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What this office does · Indiana

City Clerk-Treasurer (Attica, Covington)

Clerk of the city and its council; in third-class cities the elected clerk-treasurer is also the city's fiscal officer.

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The basics

Term
4 years. [1]
Term limit
None. [1]
Who may stand
City residence (IC 3-8-1-28). [3]
Training the law requires
Training hours required (IC 36-4-10-8). [4]
On the 2026 ballot
2 races in Indiana

What the law puts in this job

  • Clerk of the city and council; fiscal officer in third-class cities. [1, 2]

Who the officeholder answers to

  • Voters; State Board of Accounts. [6]

What it pays, and who sets that

  • Set by city ordinance. [5]

Questions worth asking a candidate

Ours, not a questionnaire anyone answered. They come from what the job actually involves.

  • Are the city's annual reports filed on time?

Sources

Office research by Legal Insights (Oct. 13, 2026): Indiana Code 2026 edition, state agencies and county budgets. Nothing here rates an officeholder or candidate.

Sources

  1. Indiana Code 36-4-10-2 (2026 edition) (Indiana General Assembly)
  2. Indiana Code 36-4-10-4.5 (2026 edition) (Indiana General Assembly)
  3. Indiana Code 36-4-10-3 (2026 edition) (Indiana General Assembly)
  4. Indiana Code 36-4-10-8 (2026 edition) (Indiana General Assembly)
  5. 2026 Indiana Candidate Guide (Indiana Election Division)
  6. Indiana Code 5-11-1-25 (2026 edition) (Indiana General Assembly)
  7. Legal Insights office summaries (Civic)
  8. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Sept. 22, 2026) (Indiana Election Division)
What's included
the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
Everything else
Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
Candidate lists
As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
At the polls
Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5

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