As suggested by the County Auditor via letter submitted to the County Clerk, the County Clerk is seeking indemnification of $100 for a counterfeit bill accepted by the Collections department in September 2018.

The County Clerk takes measures to verify that currency accepted in the office are not counterfeit.
These measures include: using security features such as watermarks and security threads placed on the currency, using a counterfeit detector pen by Dry Mark Products, as well as, passing all currency prior to being receipted in a Cummins Allison Single pocket JetScan money counter and counterfeit detecting machine. The $100 counterfeit bill accepted by the County Clerk Collections Department was detected as counterfeit using the counterfeit detection machine while the money was being prepared for deposit, thus bypassing 2 measures used in identifying counterfeit bills. The counterfeit bill was turned over to a Hidalgo County Sheriff deputy and a case number was assigned for the incident. The County Clerk is aware of the impact of loss County funds and is open to any trainings the County Auditor’s office may have in the detection of counterfeit bills.