§ 14-24-101 - Issuance of warrant -- Payment.
14-24-101. Issuance of warrant -- Payment.
(a) Whenever any allowance has been made by any county court, in accordance with 14-23-104 and 14-23-105, when requested by the person in whose favor allowance has been made, or any person authorized to receive it, the county clerk shall issue his warrant or check on the treasurer of his county for the amount of the allowance. The treasurer shall pay it out of cash available in the fund on which the warrant or check is drawn.
(b) (1) If money is not available in the fund on which the warrant or check is drawn, the treasurer, in accordance with 14-15-805, shall refuse payment of the warrant or check until such time as the funds are available.
(2) In counties using the "batch-redeem" warrant system, the county clerk shall ascertain from county treasurer's records that cash is available in the fund on which the warrant or check is to be drawn before the warrant or check is issued.