Since Ohio became a state in 1803, judicial systems required each county to have a clerk of courts who was tasked to preserve records for future generations. In the interest of justice, it was and is still today, important for clerk offices to remain independent from the judges they serve. In the Franklin County Clerk of Courts Office approximately 200 full-time Deputy Clerks serve in five divisions: Auto Title, Legal, Fiscal Services, Information Technology and Administration. Four of those divisions are located in seven different offices in the Franklin County Courthouse complex. The fifth, Auto Title, is in four convienently located branch offices throughout Franklin County. Each division and their offices are important to the Franklin County Clerk of Courts’ two major functions: management of court documents and issuance of auto titles.