§ 18-3-103 — Offices and records to be kept within county; exceptions; records open to public inspection; removal for purposes of copying; penalty

(a) Each county officer except the county attorney, the
county coroner and the county sheriff if the county jail is not
located in the county seat, shall keep his office at the county
seat of the county in an office provided by the county. If the
county does not provide an office then the office shall be
maintained at a place approved by the board of county
commissioners:
(i) The county clerk, county sheriff and county
treasurer shall be furnished offices in the courthouse or
building used as such;
(ii) The county and prosecuting attorney and the
county attorney shall be furnished suitable office space at the
expense of the county which shall if practicable be located at
or near the courthouse;
(iii) The office of the county assessor may be with
the office of another county officer as determined by the board
of county commissioners;
(iv) The office of the county coroner may be located
at any suitable location determined by the county coroner with
the approval of the board of county commissioners.
(b) All county officers shall keep their offices open
during the usual business hours of each day excluding Saturdays,
Sundays, legal holidays and other days as established by the
county commissioners through resolution.
(c) All books, papers and electronic records required to
be in county offices are open to the examination of any person
without fee. The officer in charge of any documents may
temporarily remove them for lawful reproduction purposes and
during the period of removal shall not be subject to any
penalty. Any officer or person not complying with the provisions
of this subsection shall forfeit five dollars ($5.00) for each
day he fails to comply.