By Alex Paul
Linn County Communications
The Linn County Clerk’s Office has moved out of the county courthouse.
As of Aug. 29, the clerk’s office has moved to the first floor of the Wheelhouse at 421 Water Ave. NE, Suite 1300, Albany.
Linn County Clerk Marcie Richey said the new office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Recording activities and marriage license applications will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Richey said.
Richey has worked in the Linn County Clerk’s Office since 1993. She was appointed county clerk in 2023 after the death of long-time county clerk Steve Druckenmiller. She was elected to office in November 2024.
Derrick Sterling is the chief deputy clerk.
The new office includes a large reception area, staff offices, a ballot counting room complete with an area for observers and a vault room to store counted ballots.
The clerk’s office joins Linn County Health Services administration and Information Technology (IT) staff in the building that was purchased by the county in December 2023.
Some of District Attorney Doug Marteeny’s staff have been working out of the Wheelhouse until remodeled offices are completed in the courthouse.
The county attorney’s office and property manager’s office will also move into the building in the future.
“We’re excited about the move,” Richey said. “It is a beautiful building and we were included in the layout of the new office space since day one. We believe the new space and the many security measures we have put in place will ensure secure elections now and in the future.”
Including Richey, the clerk’s office has 10 staff members.
The clerk’s office has numerous responsibilities including issuing marriage licenses; recording deeds, mortgages, liens and mining claims; property value appeals; official storage for minutes of Board of Commissioners meetings; working in conjunction with the Linn County Sheriff’s Office on lost and found items and conducting elections, from maintaining voter rolls to mailing and counting ballots.
To contact the Linn County Clerk’s office, call (541) 967-3831, or visit www.linncountyor.gov/clerk.