(1) County orders and warrants, properly made and issued, shall be entitled to a preference as to payment, according to the order of time in which they may be presented to the county treasurer; but where two or more orders are presented at the same time, precedence shall be given to the order or warrant of the oldest date, and when two or more orders are presented at the same time, and there are no funds to the credit of the proper fund in the treasury to pay the same, the same shall be registered in the order of their date, precedence being given to the warrant of the oldest date. When there is in the treasury, to the credit of any fund, five hundred dollars or more, against which fund there are any outstanding and unpaid lawful warrants or orders, the county treasurer shall immediately give public notice of the fact by a written notice posted for thirty days at the outer door of the office of the treasurer. The treasurer, at the same time, shall call in for payment all outstanding and unpaid lawful warrants and orders drawn on said fund which the moneys in the treasury will pay and which are entitled to payment from said funds.
Such notice shall also contain the number, date, and amount of such warrants andorders as are entitled to payment and call upon the holders thereof to present the same for payment to the treasurer within thirty days from the day of the posting of said notice, and that interest on the sums due by said warrants and orders will cease to accrue thereon after the last day of said posting of said notice, and interest shall cease to accrue on said sums accordingly. Such notice shall be dated at the county seat, be signed by the treasurer, and a record of the same be kept in the office of the treasurer in a book provided for that purpose; and such books shall be open to inspection and examination at all reasonable hours. Such funds shall be held by the county treasurer for the payment of the warrants and orders called by him, until the expiration of six years from the date of registry of such warrants and orders, when the same shall be paid out upon such other warrants or orders as are entitled to payment on the day of the expiration of the six years.
The treasurer shall pay by electronic transfer any written authorization issued by theboard of county commissioners directing the treasurer to make payment of claims against the county electronically.
Payment of county warrants and orders by electronic transfer shall be made onlyafter the treasurer approves the release of funds for such electronic transfer.
For purposes of this part 7, "order" means all orders and authorizations issued by theboard of county commissioners for the payment of claims against the county. "Order" includes any warrant issued by the board of county commissioners and any written authorization issued by the board of county commissioners directing the treasurer to make payment of claims against the county by electronic transfer.
Source: G.L. § 533. G.S. § 637. L. 1887: p. 243, § 4. R.S. 08: § 1325. C.L. § 8800. CSA: C. 45, § 147. CRS 53: § 35-7-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-7-11. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 563, § 25, effective April 24. L. 98: (3) to (5) added, p. 149, § 2, effective April 2.
Cross references: For the publication of legal notices, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24.