Treasurer

Additional Information

For more information, call the treasurer's office at (276) 926-1610.

Duties & Responsibilities

View the numerous duties and responsibilities allotted to the treasurer for Dickenson County:

• Abatement management / reconcile and enter (for real estate, personal property, etc.)
• Assess penalties and interest on unpaid taxes
• Assist with county audit
• Assist with state audit
• Collect building permit fees
• Collect estimated income taxes
• Collect personal property taxes
• Collect public services corporation taxes
• Collect real estate taxes
• Collect state income taxes
• Computer networking management / help keep more than 100 devices (PCs, sign-ons, displays, printers, etc.) up and running
• Computer update facilitation / both hardware and software
• Complete bank account reconciliations for all county departments
• Complete employee performance evaluations
• Distribute local sales tax to towns
• Email, call, and mail correspondence with state and federal agencies
• Exonerations for any erroneous tax assessment(s)
• File notices / paperwork with bankruptcy court for all bankruptcies
• Help other departments with all types of issues
• Help taxpayers with all types of tax matters
• Invest all county funds
• Issue checks
• Issue checks / maintain financial records for all water projects
• Issue checks / maintain financial records for most industrial projects
• Issue dog tags
• Issue passwords and reset passwords for computer users
• Keep centralized accounting records for most county departments (including Board of Supervisors, schools, social services, and behavioral health services)
• Keep county officials informed financially
• Keep leave records for employees
• Maintain PPTR (personal property tax relief records)
• Make deposits of all federal funds collected
• Make deposits of all local monies collected
• Make deposits of all state funds collected
• Make refunds for up to $2,500
• Pay jurors (civil, criminal, witnesses, commissioners, etc.)
• Perform nightly backups and system saves for the county's computer system
• Post direct payment transactions
• Prepare financial statements (balance sheets, revenue and expenditure summaries, etc.)
• Prepare tax notices for all types of taxes
• Put VRWS (vehicle registration withholding – tag stops) into place for nonpayment personal property taxes
• Receive all coal severance taxes
• Record all state and federal revenues received electronically
• Run the county's general ledger accounting system
• Sign all county checks, warrants, and loans
• Operate as tax collector for the towns of Clinchco, Clintwood, and Haysi