The Miami-Dade County Clerk is an elected constitutional officer as mandated by Article V, Section 16 of the Constitution of the State of Florida. The clerk serves as ex-officio clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, county recorder, county auditor, custodian of all county funds, custodian of all records filed with the Court. The Clerk is elected to a four-year term by the electorate of Miami-Dade County. In 1992, Harvey Ruvin was elected to the Office of Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts. He has been re-elected five times, leading the ballot in 2016 with the largest vote total in South Florida's history.