a 'city/town clerk' [=a person whose job is to record what happens at city or town meetings and to keep special information about the city or town]
After graduating from law school, she 'clerked' for a judge for several years.
Have the court 'clerk' file your request with the judge.
(..) Only she's not wasting them on us. I went to the caf'. She isn't there. So where is she? She's at her hotel, but she won't take messages. So I bribed the desk clerk into Ietting me copy her phone messages. "At , Dick Avery called." "At , Dick Avery called." "At , Professor Flostre called." (..)1957 Funny Face