pisar

1. dated (in court, office) clerk; scrivener
   Sudski pisar je uneo izjavu u zapisnik. — The court clerk entered the statement into the record.
2. (historical) scribe; copyist
   Srednjovekovni pisar je prepisivao knjige u manastiru. — The medieval scribe copied books in the monastery.

In present-day Serbia the court official who keeps the record is usually called zapisničar and an office clerk referent; pisar sounds dated or historical. A registrar of births and marriages is matičar.