The whole county. Top to bottom.
From the Strip to the Spring Mountains, from Henderson to Mesquite, Clark County is home to 2.4 million people and the visitors who make it the most famous county on earth. Dr. Howell Shaw is running to give every one of them a Clerk's office worthy of the place.
Clark County, at a glance.
A county the size of a small state, with the energy of nowhere else. Every figure here is sourced at the bottom of the page.
The county, in brief.
- County seat
- Las Vegas
- Established
- 1909
- Total area
- 8,091 sq mi
- Incorporated cities
- 5
- Population (2024)
- ~2.42 million
- Share of Nevada
- ~73%
- County Commission
- 7 members
- License Bureau
- Open 7 days a week
It is bigger than most states.
Clark County holds about 73% of all Nevadans, more than two million people spread across 8,091 square miles. Five incorporated cities, Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Boulder City, and Mesquite, sit alongside a million more residents in unincorporated towns the county governs directly.
The Strip itself is county ground. So is the airport, the university, and the desert and mountains that ring the valley. It is a place that went from a railroad auction in 1905 to a 2.4-million-person metropolis in about one lifetime, and it deserves a county government that keeps up.
The Clerk's office is one of the few that touches nearly every resident, and every visitor, at the moments that matter most.
Five cities, one county.
Each has its own character. All of them rely on the same county offices, including the Clerk's.
Las Vegas
The county seat
Downtown, the medical district, and the historic core. The city that gave the county its name and the address most of the world knows.
Henderson
Nevada's second-largest city, and Dr. Shaw's home
Master-planned neighborhoods, parks, and a booming east-valley economy. The place Howell has put down roots and raised his family.
North Las Vegas
One of the state's fastest-growing cities
Young families, new industry, and the I-15 logistics corridor powering the next generation of Southern Nevada jobs.
Boulder City
Gateway to Hoover Dam
One of the only Nevada cities where gaming is effectively banned. Small-town character, lake recreation, and one of the great engineering wonders of the world next door.
Mesquite
The northeast gateway, on the Arizona line
Golf, retirees, and resort country, with its own Clerk's office so families never have to drive to Las Vegas for a marriage license or a filing.
The towns the county runs itself.
Almost half of Clark County lives in places with no city hall. The county governs them directly, which means the people they elect countywide, like the Clerk, work for them most of all.
Paradise
The Strip, UNLV, and the airport. The most famous square miles on earth are county ground.
Spring Valley
One of the valley's largest communities, west-side neighborhoods and Chinatown.
Enterprise
The fast-growing southwest, the south Strip and the 215 Beltway boomtown.
Sunrise Manor
The east valley along Boulder Highway, working families and the Sunrise health corridor.
Winchester
The north Strip and the Boulevard, where the corridor meets the city line.
Whitney
Boulder Highway's east-valley heart, a town with railroad-era roots.
Summerlin South
Master-planned living against the Red Rock foothills.
Laughlin
A Colorado River resort town 90 miles south, with its own riverfront economy.
Mount Charleston
Alpine forest and snow, nearly 12,000 feet above the desert floor.
Moapa Valley
Historic farming communities along the Muddy River, northeast of the valley.
Searchlight
A storied mining town and the crossroads of the far south county.
Bunkerville
Ranching country on the Virgin River, every bit as much Clark County as the Strip.
Blue Diamond
A tiny historic village tucked below the Red Rock escarpment, west of the valley.
Indian Springs
A high-desert community on US-95, the county reaching far past the city lights.
Primm
The state-line resort cluster where Clark County meets California on the I-15.
And many more, from Mount Charleston's pines to the Colorado River, every one of them Clark County.
Six regions, one valley.
The way locals actually picture Clark County, beyond the city limits on a map.
The Resort Corridor
Paradise · WinchesterThe Strip, the airport, and UNLV. Unincorporated county ground that hosts the entire world.
The Southwest
Enterprise · Spring ValleyThe fastest-growing edge of the valley, new rooftops and the 215 Beltway boom.
The East Valley
Sunrise Manor · WhitneyBoulder Highway, working families, and the Sunrise health corridor.
Henderson
City of HendersonNevada's second-largest city, master-planned and thriving, and Dr. Shaw's home.
The North Valley
North Las VegasYoung families, new industry, and the I-15 logistics corridor that feeds the West.
The Far County
Mesquite · Laughlin · Moapa · ruralRiver towns, ranch country, and desert communities the county serves all the same.
The famous places are county, too.
It is easy to miss how much of the iconic valley sits on land the county governs directly.
The Las Vegas Strip
The four-mile resort corridor runs almost entirely through unincorporated Paradise and Winchester. The most famous street on earth is county ground.
Harry Reid International Airport
One of the busiest airports in the country, in unincorporated Paradise, the front door for tens of millions of visitors a year.
UNLV
Founded in 1957 on Maryland Parkway in Paradise, the valley's public research university, on county-governed land.
Hoover Dam & Lake Mead
Boulder City is the gateway to one of the world's great engineering wonders and the reservoir that made the modern valley possible.
Red Rock Canyon
The crimson sandstone escarpment on the valley's western edge, minutes from Summerlin and a world away from the neon.
Clark County Wetlands Park
About 2,900 acres along the Las Vegas Wash, the largest park in the county system, with a LEED Gold nature center.
Mount Charleston
Nearly 12,000 feet of alpine forest in the Spring Mountains, snow above the desert, all inside Clark County.
Fremont Street & downtown
The historic heart of Las Vegas, where both the city and the county got their start in 1905.
The county runs 24/7.
Clark County's economy is built on hospitality, conventions, and celebration. Forty-one million visitors a year. Roughly six million convention attendees. Eighty thousand weddings. It runs every hour of every day.
When the Clerk's office is slow or closed, that is not just an inconvenience. It is lost business, missed moments, and a worse first impression of the county. A modern office is economic infrastructure.
The demand only goes up.
Clark County did not stop growing at 2.4 million. Economists at UNLV project the population to keep climbing for decades. Every new resident is another marriage license, another business, another record, more demand on the very same office.
You cannot meet tomorrow's county with yesterday's paperwork. The case for modernizing the Clerk's office is not about today alone. It is about being ready for the county Clark County is still becoming.
What the County Clerk ทำหน้าที่อะไรจริง ๆ
Not glamorous. Just essential. This is the work that touches your life whether you notice it or not.
Marriage licenses & records
More than 80,000 licenses a year, plus certified copies, vow-renewal certificates, and the records couples return for decades later.
Officiant credentials
Certificates of permission to perform marriages, the credential every licensed Nevada celebrant must carry.
Business (DBA) filings
Fictitious firm name certificates, the first legal step for a new Clark County business to open its doors.
Notary commissions
Filing notary surety bonds and administering the oath, so new notaries can get to work serving the public.
Oaths of office
Swearing in the county's elected and appointed officials, the quiet ceremony behind every public servant.
เลขานุการคณะกรรมการ
Keeping the official record of the seven-member County Commission, agendas, minutes, and every action it takes.
Passports & public filings
Passport acceptance, proof-of-life verification, and lobbyist registration, the everyday paperwork of a working county.
Custodian of the record
The county's official record-keeper, the receipts behind the public's business, kept accurate and open.
The Clerk is not the elections office. Voter registration and ballots are run by the Clark County Election Department and the Registrar of Voters. The Clerk's job is service: marrying people, helping businesses open, commissioning notaries, and keeping the record straight.
The Clerk's words, decoded.
Government has a vocabulary problem. Here is what the office actually means when it uses these terms.
Fictitious Firm Name (DBA)
The 'doing business as' name a company operates under. Filing it with the Clerk is the first legal step to open a business in Nevada.
Notary commission
State authorization to notarize documents. The Clerk files the notary's bond and administers the oath.
Officiant credential
The Certificate of Permission to Perform Marriages that every licensed Nevada celebrant must hold to legally marry couples.
Oath of office
The formal swearing-in of elected and appointed officials, administered and recorded by the Clerk.
สำเนาที่รับรอง
An official, stamped duplicate of a record. The version courts, banks, and agencies will actually accept.
เลขานุการคณะกรรมการ
The Clerk's role keeping the agendas, minutes, and official actions of the seven-member County Commission.
License vs. certificate
A marriage license authorizes the wedding. The certificate, filed afterward, proves it happened.
Vow renewal
A ceremony recommitting to an existing marriage, with a keepsake certificate the Clerk can issue.
Service that meets you where you are.
Today the office is mostly downtown. Tomorrow it should reach every corner of the county.
Downtown Las Vegas
The Marriage License Bureau, open seven days a week in the historic core, the busiest license office in the country.
Mesquite satellite
A second office on the Arizona line, so the northeast county is served close to home instead of a 90-minute drive.
Online & everywhere, 24/7
Secure online licenses, e-signed business filings, free hotel kiosks, and live wait times, so the whole county is served at any hour.
Busy doesn't begin to cover it.
A marriage license, ทีละขั้นตอน
The Wedding Capital makes it famously simple. Here is the whole path, and where Dr. Shaw's plan makes it simpler still.
- 1
Apply
Start online with a pre-application, or walk into the Marriage License Bureau, open seven days a week in downtown Las Vegas.
- 2
Bring ID
Both parties bring a valid government-issued photo ID. Nevada has no blood test and no waiting period.
- 3
Get the license
The license is issued the same visit. You are ready to be married anywhere in the state of Nevada.
- 4
Say 'I do.'
Marry within one year, with a licensed officiant. Dr. Shaw's plan adds secure 24/7 online and hotel-kiosk options.
- 5
File the certificate
The officiant returns the signed certificate to the Clerk, who records it. Certified copies are yours for life.
Quick answers for the big three.
Getting married
No blood test, no waiting period in Nevada. Both parties just need a valid photo ID, and you can wed the same day.
Starting a business
File your fictitious firm name (DBA) with the Clerk before you open. It is fast, and in Nevada it is the law.
Becoming a notary
File your $10,000 surety bond and take the oath through the Clerk, then you are commissioned to serve the public.
Which office does what?
Clark County elects several officials, and they are easy to mix up. Here is the honest map, so you know exactly what the Clerk's race is, and is not.
นายทะเบียนเขต
Marriage licenses, business (DBA) filings, notary commissions, oaths of office, and the official record of the County Commission. This is the seat Dr. Shaw is running for.
County Recorder
Records deeds, mortgages, liens, and property documents. A separate office, and the one most often confused with the Clerk.
Registrar of Voters
Voter registration and elections, run by the county's Election Department. This is not the Clerk.
County Assessor
Determines the taxable value of every property across the county.
County Treasurer
Collects property taxes and safeguards the county's funds.
County Commission
The seven-member board that governs Clark County. The Clerk keeps its official record.
Setting the record straight.
ความเชื่อผิด ๆThe County Clerk runs elections.
ข้อเท็จจริงNo. Elections are run by the county's Election Department and Registrar of Voters. The Clerk handles marriages, business filings, notaries, oaths, and records.
ความเชื่อผิด ๆThe Clerk only serves Las Vegas.
ข้อเท็จจริงThe office serves all of Clark County, every city and unincorporated town, with a satellite in Mesquite. It is a countywide office.
ความเชื่อผิด ๆModernizing means cutting jobs or service.
ข้อเท็จจริงIt means cutting waits and waste. Online tools free staff to help the people who need it most, faster.
ความเชื่อผิด ๆIt is a small, ceremonial office.
ข้อเท็จจริงIt issues 80,000+ marriage licenses a year, files countless businesses, and keeps the official record of a 2.4-million-person county.
A modern office for every corner.
Seven concrete upgrades, each one built to serve the whole county, not just the middle of the valley.
Vegas Vows Forever
โครงการครบรอบแต่งงานแบบสมัครใจ พร้อมสิทธิพิเศษและของที่ระลึกที่ดึงดูดคู่รักให้กลับมา Las Vegas และเสริมความแข็งแกร่งให้เศรษฐกิจมูลค่า $2.2B
→ 02ใบอนุญาตสมรสดิจิทัลตลอด 24 ชั่วโมงทุกวัน
ระบบยื่นคำขอออนไลน์ที่ปลอดภัยพร้อมตู้บริการในโรงแรมแบบไม่มีค่าใช้จ่าย ใบอนุญาตสมรสที่ยืนยันตัวตนแล้วแบบทันที ทุกชั่วโมงทุกวัน
→ 03การจดทะเบียนธุรกิจแบบทันที
เครื่องมือยื่นคำขอออนไลน์อัจฉริยะพร้อมลายเซ็นอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ และใบรับรองดิจิทัลทันทีสำหรับชื่อกิจการแฝง (DBA)
→ 04ความโปร่งใสที่เพิ่มขึ้น
การค้นหาเอกสารออนไลน์แบบเปิด ตารางค่าธรรมเนียมที่เผยแพร่ เวลารอแบบเรียลไทม์ และแดชบอร์ดผลการดำเนินงานสาธารณะ
→ 05การประหยัดเงินภาษี & ประสิทธิภาพ
การดำเนินงานอย่างมีวินัยและระบบอัตโนมัติที่รับผิดชอบ ซึ่งลดความสูญเปล่าโดยไม่ลดทอนบริการ คุ้มค่าสำหรับผู้เสียภาษีทุกคน
→ 06บริการรับรองเอกสารที่กระชับขึ้น
การแปลงหลักประกัน $10,000 และคำสาบานให้เป็นดิจิทัล พร้อมการประสานงานที่ใกล้ชิดยิ่งขึ้นกับ Secretary of State เพื่อลดเวลารอการรับรองเอกสาร
→ 07การจับคู่ผู้ประกอบพิธีอย่างชาญฉลาด
ทำเนียบที่ผ่านการตรวจสอบและค้นหาได้ ซึ่งจับคู่คู่รักกับผู้ประกอบพิธีที่ได้รับใบอนุญาตและเข้ากันได้ ผสานรวมกับขั้นตอนการขอใบอนุญาต
→Built for all of us.
A faster, fairer Clerk's office is not an abstraction. It is a better day for real people across the county.
Couples & families
From the very first license to a 25th-anniversary keepsake, the milestones the county is built on.
ธุรกิจขนาดเล็ก
Same-day DBA filings so a Clark County idea can open its doors the day it is ready, not weeks later.
Notaries & professionals
Commissioned faster and working sooner, the credentialed backbone of legal and real-estate work.
Visitors & the economy
41.7 million guests a year, many here to say 'I do.' The Clerk's office is where the celebration starts.
Every resident
Plain-language service, online or in person, in English and Spanish, because the county belongs to everyone.
Mesquite to Laughlin
Far-county residents served without a long drive to Las Vegas, the whole map, not just the middle.
A builder behind the desk, for all 2.4 million of us.
ยืนเคียงข้าง Howell →A Clark County life, at the Clerk's desk.
Across a lifetime this one office shows up at the milestones, usually without anyone noticing whose office it is.
You say 'I do.'
A marriage license, an officiant's credential, and a certificate you will treasure for life, all through the Clerk.
You open a business.
A fictitious firm name (DBA) filing, the first legal step to hang your shingle in Clark County.
You become a notary.
File your bond, take the oath, and get to work, the credential behind so much legal and real-estate business.
You need the record.
Certified copies of a marriage, a filing, or an oath, kept accurate and available for decades to come.
You celebrate again.
A vow renewal at a milestone anniversary, and a Vegas Vows Forever keepsake that brings you back.
You take the oath.
Newly elected and appointed officials are sworn in by the Clerk, the quiet start of public service.
His roots run county-deep.
This is not a candidate parachuting in. It is a neighbor who has spent years serving the valley he calls home.
A Henderson resident
Howell has lived in Henderson, Nevada's second-largest city, for years, raising his family and building his life squarely inside Clark County.
$1M+ to local veterans
As CEO of CityServe Nevada he led a veterans outreach that distributed more than $1 million in goods and served over 300 local veterans and active service members.
Years in the valley's classrooms
He taught Bible, science, math, and SAT prep at Lake Mead Christian Academy, coached FIRST Robotics and Lego League, and founded the school's tennis teams.
A Clark County officiant
A licensed Clark County wedding officiant and ordained chaplain, he has personally married couples and supported families across the community.
Founder, Henderson Conservatives
He built a grassroots civic assembly that hosts Henderson's mayor, state senators, and the lieutenant governor for sold-out policy conversations.
A builder, not a politician
A Stanford-trained product designer who rose to Design Director at frogdesign and founded an award-winning firm, he brings the maker's mindset home to the county.
A county, in one lifetime.
From a desert railroad stop to one of America's great metros. The pace is the point, and the office has to match it.
- 1905
A city is auctioned into being
On May 15, a railroad auction sells the lots of 'Clark's Las Vegas Townsite.' A water stop in the desert becomes a town overnight.
- 1909
Clark County is born
The county is carved out of Lincoln County and named for William A. Clark, the railroad senator who put Las Vegas on the map.
- 1911
Las Vegas incorporates
The townsite becomes a chartered city, the first of the five that share the county today.
- 1931
Two decisions build the future
Nevada legalizes gambling and Hoover Dam construction begins. The modern county's economy is set in motion in a single year.
- 1936
Hoover Dam is finished
The dam tames the Colorado River, delivering the water and power that make a desert metropolis possible.
- 1941
The first Strip resort opens
El Rancho Vegas opens on Highway 91, and a tourism economy that would define the county begins.
- 1957
A university takes root
UNLV is founded on Maryland Parkway in unincorporated Paradise, on county-governed ground.
- 2000s
One of America's fastest-growing places
The valley booms past two million residents, master-planned communities fill the desert, and the county's offices strain to keep pace.
- ปัจจุบัน
A metropolis, in one lifetime
2.42 million residents and 41.7 million visitors a year. A desert railroad stop became one of America's great metros, in roughly one human lifetime.
A county that never sleeps deserves a Clerk's office that never closes. Clark County moves at the speed of the Strip. Its government should move that fast for residents too.
The case for a modern Clerk's office, in one sentence.
The county grew up.
Two and a half million residents. Forty-one million visitors. A round-the-clock economy. The Clerk's office was built for a smaller, slower county.
The office can too.
Online licenses, same-day business filings, live wait times, and service in English and Spanish. The technology exists. It takes a builder to ship it.
Everyone benefits.
A couple at 2 a.m., a founder opening a shop, a notary getting to work, a family in Mesquite. Faster, fairer service is for all of Clark County.
What changes for the county.
Same office, same budget discipline. A radically better experience for 2.4 million people.
สภาพปัจจุบัน
- In person, downtown, mostly business hours
- แบบฟอร์มกระดาษและการดำเนินการด้วยมือ
- No public view into wait times
- One service model for a 2.4-million-person county
- การจดทะเบียนธุรกิจและการรับรองเอกสารที่ล่าช้า
มาตรฐานแบบ Shaw
- 24/7 online licenses and hotel kiosks countywide
- ลายเซ็นอิเล็กทรอนิกส์และใบรับรองดิจิทัลภายในวันเดียว
- เวลารอแบบเรียลไทม์และแดชบอร์ดสาธารณะ
- Service that reaches Mesquite to Laughlin
- การยื่นคำขอที่รวดเร็วขึ้นซึ่งเห็นคุณค่าของเวลาคุณ
Six commitments to Clark County
Not slogans. Standards Dr. Shaw will hold the office to from day one.
Online by default
If it can be done securely online, it will be, no trip downtown required.
Same day where possible
Digital certificates and filings issued the day you apply, not weeks later.
Bilingual service
Every resident served in English and Spanish, online and in person.
Published wait times
Live, public dashboards so you always know before you go.
ทุกดอลลาร์ได้รับการเคารพ
Disciplined operations that cut waste without cutting service.
The whole county
From the Strip to the rural towns, service that reaches every resident.
The honest FAQ.
Is the County Clerk the elections office?
No. Elections, voter registration, and ballots in Clark County are run by the Election Department and the Registrar of Voters, a separate office. The Clerk issues marriage licenses, files business and notary paperwork, swears in officials, and keeps the county's official records.
What does the County Clerk actually do for me?
If you get married, start a business, become a notary, or need a certified public record, you go through the Clerk. It is the office most residents use at least once, often without realizing whose office it is.
How do I get a marriage license in Clark County?
At the Marriage License Bureau in downtown Las Vegas, open seven days a week. Dr. Shaw's plan adds a secure 24/7 online option and free hotel kiosks so no couple is ever turned away by the clock.
Does the Clerk serve people outside Las Vegas?
Yes. The office serves all of Clark County, including a satellite office in Mesquite. Dr. Shaw's plan brings more of that service online for Henderson, Laughlin, and every town in between.
Is Dr. Shaw from Clark County?
Yes. He is a longtime Henderson resident who has built award-winning work, taught in the classroom, and served the community across the valley for years.
Why does this office matter for the whole county?
Because it touches the moments that matter, marriages, new businesses, public records, for 2.4 million residents and the 41.7 million visitors who help power the economy.
Where is the Clerk's office, and what are the hours?
The Marriage License Bureau sits in downtown Las Vegas and is open seven days a week, with a satellite office in Mesquite. Dr. Shaw's plan adds secure online service so the office is effectively open around the clock, everywhere in the county.
How much can I do online today?
Less than you would expect for the Wedding Capital of the World. Modernizing that, secure online licenses, e-signed business filings, and live wait times, is the heart of Dr. Shaw's plan.
What is the difference between the County Clerk and a city clerk?
A city clerk handles records for one city, like Las Vegas or Henderson. The County Clerk serves all of Clark County, every city and every unincorporated town, which is why this is a countywide election.
Sources & citations.
Every number on this page traces to a primary source. Browse the record.
- 01
Clark County population: about 2.42 million residents in 2024, roughly 73% of Nevada.
แหล่งที่มา: U.S. Census Bureau / USAFacts →
- 02
Las Vegas welcomed 41.7 million visitors in 2024, up 2.1% over 2023.
แหล่งที่มา: LVCVA Research Center →
- 03
Clark County spans 8,091 square miles with five incorporated cities.
แหล่งที่มา: Clark County GIS →
- 04
County Clerk duties: marriage licenses, DBAs, notary bonds, oaths of office, and official records.
แหล่งที่มา: Clark County Clerk, Official Site →
- 05
Marriage and business services for the Wedding Capital of the World.
แหล่งที่มา: Clark County Clerk / Weddings.Vegas →
- 06
Elections are run separately by the Clark County Election Department.
แหล่งที่มา: Clark County Elections →
- 07
Las Vegas wedding industry: about $2.2 billion in annual economic activity.
แหล่งที่มา: Weddings.Vegas / LVCVA →
- 08
Clark County established 1909; Las Vegas townsite founded 1905.
แหล่งที่มา: Clark County, About →
- 09
County Clerk duties are set by Nevada law (NRS Chapter 246 and related statutes).
แหล่งที่มา: Nevada Revised Statutes →
- 10
Marriage License Bureau is open seven days a week in downtown Las Vegas, with a Mesquite satellite.
แหล่งที่มา: Clark County Clerk, Locations & Hours →
- 11
Long-term population growth projections for Clark County.
แหล่งที่มา: UNLV Center for Business & Economic Research →
Clark County is big, busy, and worth getting right.
2.4 million residents. Five cities and a million more neighbors in the towns the county runs itself. 41.7 million visitors. One office that touches nearly all of them at the moments that matter, and a candidate who has spent years serving this valley and knows how to build.
Faster. Fairer. For all of it.
Faster. Fairer. เพื่อชาว Clark County ทุกคน
From Henderson to Laughlin, every resident deserves a Clerk's office that respects their time. Help put a builder behind the desk.