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SUMMIT COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS: TITLE DIVISION PRELIMINARY AUDIT FINAL REPORT 05-TitleBureau.COC-42 PREPARED FOR: Diana Zaleski, Clerk of Courts Annette Baker, Chief Deputy Clerk Title Division Audit Committee Approved by Audit Committee March 14, 2006 Summit County Internal Audit Department 175 South Main Street Akron, Ohio 44308 Bernard F. Zaucha, Director Lisa L. Skapura, Assistant Director Joseph George, Senior Internal Auditor Jennifer Cuenot, Staff Auditor Anthony Boston, Auditor Intern SUMMIT COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS: TITLE DIVISION PRELIMINARY AUDIT FINAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Background………………………………………………………………………. 3 II. Objectives………………………………………………………………………… 4-5 III. Scope……………………………………………………………………………… 4 IV. Detailed Comments.…………………………….………………………………... 6-15 2SUMMIT COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS: TITLE DIVISION PRELIMINARY AUDIT FINAL REPORT BACKGROUND Auditors: Lisa Skapura, Joseph George, Jennifer Cuenot, and Anthony Boston (Intern) Background: The Summit County Clerk of Courts Title Division is responsible for the issuance of automobile and watercraft Certificates of Title. The Title Division has three offices: the Main Office, the North Branch-Macedonia, and the South Branch-Portage Lakes. Effective March 4, 2002, the State of Ohio passed the Cross-County Titling law, (S.B. 59). This allows Ohio residents to ...