Accounts Payable
The Accounts Payable Section is committed to providing quality and timely service to all vendors.
General information claims processing procedures:
The Auditor-Controller-County Clerk is responsible
for issuing payments to vendors that provide services/supplies
to the County of Kern. Before a payment is issued, the county
department making the purchase must sign the claim verifying
receipt of the services/supplies. Therefore, vendors must
send all invoices to the department that ordered the services/supplies
for prompt processing.
Inquiries about the status of outstanding invoices
should first be directed to the department placing the order.
Vendors needing to contact Auditor-Controller-County
Clerk's Accounts Payable section may do so as follow:
Vendors Payment
The County of Kern offers two (2) payment
options. Vendors may choose to have a warrant/check issued
or payments may be made electronically to their bank account
using the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system. ACH payments
are normally deposited at least two (2) working days before
warrants are received because of mailing time. Vendors using
the County's ACH payment method receive a complete listing
of the deposit detail in the mail so that they can reconcile
their records.
Vendors interested in having payments deposited
electronically to their bank account should call 661-868-3552
or E-mail
acctspayable@co.kern.ca.us
for more information.