AUTO REPAIR


J & G Tire Center 931-762-0078

 

BANKS

 

CINEMAS

Crockett Cinemas 931-762-6821

 

CLINICS

One Stop Medical
One Stop Medical 762-9797

 

COMPUTER REPAIR

 

DAY SPA

Envy Tanning & Spa 931-762-3689

ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING

Rick's Electrical & Plumbing 931-242-5325

 

ELECTRONICS

Lynn Electronics 762-0401

 

FLORIST

Lawrenceburg Florist 762-3722
McKelvey's Flowers 762-4511

FUNERAL HOMES

Pettus-Turnbo Funeral Home 762-3291

FURNITURE

Green's Furniture
Swap & Shop Center

GIFTS

Miss Millie's 931-762-9577

GLASS REPAIR

Lawrenceburg Glass 766-1004

 

HARDWARE

True Value Hardware
True Value Hardware 762-7516

HEALTH PRODUCTS

Salt Glow 931-279-4780

Nature's Nuggests 762-2895

 

HOBBY

Adventure Off Road 852-5445

INSURANCE

Aarons Insurance 931-629-8065
Baker Agency 762-4550
Markus Insurance 762-9401
Wall-Modrall Insurance 762-6528

JEWELRY

Dixon's Fine Jewelry 762-9979

 

LAWN CARE

Dustin's Lawncare
Dustin's Lawn Care 242-4414

MEDICAL

 

NATURAL FOODSNature's Nuggests 762-2895

OUTDOOR

Randy's Cycle & ATV 762-2450

PARTY / SUPPLIES

 

PAWN

Mo's Pawn Shop 762-2529

 

PHARMACY

Hollands Pharmacy 762-2220

POOLS/ SUPPLIES

By Pass Pools 931-762-7904

REAL ESTATE


Hood & Hester Realty 244-7555

 

RENTAL

RESTAURANTS

SPORTING GOODS
Fox Sporting Goods 931-766-0313



TANNING

Envy Tanning & Spa 931-762-3689

 

TIRES

Groucho's Tires 931-762-1707

TRAVEL

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Buying a car? Getting married? Traveling abroad? Start here

You can live in Lawrence County your entire life and never walk through the door of the County Executive’s office.

You might always pay your property tax to the Trustee online or through the mail, and never have a question for the Property Assessor. An attorney or banker can conduct your business with the Register of Deeds, and if you never have an issue in court, you won’t be in the Circuit Court Clerk’s office.

There are several offices that are crucial to county government that citizens don’t necessarily interact with. In the case of the County Clerk, though, the question isn’t “if,” but “how often.”

Just one job assigned to the office will take you there in person or online once a year, depending on how many “wheels” you have. County Clerk Chuck Kizer tells me there are 42,000 tagged vehicles in Lawrence County, one for almost every man, woman and child. When you get a tag or renew it, register a vehicle or pay sales tax on it, his office is the place to go.

Another issue on that subject is automobile insurance. Liability insurance has been mandatory in Tennessee for a long time, but some real teeth are going into the law beginning this January. County Clerks will be required to access a statewide insurance verification program when you register a vehicle, get a tag or renew one, and the process will automatically stop if your vehicle is uninsured.

You will also work with Kizer’s office before you get married, start a business, or become a Notary. Marriage licenses are more popular than the others, he said, with 10-15 filed each week. You can begin all those processes online, but a marriage license or notary designation requires your appearance.

The County Clerk is also responsible for collecting the local hotel/motel tax, and a wholesale beer sales tax which distributors collect when they sell beer to stores and restaurants that are outside any of our city limits. Those funds go to the state, which returns a portion to us.

Business owners who want to sell beer in the county apply for a license through Kizer’s office, which calls together a meeting of the county Beer Board to consider it.

In addition to minutes from Beer Board meetings, the County Clerk is the secretary to the County Commission. That means he and his staff record minutes of those meetings and keep a file of all resolutions, dating back to the time our county was formed.

An upcoming trip abroad is yet another reason to visit Kizer’s office. The fact that passports are issued there surprises most people, he said, and they would also be surprised again to learn how many are issued.

Kizer has his own self-funded website, ChuckKizer.com, where you can learn more about his office and at least begin many of the tasks that would take you there. Another online connection is provided through the county’s website, LawrenceCountyTN.org.

Before he became our County Clerk in 2002, Kizer was self-employed in the auto body/auto salvage business, and served as Mayor of St. Joseph from 1990-1994. His interest in politics was sparked in a Local Government class at Loretto High School, taught by longtime County Commissioner Spanky Green.

Kizer was Tennessee’s County Clerk of the year in 2010-11, the same year he served as the state organization. He served as the association’s secretary/treasurer in 2007-08. He chairs the County Clerks Organ Donor Awareness Foundation, and reminds us that we’re given the opportunity to donate $1 to it with each tag renewal. He is former chairman of the Lawrence County Senior Citizens, and is a Certified Public Administrator.

With all that said, you could be waited on by our County Clerk when you visit his office. “We all multi-task,” he says. Other staff members include Beverly McDow, Tonya Roper, Lee Ann Patterson, Amy Luffman, Brooke Andrews, Lori Driver and Rose Frits. McDow and Roper serve as Chief Deputies.

The County Clerk’s office is located on the first floor of the Administrative Building; is connected to that building’s drive-through window; and operates another drive-through window at the Leoma Archives building on Wednesdays.

 

 

 


 


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