Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.37J — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.37J
Exemptions from reimbursement provisions
Status: in_force

The reimbursement provisions contained herein shall not apply to

county appropriations made and provided for office space, law

library, legal publications, expenses connected with handling of

county suits and matters and other matters to be borne by the county

as provided in Section 215.36 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.84 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.84
Longevity pay program
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of each of the counties in

this state may be authorized to establish a longevity pay program

for employees of the county. The longevity pay program may be

consistent with the longevity pay program for state employees

authorized pursuant to Section 840-2.18 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. The longevity pay program shall not include any elected

county officers.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-350 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-350
Holidays county offices to close - Designation
Status: in_force

The county commissioners and members of the county excise board

of each county shall designate and publish between the 1st and 20th

of January each year which holidays the county offices will be

closed.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 183
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-243 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-243
Duties
Status: in_force

The county clerk shall attend the sessions of the board of

county commissioners, either in person or by deputy, shall keep the

seals, records and papers of said board of commissioners and shall

sign the records of the proceedings of the board of county

commissioners and attest the same with the seal of the county.

R.L. 1910, § 1566.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.21 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.21
Violations
Status: in_force

A violation of this act or of any order or regulation adopted

under authority of this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall

be punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, as now provided by

law for misdemeanors. The proper county authorities or any person,

the value or use of whose property is or may be affected by such

violation, in addition to other remedies, may also institute any

appropriate action including injunctive relief or proceedings to

prevent or remove such violation.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.14 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.14
Existing uses
Status: in_force

A legally existing use, building or structure, existing at the

time of the adoption and recording of any regulations authorized

hereunder, but not in conformity therewith, may be continued but

shall not be extended or structurally altered unless the same be

changed to conform to such regulations or changed to a higher or

more restrictive use.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1402 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1402
Purpose of County Budget Act
Status: in_force

The purpose of the County Budget Act is to provide a budget

procedure for county governments which shall:

1. Establish uniform and sound fiscal procedures for the

preparation, adoption, execution and control of budgets, and foster

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 543

cooperation among the elected officials for the effective and

informed operation of county government;

2. Enable counties to make financial plans for both current and

capital expenditures and to ensure that their executive staffs

administer their respective functions in accordance with adopted

budgets;

3. Make available to the public and investors sufficient

information as to the financial conditions, requirements and

expectations of the county government; and

4. If requested, assist county governments to improve and

implement generally accepted accounting principles as applied to

governmental accounting, auditing and financial reporting and

standards of governmental finance management if the principles are

adopted.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-245 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-245
Duties as to audited accounts - Certified copies of papers – Fee for providing records in
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 9– Fee for providing records in electronic format – Exemptions.

A. It shall be the duty of the county clerk to designate upon

every account, which shall be audited and allowed by the board, the

amount so allowed, and the clerk shall deliver to any person a copy

certified or otherwise of any record in the clerk’s office and any

account on file thereon, upon receiving the fee allowed pursuant to

the Oklahoma Open Records Act or the county clerk fee schedule,

Section 32 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for every page

contained in the copy. Upon demand, the clerk shall furnish a

certified copy in the form as it exists and at the preference of the

requestor as provided by the Oklahoma Open Records Act or the county

clerk fee schedule. Certified copies may be provided in paper or

digital format in accordance with the Uniform Real Property

Electronic Recording Act.

B. If the clerk provides records in an electronic format, the

clerk may charge a reasonable fee for providing such records. For

purposes of this section, “reasonable fee” shall mean the fee

charged by the clerk shall not exceed twenty-five cents ($0.25) per

image or fifteen cents ($0.15) per image for providing more than

three thousand five hundred (3,500) images in an electronic format.

If the clerk provides certified records, the clerk may charge a fee

for the certification in accordance with the current fee schedule

found in subsection A of Section 32 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. All recording devices for providing records in an

electronic format shall be supplied by the county clerk. News media

obtaining records in an electronic format for a news purpose and

licensed abstractors performing their duties pursuant to state law

shall be exempt from the fees provided for in this subsection.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow county clerks to

provide all or part of a tract index for use in any commercial

purpose.

R.L. 1910, § 1568. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 243, § 1, emerg. eff.

May 12, 1989; Laws 2013, c. 360, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 2013; Laws

2019, c. 48, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2023, c. 98, § 1, eff.

Nov. 1, 2023.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-869.6 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-869.6
Administration of zoning regulations - Board of
Status: in_force

adjustment.

At the discretion of the board or boards of county

commissioners, a lake area planning commission may be designated as

the zoning commission, for the purpose of establishing and

administering zoning regulations within its jurisdiction.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 388

In the event that a board or boards of county commissioners

elects to use the grant of zoning power herein provided, a board of

adjustment, with the powers and duties established by Sections

866.23 and 866.24 of this title, shall be created. The board of

adjustment shall be composed of five (5) members, all of whom shall

reside within the jurisdiction of the lake area planning commission.

The members shall be appointed in concert by all governing bodies

participating in the planning commission.

The board of adjustment shall elect a chairman and other

officers as it may deem appropriate from among its members and shall

adopt rules and procedures for the conduct of its business.

Zoning regulations established pursuant to this act (a) shall be

made in accordance with, and subsequent to, the preparation and

adoption of a comprehensive plan for the desired jurisdictional

area; (b) shall be adopted for the entire jurisdictional area of the

appropriate governing body; (c) shall be uniform for each class or

kind of building throughout each zoning district, provided, each

zoning district may contain different regulations; (d) shall be

adopted, amended or changed in accordance with the notice and public

hearing requirements which apply to municipalities under Sections

43-104, 43-105 and 43-106 of Title 11; and (e) may be enforced by

appropriate actions, including the use of injunction for violations

of the regulations.

The zoning power conferred herein shall not apply to the

erection or use of the usual farm buildings for agricultural

purposes, or to the planting of agricultural crops.

The lake area planning commission, when (a) properly formed, (b)

designated as a zoning commission, and (c) operating as a joint

commission with a metropolitan area planning commission, shall be

authorized, at the discretion of the board or boards of county

commissioners, to exercise zoning powers and duties as provided in

Sections 866.16, 866.17, 866.18, 866.19, 866.20, 866.21, 866.22,

866.23, 866.24, 866.25 and 866.30 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-359 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-359
Improvements upon school grounds
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners may provide to public schools

within the county such county-owned machinery and equipment to make

improvements upon school grounds. The expense of operation,

including operating personnel, may be billed to the school district

requesting such improvements on an actual cost basis. The expense

of the materials supplied for the improvements shall be paid from

school funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.17 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.17
Sale of bonds
Status: in_force

The board shall sell such bonds from time to time in such

quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise the

money for the construction of the proposed work, the acquisition of

property and rights and otherwise to fully carry out the objects and

purposes of this act. Before making any sale of bonds the board

shall, at a meeting, by resolution, declare its intention to sell a

specified amount of the bonds and the day and hour and place of such

sale and shall cause such resolution to be entered in the minutes

and notice of the sale to be given by publication thereof at least

ten (10) days in some newspaper of said county if published in a

daily newspaper or two (2) weeks if published in a weekly newspaper,

or said notice may be published in two (2) issues of a daily

newspaper provided they are published a week apart. Said bonds may

be sold either at public auction for cash to the highest bidder or

upon sealed bids as determined by the board of directors. At the

time appointed, the board shall award the purchase of the bonds to

the highest responsible bidder, but shall reserve and always have

the right to reject any and all bids, but said board shall in no

event sell any of said bonds for less than par with accrued

interest.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-155.7v1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-155.7v1
County records - Photographing, digitizing,
Status: in_force

photostating, reproducing on film or storing on optical disks.

A. County officers may have any or all records kept by any

county office photographed, digitized, photostated, reproduced on

film or stored on optical disk. Such film or reproducing material

shall be of durable material and the device used to reproduce such

records on film or other material shall be such as to accurately

reproduce and perpetuate the original records in all details.

B. The photostatic copy, photograph, digital copy, photographic

film or optical disk of the original records shall be deemed to be

an original record for all purposes, and shall be admissible in

evidence in all court or administrative agencies, or by the county

for accounts payable and inventory. A facsimile, exemplification or

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 86

certified copy thereof shall, for all purposes recited herein, be

deemed to be a transcript, exemplification or certified copy of the

original.

C. Whenever such reproduced records shall be placed in

conveniently accessible files and provisions made for preserving,

examining and using same, the county officer may certify those facts

to the board of county commissioners. All such records shall be

archived or disposed of according to the provisions of the Oklahoma

State Statutes and any other such restrictions as may be applicable.

D. The clerk of each county may elect to sign, accept, or

receive documents using a digital signature system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-865.57 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-865.57
Coordinated physical development
Status: in_force

The commission may prepare, adopt, and from time to time revise,

amend, extend or add to a plan or plans for the development of the

area for the purpose of bringing about an orderly, coordinated

physical development in accordance with the present and future

needs.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.50 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.50
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this

act, and for its proper administration, the State Auditor and

Inspector is hereby empowered to promulgate and enforce such rules

and regulations as may be necessary but not inconsistent herewith,

and he shall prescribe all the forms of whatsoever nature referred

to in this act including but not necessarily limited to budget

forms, supporting schedule forms and all other accounting stationery

required, desired or needed under the provisions of this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-36 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-36
Change in watercourse bounding counties as not changing
Status: in_force

taxable situs of property.

After the first day of January, 1963, where any county is

bounded by the middle of the channel of any stream or watercourse,

any change of such channel, whether by accretion, reliction, or

avulsion, shall not bring about a change in the taxable situs of the

property, and for all county and state purposes the boundary line

will remain as originally shown on the tax rolls. Provided, that,

as to such property which may have become subject to litigation as a

result of being carried on the tax rolls of two or more counties

prior to the enactment of this section, or shall subsequently become

subject to litigation as a result of being carried on the tax rolls

of two or more counties without either being prior in point of time,

such dispute shall be resolved by final decree of the court.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.17 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.17
Division into districts or zones
Status: in_force

Whenever the commission of such county shall make and certify to

the board of county commissioners of such county a zoning plan,

including both the full text of the zoning resolution and proposed

regulations and map or maps, representing the recommendations of the

commission for the regulation by districts or zones, of the

location, height, bulk, number of stories and size of buildings and

other structures in the areas of the county, not included within the

territorial jurisdiction of the municipality as herein defined, and

the percentage of the lot or area which may be occupied, the size of

yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density and distribution

of population, the uses of buildings, structures, and land for

trade, industry, residence, recreation, civic, and public activities

and other purposes, then the board may exercise the powers granted

and, for the purposes mentioned in 19 O.S. 1961, Section 866.16, may

divide the areas of such county located within three miles of such

municipality or within one-fourth mile of a state or federal

highway, and not included within the territorial jurisdiction of the

municipality or within another incorporated municipality, into

districts or zones in such number, shape, and areas as it may

determine and, for said purposes, may regulate the erection,

construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration, and uses of

buildings and structures and the uses of land. All such regulations

shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each

district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those

in other districts. In every county of this state having an

upstream terminal port and turnaround where navigation ends, or in

any county containing all or any part of a reservoir or reservoirs

constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, such

county is hereby granted authority, at the discretion of the board

of county commissioners, to divide all or any part of unincorporated

areas of such county into districts or zones in such number, shape,

and areas as it may determine and, for said purposes, may regulate

the erection, construction, reconstruction, conversion, alteration,

and uses of buildings and structures and the uses of land. All such

regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings

throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may

differ from those in other districts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-421.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-421.2
Surplus machinery, equipment or vehicles - Transfer to
Status: in_force

political subdivisions.

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A. A unanimous vote of the board of county commissioners may

transfer any machinery, equipment or vehicle belonging to the

county, which is deemed by the board to be surplus, to a political

subdivision of the state which is in need of such machinery,

equipment or vehicle. Upon such transfer, the subject property

shall be removed from the inventory of the county.

B. The board of county commissioners shall not deem any

property to be surplus during the period when the elections of any

two county commissioners occur at the same time. This prohibition

shall only apply to the property in use by and/or recorded on the

inventory of the district of the county commissioner(s), the

elections of which are set for the same date and not the remaining

county officers. This prohibition shall cease to apply to any

property in use by and/or recorded on the inventory of the district

of any individual incumbent county commissioner who draws no

opponent or who wins reelection at either the primary or general

election. The prohibition of declaring county property or material

surplus shall:

1. Begin thirty (30) days before the filing period for the

elections of any two or more county commissioners in a county; and

2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, end the day

after two or more county commissioners are sworn in as such.

C. If two or more incumbents draw no opponents or if two or

more incumbent county commissioners both win reelection, either at

the primary, special, or general election, the prohibition of

declaring county property or material surplus until the swearing in

of county officials shall be removed and the county may dispose of

surplus property as provided in subsection A of this section.

D. When the political subdivision receiving such property

declares same to be surplus, the governing body shall give written

notice to the county of its intent to transfer such property back to

the county. The board of county commissioners shall have up to

fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt of such notice to either

accept or reject the property. The political subdivision shall

transfer such property back to the county only if the board of

county commissioners agrees to accept the property or the board

fails to respond within the fifteen-day time period.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.46 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.46
Agreements with cities
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to enter

into such agreements as it may deem necessary with any city within

its territorial limits for the administration or enforcement of any

provisions of this act or any building and/or fire code adopted

pursuant to the provisions hereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.51 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.51
Unforeseen increase of work - Abnormal conditions - Transfer of employees between
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 6

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 7Transfer of employees between offices.

In case of unforeseen increase of work in any county office of

any county in the state or in case of abnormal conditions in any

county in the state, such as, oil development, military posts

located within the county, defense areas, state or federal

reformatories or prisons, or an excessive area or any other

emergency or abnormal condition, the board of county commissioners

may declare an emergency and set up additional funds during the

fiscal year or include in the budget, at the beginning of the fiscal

year, additional funds to employ additional help in any office to

the extent that said office may function properly.

Provided, however, that a seasonal or unexpected short-term

increase of work in any county office of any county in the state may

be met by the temporary transfer of a deputy, deputies, or other

employees from any other county office in the county to the office

requiring additional personnel. The board of county commissioners

of the county in which the transfer is to be made shall, if in its

judgment the temporary transfer is in the best interests of the

county, authorize the temporary transfer of designated persons and

shall cause a notation of the fact to be entered in the minutes of

its meeting. A period of temporary transfer shall be for not longer

than sixty (60) calendar days, except that the transfer may be once

renewed upon a second authorization of the board of county

commissioners for an additional period of not more than sixty (60)

calendar days. No employee shall be transferred under the

provisions of this section for a total of more than one hundred and

twenty (120) calendar days in any one fiscal year. A transfer of

designated employees may be terminated by the board of county

commissioners upon giving notice in writing to the county official

who heads the office to which the employees have been temporarily

transferred. Such notice shall specify the date of termination but

in no case shall this date be less than three (3) days after

delivery of said notice. Employees temporarily transferred under

the provisions of this section may be reimbursed from the same fund

or account and in the same manner and amount as they would have

been, had the temporary transfer not been effected. During the

period of transfer, the employees transferred shall be under the

exclusive jurisdiction of the county official who heads the office

to which they have been temporarily transferred.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-138.1a — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-138.1a
Office created - Office space and equipment - Training
Status: in_force

- Tort liability.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 70

A. In each county of this state possessing a population of over

three hundred thousand (300,000) according to the Federal Decennial

Census of 1990, or any succeeding Federal Decennial Census, there is

hereby created the office of public defender, and such office shall

be charged upon the order of any judge of a court of record of such

county, with the protection of the rights of any defendant to a

criminal action. The board of county commissioners of such county

shall provide for necessary office supplies and equipment and

arrange for sufficient office space in the county building, used by

the courts of record of such county, to permit the efficient and

effective operation of the office of public defender.

B. Subject to available funding, the board of county

commissioners, along with the office of the public defender, shall

provide and coordinate training and continuing legal education for

attorneys employed by the office of the public defender. Curriculum

for training required under this section shall include, but not be

limited to:

1. Nationally recognized defense seminars; and

2. Evidence-based practices regarding behavioral health and

treatment of defendants with substance abuse or mental health needs.

C. For purposes of liability under the Governmental Tort Claims

Act, any public defender, assistant public defender or employee

thereof, who is employed under this section shall be deemed a state

employee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-327 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-327
Chairman elected each year
Status: in_force

At the first meeting of the county commissioners in each year

they shall elect one of their number chairman, who shall act as

chairman of the said board of commissioners during the year in which

he is elected, or until his successor is elected, and in case of a

vacancy from any cause whatever the board of county commissioners

shall elect another chairman.

R.L. 1910, § 1588.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.1
City and county planning and zoning - Cooperative
Status: in_force

planning commission - Board of adjustment.

For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma in

conserving the natural resources of the state, and in promoting the

health, safety, peace, morals and general welfare of the people of

the state, there may be provided in all applicable counties of the

state, city and county planning and zoning, in the manner herein

provided, and for that purpose there are hereby created in each of

such applicable counties a city-county cooperative planning

commission and a county board of adjustment with the respective

powers and duties as set out in this act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-155.3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-155.3
Intangible tax records - Destruction
Status: in_force

County treasurers in each county in Oklahoma are hereby

authorized to destroy all intangible tax records.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-764 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-764
Assessment lists and rolls - Replacing - Deputy county
Status: in_force

assessors.

The board of county commissioners shall have power and

authority, where the assessment lists, assessment rolls, or

abstracts thereof, or the tax lists, or tax rolls, or any part

thereof, for any year or years have been lost or destroyed, as above

set out, to cause another, or other, assessments of the taxable

property in said county to be made for any such year or years, and

in order to make such assessments and to make such assessment lists,

rolls, or abstracts thereof, or tax lists, rolls, or abstracts

thereof, the county commissioners may employ such number of deputy

county assessors on the recommendation and nomination of the county

assessor as in the judgment of the board of county commissioners

will be necessary to make the assessment of the taxable property of

the county and to prepare assessment lists, rolls, and abstracts

thereof, and tax lists and tax rolls, in the shortest possible time

that will be to the best interest of the county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-378 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-378
Contracts with public trust
Status: in_force

A. Until January 1, 1983, nothing in Sections 376 or 377 of

this title shall be interpreted as prohibiting a county, acting

through the authority of the board of county commissioners, from

contracting with an established public trust which has been or may

be created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 176 et seq. of

Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of providing to

all county offices, departments and agencies electronic data

processing services.

B. Beginning January 1, 1983, nothing in Sections 376 or 377 of

this title shall be interpreted as prohibiting a county purchasing

agent, upon approval of the board of county commissioners, from

contracting with an established public trust which has been or may

be created pursuant to the provisions of Sections 176 et seq. of

Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purpose of providing to

all county offices, departments and agencies electronic data

processing services.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-298.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-298.1
Electronic documents – Acceptability for filing
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in Section

298 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, an electronic document

presented in compliance with the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act

is acceptable for filing. Nothing in this section shall require any

county clerk to establish, accept, or transmit any document in an

electronic format. The Secretary of State does not guarantee the

validity of any registered certification authorities, as defined in

Section 15-102 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, nor regulates

or monitors such registered certification authorities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.8 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.8
Chairman - Meetings - Rules - Employees - Fees
Status: in_force

The commission shall elect its chairman from its appointed

members and fill such other offices as it may determine. The term

of the chairman shall be one (1) year. The commission shall hold at

least one (1) meeting each month and all meetings shall be open to

the public. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of business

and keep a complete record of its functions and activities, which

record shall be a public record. The commission may appoint such

employees as it may deem necessary and may establish a schedule of

fees to cover the various services as it may require within the

limits of its appropriations and may incur necessary expenses, all

subject to the approval of the appropriate governing bodies. The

commission may, to the extent authorized by the charter or

ordinances of any city or town in the county, act as the planning

commission for such city or town or lend planning assistance under

such mutual arrangement for the sharing of expenses as may be agreed

upon.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-178.3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-178.3
Custodian of records, files and reports - Destruction
Status: in_force

A. The county clerk shall be custodian and repository of all

inventory records, files and reports.

B. The county clerk in each county in Oklahoma is hereby

authorized to destroy all inventory records, files and reports of

any inventory of the county which has been disposed of for three (3)

years or more if the inventory account has been subject to a full

audit by the State Auditor and Inspector.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1406 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1406
Maintenance of funds and account groups
Status: in_force

Each county shall maintain, according to its own accounting

needs, some or all of the funds and account groups in its system of

accounts, as prescribed by the state statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-684 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-684
Time for payment to county treasury - Report of receipts
Status: in_force

All monies that shall be received during any calendar month by

any county officer, county board, county commission or the members

or employees of either thereof, accruing as a part of the funds of

the county or municipal subdivision thereof, shall be paid into the

county treasury, - that is, transferred from the official account of

the officer, board, commission or employee of either thereof

depositing the same, to the fund or funds of the county or municipal

subdivision thereof to which the same belongs, - by the authority so

receiving the same on or before the second Monday following the

close of the calendar month in which such monies shall have been

received; and it shall be the further duty of all such officers,

boards, commissions, and the members and employees of either

thereof, to make and file with the county clerk on or before the

second Monday of each month, a verified report in writing showing

the several sources, classes and amounts of money received by virtue

or under color of office during the preceding calendar month,

together with an itemized statement of the amount and purpose of all

vouchers issued in disbursement, distribution and transfer thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-514.4v1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-514.4v1
Notification of outstanding warrants – Contracts –
Status: in_force

Payment to court or contractor - Payment in lieu of court

appearance.

A. Notwithstanding any other section of law, the county

sheriffs of any Oklahoma county may contract with a statewide

association of county sheriffs to administer contracts with third

parties attempting to locate and notify persons of their outstanding

misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrants. County sheriffs contracting

with a statewide association of county sheriffs for the

administration of third-party contracts may assign their rights and

duties regarding these contracts to the association.

B. A person may make payment directly to the court, as allowed

by law, or the contractor shall be authorized to accept payment on

misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrants by various means including,

but not limited to, payment by phone, mail, or Internet, and in any

payment form including, but not limited to, personal, cashier’s,

traveler’s, certified, or guaranteed bank check, postal or

commercial money order, nationally recognized credit or a debit

card, or other generally accepted payment form. Any payment

collected and received by the contractor shall be paid within

fifteen (15) days to the court clerk of the entity that issued the

outstanding misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrant.

C. As provided for by this section, a person may pay in lieu of

appearance before the court and such payment accepted by the court

shall constitute a finding of guilty as though a plea of nolo

contendere had been entered by the defendant as allowed by law and

shall function as a written, dated, and signed plea form acceptable

to the court. Such payment shall serve as a written waiver of a

jury trial.

D. The court shall release the outstanding misdemeanor or

failure-to-pay warrant upon receipt of all sums due pursuant to said

warrant including the misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrant,

scheduled fine or sum due, all associated fees, costs and statutory

penalty assessments, and the administrative cost pursuant to Section

514.5 of this title.

E. The provisions of any contract entered into by a county

sheriff shall be administered by a statewide association of county

sheriffs in Oklahoma.

F. The provisions of this section and Section 514.5 of this

title shall be applicable to:

1. Any misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrant issued or relating

to any proceeding pursuant to the State and Municipal Traffic Bail

Bond Procedure Act;

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2. Any misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrant issued that allows

a defendant to resolve the matter by payment in lieu of a personal

appearance in court; and

3. Any failure-to-pay warrant issued in a criminal case.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.63d — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.63d
Withholding of salary increase
Status: in_force

The salary increase authorized by this measure shall be withheld

in those counties in which the composite ad valorem assessment ratio

for the county is less than nine percent (9%) of the property value

as certified by the Board of Equalization at any time during the

calendar year 1979, or any year thereafter.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-642 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-642
Treasurer's cash book and accounts
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall keep a cash book, in which he shall

enter an account of all money by him received, specifying in proper

columns provided for that purpose the date of payment, the numbers

of receipts issued therefor, by whom paid, and on account of what

fund or funds the same were paid, whether state, county or school,

road, sinking or other fund, or otherwise, and the treasurer shall

keep an account of money received for and on account of taxes

separate and distinct from moneys received on any other account, and

shall also keep his account of money received for and on account of

taxes levied and assessed for any one year separate and distinct

from those levied and assessed for any other year.

R.L. 1910, § 7445.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-344 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-344
Sale of real estate – Public auction or sealed bids
Status: in_force

A. The sale of the real estate may be by public auction held at

the county courthouse or at the site of the real property being sold

at the time advertised or by sealed bids. Sealed bids for the real

estate shall be in writing, sealed and delivered to the county clerk

of such county. The county clerk shall preserve the bids unopened

until the next regular meeting of the board of county commissioners

after the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the date of the first

publication, at which the board of county commissioners shall open

such bids and award the real estate to the highest and best bidder

for the real estate.

B. The real estate shall not be sold for less than eighty

percent (80%) of its appraised value, and the boards of county

commissioners shall have the power to reject any and all bids.

C. Proceeds from the sale of the property shall be deposited to

the account from which the property was purchased.

R.L. 1910, § 1605. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 92, § 2, emerg. eff.

May 6, 1976; Laws 2001, c. 231, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2006,

c. 255, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-130.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-130.1
Commission on County Government Personnel Education and
Status: in_force

Training - Creation - Membership.

There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2026, in

accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the

Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training,

hereinafter called the "Commission". The Commission shall be

composed of the following five (5) members: The President of

Oklahoma State University or designee; the State Auditor and

Inspector or designee; the Director of the Department of

Transportation or designee; the Chairman of the Oklahoma Tax

Commission or designee; and the President of the Oklahoma County

Officers Association or designee.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-644.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-644.1
Clerk to keep duplicate of treasurer's collections and
Status: in_force

deposits.

The county clerk shall keep and maintain, in a safe place, the

duplicate copy of all daily collections and deposits made by the

county treasurer as required by Section 115 of Title 19 of the

Oklahoma Statutes and as furnished to the county clerk by the county

treasurer. The county clerk may keep a separate ledger of said

transaction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.5A — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.5A
Election procedures in lieu of election procedures set
Status: in_force

out in Section 901.5.

A. The board of directors of a fire protection district is

hereby authorized to adopt, by resolution, the election procedures

set out in this section in lieu of the election procedures set out

in Section 901.5 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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B. The board of directors shall divide the fire protection

district into as many voting districts as there are members of the

board. Such voting districts shall, as nearly as feasible and

practical, follow clearly visible, definable and observable physical

boundaries which are based upon criteria established and recognized

by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of

Commerce for purposes of defining census blocks for its decennial

census and shall follow precinct boundary lines as nearly as

practical. Voting districts shall be compact, contiguous and as

equal in population as practical with not more than a ten percent

(10%) variance between the most populous and least populous

districts, according to the results of the most recent Federal

Decennial Census. The board shall redraw voting districts no later

than June 30 of any year in which the results of a Federal Decennial

Census are released which shows a population variance of more than

ten percent (10%) between the most populous and least populous

districts and at any time a board increases its membership pursuant

to subsection C of Section 901.5 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. The voting districts may not be redrawn at any other

time.

C. The registered voters of each voting district shall elect

one member of the board of directors of the fire protection

district. A member shall be required to be a registered voter of

the voting district which elects such member.

D. 1. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the board of

directors. In the event a vacancy occurs and the remaining members

of the board are unable to make a decision on such vacancy within

sixty (60) calendar days, the board of county commissioners shall

immediately appoint a member to fill the vacancy. In the event the

vacancies on the board are so numerous as to not provide a quorum,

the board of county commissioners shall appoint as many members as

are necessary to make a quorum.

2. Appointments to fill a vacancy pursuant to this section may

not result in more than two board members being residents of the

same voting district.

3. All vacancies filled pursuant to the provisions of this

subsection shall be filled until the next regular election, at which

time a member shall be elected to serve the remainder of the

unexpired term.

E. 1. The office of a member of the board of directors may be

declared vacant by the board of directors if such member:

a. is absent from more than one-half (1/2) of all

meetings of the board of directors, regular and

special, held within any period of four (4)

consecutive months,

b. ceases to be eligible for office pursuant to this

section,

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c. has a conviction in a court of any felony or crime

involving moral turpitude,

d. uses alcohol, any stimulant, any drug or other

substance which impairs intellect, judgment or

physical ability to such an extent as to incapacitate

the member to such a degree that the member is

prevented from performing duties pursuant to Chapter

21 of this title,

e. has a mental or physical weakness or inability which

incapacitates the member to such a degree that the

member is prevented from performing duties required

pursuant to Chapter 21 of this title, or

f. has served the term for which elected and no person

has filed for election for the office of such member.

2. Vacancies determined pursuant to this subsection shall be

filled pursuant to subsection D of this section after notice to the

board member of such action and opportunity for a hearing.

3. Vacancies shall be determined at an official meeting of the

board and shall be a specific agenda item.

4. Any appeal from a decision declaring an office vacant

pursuant to this subsection shall be made to the district court

within thirty (30) days of such determination.

F. Election procedures for the board of directors of a fire

protection district may not be changed between the procedures set

out in Section 901.5 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the

procedures set out in this section more often than one time in any

ten-year period.

G. If a board adopts the election procedures set out in this

section, all provisions of Section 901.5 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma

Statutes which are not in conflict with this section shall be

applicable.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.34 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.34
Assistant district attorneys
Status: in_force

A. All assistant district attorneys who are paid in excess of

fifty percent (50%) of the salary of the district attorney shall not

engage in the private practice of law, but may complete pending

cases of a civil nature, not in conflict with the interests of any

county of the district in which appointed. No assistant district

attorney permitted to practice law shall accept employment in a case

investigated by the office of the district attorney.

B. Each county in a district shall have at least one assistant

district attorney who shall reside in the county or an adjoining

county.

C. Each assistant district attorney shall: be at least twenty-

one (21) years of age; be a resident of the district, if required by

the district attorney; and have a license to practice law in the

courts of record of this state at the time of appointment. All

assistant district attorneys shall serve at the pleasure of the

district attorney.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1218 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1218
Sale of facilities and property
Status: in_force

A. Whenever a district owning facilities and property desires

to sell such facilities and property and dissolve, the board of

directors may adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed plan

and, upon such plan being approved by three-fourths (3/4) of the

residents of such district present at a meeting called for that

purpose, such resolution and plan may be submitted to the board of

county commissioners.

B. If approved by the commissioners, the commissioners shall

thereupon authorize the board of directors to carry through the plan

of sale and shall further authorize the board of directors to wind

up the affairs of the district, pay all debts and expenses, and

distribute any excess funds to the members on an equal basis.

Thereupon the district shall be dissolved as herein provided.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-953.1A — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-953.1A
Board of trustees - Counties having a population of
Status: in_force

675,000 or less.

A. The board of trustees shall discharge their duties with

respect to the retirement system solely in the interest of the

participants and beneficiaries and:

1. For the exclusive purpose of:

a. providing benefits to participants and their

beneficiaries, and

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b. defraying reasonable expenses of administering the

retirement system;

2. With the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the

circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like

capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of

an enterprise of a like character and with like aims;

3. By diversifying the investments of the retirement system so

as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the

circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so; and

4. In accordance with the laws, documents and instruments

governing the retirement system.

B. The board of trustees may procure insurance indemnifying the

members of the board of trustees from personal loss or

accountability from liability resulting from a member's action or

inaction as a member of the board of trustees.

C. The board of trustees may establish an investment committee.

The investment committee shall be composed of not more than five (5)

members of the board of trustees appointed by the chair of the board

of trustees. The committee shall make recommendations to the full

board of trustees on all matters related to the choice of custodians

and managers of the assets of the retirement system, on the

establishment of investment and fund management guidelines, and in

planning future investment policy. The committee shall have no

authority to act on behalf of the board of trustees in any

circumstances whatsoever. No recommendation of the committee shall

have effect as an action of the board of trustees nor take effect

without the approval of the board of trustees as provided by law.

D. The board of trustees shall retain qualified investment

managers to provide for the investment of the monies of the

retirement system. The investment managers shall be chosen by a

solicitation of proposals on a competitive bid basis pursuant to

standards set by the board of trustees. Subject to the overall

investment guidelines set by the board of trustees, the investment

managers shall have full discretion in the management of those

monies of the retirement system allocated to the investment

managers. The board of trustees shall manage those monies not

specifically allocated to the investment managers. The monies of

the retirement system allocated to the investment managers shall be

actively managed by the investment managers, which may include

selling investments and realizing losses if such action is

considered advantageous to longer term return maximization. Because

of the total return objective, no distinction shall be made for

management and performance evaluation purposes between realized and

unrealized capital gains and losses.

E. Funds and revenues for investment by the investment managers

or the board of trustees shall be placed with a custodian selected

by the board of trustees. The custodian shall be a bank or trust

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company offering pension fund master trustee and master custodial

services. The custodian shall be chosen by a solicitation of

proposals on a competitive bid basis pursuant to standards set by

the board of trustees. In compliance with the investment policy

guidelines of the board of trustees, the custodian bank or trust

company shall be contractually responsible for ensuring that all

monies of the retirement system are invested in income-producing

investment vehicles at all times. If a custodian bank or trust

company has not received direction from the investment managers of

the retirement system as to the investment of the monies of the

retirement system in specific investment vehicles, the custodian

bank or trust company shall be contractually responsible to the

board of trustees for investing the monies in appropriately

collateralized short-term interest-bearing investment vehicles.

F. Prior to August 1 of each year, the board of trustees shall

develop a written investment plan for the retirement system.

G. The board of trustees shall compile a quarterly financial

report of all the funds of the system on a fiscal year basis. The

report shall include several relevant measures of investment value,

including acquisition cost and current fair market value with

appropriate summaries of total holdings and returns. The report

shall contain combined and individual rate of returns of the

investment managers by category of investment, over periods of time.

The report shall be distributed to the board of county

commissioners.

H. After July 1 and before December 1 of each year, the board

of trustees shall publish widely an annual report presented in

simple and easily understood language. The report shall be

submitted to the board of county commissioners, and to the

individual members of the retirement system. The annual report

shall cover the operation of the retirement system during the past

fiscal year, including income, disbursements, and the financial

condition of the retirement system at the end of the fiscal year.

The annual report shall also include several relevant measures of

investment value, including acquisition cost and current fair market

value with appropriate summaries of total holdings and returns. The

report shall contain combined and individual rate of returns of the

investment managers by category of investment, over periods of time

as well as a summary of the results of the most recent actuarial

valuation to include total assets, total liabilities, unfunded

liability or over-funded status, contributions and any other

information deemed relevant by the board of trustees. The annual

report shall be written in such a manner as to permit a readily

understandable means for analyzing the financial condition and

performance of the retirement system for the fiscal year.

I. The requirements of this section shall apply to retirement

funds and systems in counties which do not have a population in

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excess of six hundred seventy-five thousand (675,000) according to

the latest Federal Decennial Census.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-460.4 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-460.4
Trustees - County Energy District Authority - Duties
Status: in_force

The trustees of a County Energy District Authority shall:

1. Manage and conduct the business and affairs of the

authority;

2. Make and execute all necessary contracts;

3. Secure funding through sources which may include:

a. issuance of notes or bonds,

b. public or private lenders, or

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c. grants or loans from other governmental entities when

such funds are available; and

4. Authorize the county to make loans or grants between a

willing and consenting property owner and the authority or a

financial institution for the following purposes:

a. to finance the installation of distributed generation

renewable energy sources,

b. to make energy efficient improvements or retrofits

that are permanently affixed to residential,

commercial, or industrial property,

c. to conduct residential and commercial building energy

audits, and

d. to establish financial incentive programs for energy

efficient improvements.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-564 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-564
Tax levy for purchase, equipment and installation - Annual
Status: in_force

appropriations and levies for maintenance.

The board of county commissioners and the excise board of each

county of this state wherein a short-wave radio system has been

authorized to be established as provided in Section 1 of this act,

may make a sufficient appropriation and levy to purchase, equip and

install said system and to maintain and operate the same to the end

of the fiscal year during which said system was so purchased,

equipped and installed, and may thereafter make sufficient annual

appropriations and levies to maintain and operate said system.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1711 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1711
Computation of levy for each fund - Procedure
Status: in_force

When the board has ascertained the total assessed valuation of

the property taxed ad valorem in the district, and has computed the

total of the several items of appropriation for general fund,

sinking fund, and other legal purposes for the district, the board

shall then proceed to compute the levy for each fund of each

district. The levy for the general fund shall be that as last

authorized by a vote of the citizens of the district. The procedure

for the computation of the sinking fund levy shall be as follows:

1. Determine the total amount of the several items of

appropriation for the fund;

2. Deduct from such total appropriation the actual cash surplus

of the immediately preceding fiscal year;

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3. Deduct from the remainder thus ascertained the estimated

probable income from sources other than ad valorem taxation;

however, in no event shall the amount of such estimated income

exceed ninety percent (90%) of the actual collections from such

sources for the previous fiscal year. Also, deduct the estimated

probable revenue to be derived from surplus collection from taxes in

the process of collection of the immediately preceding taxable year;

provided that the surplus so estimated shall be surplus cash as

hereinafter defined, and shall include none of that portion of the

reserve added at the beginning of such year for delinquent tax, and

shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the actual collections of

surplus back taxes legally accrued to and credited to the same fund

account of the immediately preceding fiscal year;

4. Add to the remainder a reserve for delinquent taxes, the

amount of which reserve shall be determined by the board, after

taking into consideration the amount of uncollected taxes for the

previous year or years; provided that the reserve so added shall not

exceed twenty percent (20%) or be less than five percent (5%); and

provided, further, that the reserve so added shall not be subject to

review by the excise board;

5. Compute the levy necessary to raise an amount of money equal

to the remainder thus ascertained, based upon the total assessed

valuation of the district, taking into consideration any deduction

which must be made because of the exemption of homesteads as

required by Section 2406 et seq. of Title 68 of the Oklahoma

Statutes; and

6. Compute the reduction in levy necessary to be made because

of monies being required by law to be used for the purpose of

reducing ad valorem tax levies.

The rates of levy for general fund, sinking fund and other

purposes authorized by law shall be separately made and stated, and

the revenue accruing therefrom respectively, when collected, shall

be credited to the proper fund accounts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-815 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-815
Renumbered as § 1204 of Title 20 by Laws 1968, c. 138, §
Status: in_force

10.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-87 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-87
Jurisdiction of contests in Supreme Court
Status: in_force

Exclusive, original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the

Supreme Court over all controversies that may arise under the

provisions of this article, and any city, town or place being a

candidate for the location of any county seat in any such election,

shall have a right to a hearing before the Supreme Court upon

application filed and presented within thirty (30) days after any

such election shall be held.

R.L. 1910, § 1533.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-881 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-881
Computation and apportionment of cost - Assessment -
Status: in_force

Special assessment bonds.

As soon as any subdistrict sewer line or lines shall have been

completed the engineer having charge of the work shall compute the

whole cost thereof which shall also include the cost of advertising,

appraising, engineering and such other expense necessary or

essential or incident to the completion of such work and shall

apportion the same against all of the lots or pieces of ground in

such district in proportion to the area of the whole subdistrict,

exclusive of the public highways, and such officer shall report the

same to the board of directors and the said board of directors shall

thereupon assess a special tax against each lot or piece of ground

within said subdistrict, which assessment so made shall be published

in some newspaper of the county of general circulation within said

district for two consecutive weeks, during which time said

assessments without interest may be paid to the clerk. If at the

expiration of such time the amount named in such assessment together

with the cost of publication, shall not be paid, then said board of

directors shall cause special assessment bonds to be issued against

such lots or pieces of ground in said subdistrict, which special

assessment bond shall recite the date and fact of the making of such

assessment, the amount of the assessment, the description of the

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property against which the same is made, and that the same will be

charged or levied against said property in five equal annual

installments with interest thereon at the rate of not to exceed six

percent (6%) per annum, each of said installments to become due and

payable on the 1st day of September in each year which shall become

delinquent if not paid before October 1st in said year and said

bonds shall be signed by the director of the board of directors and

countersigned by the clerk and delivered to the contractor;

provided, that the other expenses incurred by said district in

addition to the contract price of the work shall be paid to the

district by the contractor in cash and the aggregate amount of such

bonds delivered to the contractor shall not exceed his contract

price, and the amount of the expenses paid in cash to the district

by the contractor; provided, further, that in no case shall said

district be empowered to pay any such special bonds from any of the

funds of said district, nor shall it be liable for the amount of

such bonds, until the amount of said assessment shall be collected

from the property described in said bonds. Said bonds shall bear

four coupons evidencing respectively the first, second, third and

fourth installments due thereon; together with interest on the same

and interest on the unmatured installment or installments. The bond

shall evidence the fifth payment and interest thereon.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.45 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.45
County building inspector
Status: in_force

There is hereby authorized the creation of the office of county

building inspector for each county adopting a building and/or fire

code. Said building inspector shall be appointed by the board of

county commissioners at such compensation and terms as it may

prescribe and deem necessary; provided, however, for any person to

be eligible for the appointment to the office of building inspector

he must have completed a minimum of a high school education and he

must have a minimum of ten (10) years actual experience in the

building and construction industry and be thoroughly familiar with

building, construction, codes, methods and procedures. The board of

county commissioners shall hire deputy building and fire inspectors

at such compensation and terms as it may prescribe and deem

necessary.

The building inspector and/or his authorized deputy inspectors

shall enforce the provisions of any building and/or fire code

adopted pursuant hereto, and shall be authorized to inspect all

buildings for the purpose of discharging the duties imposed herein

or by any building and/or fire code adopted by the board of county

commissioners.

The board of county commissioners may adopt all necessary rules

and regulations to carry out the purposes of this act, and may

prescribe the necessary permits, notices and inspection procedures,

and may set and determine the fees therefor. Such fees shall be

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reasonable and shall be sufficient to meet the expenses of operation

of the office of county building inspector.

The board of county commissioners shall be authorized to hire

other employees necessary for the operation of the office of county

building inspector and may expend such sums as it deems reasonable

and necessary for equipment and ancillary services therefor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-402 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-402
Courtrooms rented to be approved by court
Status: in_force

The power to rent courtrooms shall only extend to such rooms as

the court using the same may approve.

R.L. 1910, § 1618.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-252 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-252
Charges and credits - How stated
Status: in_force

The county clerk, in making the above charges, credits and

entries, shall state each different fund and each item of each

different fund separately.

R.L. 1910, § 1575.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-898.4 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-898.4
Assumption of legal bonded indebtedness
Status: in_force

The property within the county sewer improvement district

consolidated under the provisions of this act shall assume its full

proportion of all legal bonded indebtedness of the city or town to

which it is consolidated, and the city or town to which it is

consolidated shall assume all legal bonded indebtedness of the

county sewer improvement district so consolidated.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.19 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.19
Appeals to district court and Supreme Court
Status: in_force

An appeal to the district court from any decision, ruling,

judgment or order of said county board of adjustment may be taken by

any person or persons, firm or corporation, jointly or severally,

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aggrieved thereby, or any department, board or official of

government by filing with the clerk of said board within ten (10)

days a notice of such appeal. No bond shall be required for such

appeal, but costs may be required in the district court as in other

cases. Upon filing of such notice the clerk of said board shall

forthwith transmit to the clerk of the district court the originals

or certified copies of all papers constituting the record in such

case, together with the order, judgment or decision of said board.

Said cause shall be tried de novo in the district court and said

court shall have the same power and authority as the county board of

adjustment, together with all other powers of the district court in

law or in equity. An appeal to the Supreme Court from the decision

of the district court shall be allowed as in other cases.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.16 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.16
Zoning powers - Exemptions
Status: in_force

A. For the purposes of promoting the public health, safety,

peace, morals, comfort, convenience, prosperity, order and general

welfare, and to lessen danger and congestion of public

transportation and travel, and to secure safety from fire and other

dangers, and to prevent overcrowding of land, and to avoid undue

concentration of population, and to provide adequate police

protection, transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks,

forests, recreational facilities, military and naval facilities, and

other public requirements, and to prevent undue encroachment

thereon, the board of any such county is hereby empowered in

accordance with the conditions and procedure specified in this act,

to regulate:

1. The location, height, bulk, number of stories and size of

buildings and other structures in the areas of the county not

included within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality as

herein defined;

2. The percentage of the lot or area which may be occupied;

3. The size of yards, courts and other open spaces;

4. The density and distribution of population; and

5. The uses of buildings, structures and land for trade,

industry, residence, recreation, civic and public activities and

other purposes.

B. 1. The zoning power hereby conferred shall not apply to the

erection or use of the usual farm buildings for agricultural

purposes, the planting of agricultural crops or forestry activities.

2. For purposes of this subsection, “forestry activity” means

any activity associated with the reforesting, growing, managing,

protecting and harvesting of timber, wood and forest products

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including, but not limited to, forestry buildings and structures.

The term “forestry activity” shall not pertain to areas and property

which would restrict access to public road construction or right-of-

way.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-932 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-932
Dedication of lands and buildings
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any such county may

dedicate and set apart for use as playgrounds, recreation centers,

and other recreational purposes any lands or buildings, or both,

within said county owned or leased by such county and not then

devoted to another public use; and such county may, in such manner

as may now or hereafter be authorized or provided by law for the

acquisition of lands or buildings for public purposes by such

county, acquire or lease lands or buildings, or both, within said

county for playgrounds, recreation centers, and other recreational

purposes, and when the board of county commissioners of such county

shall dedicate, set apart, acquire, or lease land or buildings for

such purposes it may, on its own initiative, provide for their

conduct, equipment, and maintenance as now or hereafter authorized

and provided by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-944 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-944
Improperly placed, stopped, parked or standing vehicles -
Status: in_force

Civil fines - Courthouse security.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 478

A. No person shall place, stop, park, or stand any vehicle,

including trailers or implements of husbandry, contrary to any

official sign reserving, restricting, or regulating the placing,

stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle within the boundaries of

the following:

1. County-owned property; and

2. Public property within unincorporated areas of a county.

B. In counties with a population over five hundred thousand

(500,000) according to the last decennial census, the county sheriff

shall be responsible for the enforcement of subsection A of this

section.

C. Any person violating the provisions of subsection A of this

section shall be subject to a civil fine. A violation shall be

indicated by the placing of a notice of such violation on the

windshield of the vehicle improperly placed, stopped, parked, or

standing.

The fine for such violation shall be Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for

a standard parking violation and Sixty Dollars ($60.00) for parking

in a designated handicapped parking space.

D. Of the monies generated from such fines the court clerk

shall retain Five Dollars ($5.00) with the balance of the monies

being deposited in the Sheriff’s Service Fee Account to be expended

exclusively for the purpose of providing courthouse security.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1716 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1716
Protests against budget
Status: in_force

Within fifteen (15) days after the filing of any district budget

with the State Auditor and Inspector, any taxpayer may file protests

against any alleged illegality of the budget in the manner provided

by this section and Sections 24103 through 24111 of Title 68 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. The fifteen-day protest period begins upon the

date the budget is received in the Office of the State Auditor and

Inspector. After receipt of a taxpayer protest, the State Auditor

and Inspector shall transmit by certified mail one copy of each

protest to the district, and one copy of each protest to the county

treasurer and the excise board of each county in which the district

is located. The taxpayer protest shall specify the alleged

illegality in the budget and the grounds upon which the alleged

illegality is based. Any protest filed by any taxpayer shall inure

to the benefit of all taxpayers. If no protest is filed by any

taxpayer within the fifteen-day period, the budget and any

appropriations thereof shall be deemed legal and final until amended

by the board or the county excise board as authorized by law.

Taxpayers shall have the right at all reasonable times to examine

the budget on file with the board, the county excise board or the

State Auditor and Inspector for the purpose of checking illegalities

in the budget or for filing protests in accordance with this section

and Sections 24103 through 24111 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-72 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-72
Election - How called
Status: in_force

Upon a petition in writing, signed by twenty-five percent (25%)

of the qualified electors of the county, such percent to be

determined by the total vote cast in such county for the head of the

state ticket in the next preceding general election, said petitions

being verified by an affidavit, showing that the petitioners are

qualified electors of said county, and such petitions being filed

with the Governor, the Governor shall, within thirty (30) days,

issue his proclamation calling an election to be held in such county

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 52

not less than sixty (60) nor more than seventy (70) days from the

date of his proclamation.

R.L. 1910, § 1518.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-138.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-138.2
Appointment of county indigent defender and assistants
Status: in_force

The office of county indigent defender shall be assumed by such

attorneys, authorized to practice law in the State of Oklahoma, as

shall be appointed either on a full-time or part-time basis by the

judges of the courts of record of such county and shall continue to

serve at the pleasure of said judges, and the attorney designated by

said judges as the person in charge of such office shall be the

county indigent defender, and all other attorneys who may be

appointed to assist such county indigent defender shall be

designated as assistant county indigent defender, of such county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1607 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1607
Agents of transient merchants
Status: in_force

Each person designated by a transient merchant as his agent in

the application for a license shall be a resident of the county and

shall be an agent of the transient merchant upon whom any process,

notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the

transient merchant may be served. The agent shall agree in writing

to act as such agent and a copy of the agreement to so act shall be

filed by the applicant with the application for a license.

The court clerk of each county shall maintain an alphabetical

list of all transient merchants in the county and the names and

addresses of their agents.

If any transient merchant doing business or having done business

in any county within the state shall fail to have or maintain an

agent in the county or if such agent cannot be found at his

permanent address, the court clerk shall be an agent of such

transient merchant for service of all process, notices, or demands.

Service on the court clerk shall be made by delivery to and leaving

with him or any person designated by the clerk to receive such

service, duplicate copies of the process, notice, or demand. When

any such process, notice, or demand is served on the clerk, he shall

immediately cause one copy thereof to be forwarded by registered or

certified mail, return receipt requested, to the permanent address

of the transient merchant. The provisions of this section shall not

limit or otherwise affect the right of any person to serve any

process, notice, or demand in any other manner now or hereafter

authorized by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.30-7 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.30-7
Negotiated collective bargaining agreement - Required
Status: in_force

provisions - Disputes.

Any agreement actually negotiated between the bargaining agent

and the corporate authorities either before or within thirty (30)

days after arbitration shall constitute the collective bargaining

contract governing full-time firefighters in the Rural Fire

Protection District for the period stated therein; provided that

such period shall not exceed one (1) year. Any collective

bargaining agreement negotiated under the terms and provisions of

this act shall specifically provide that the full-time firefighters

in the Rural Fire Protection District who are subject to its terms

shall have no right to engage in any work stoppage, slowdown or

strike, the consideration for such provision being the right to a

resolution of disputed questions. All rules, regulations, fiscal

procedures, working conditions, district practices and manner of

conducting the operation and administration of Rural Fire Protection

Districts currently in effect on the effective date of any

negotiated agreement shall be deemed a part of the agreement except

as modified or changed by the specific terms of such agreement.

Every such agreement shall contain a clause establishing arbitration

procedures for the immediate and speedy resolution and determination

of any dispute which may arise involving the interpretation or

application of any of the provisions of such agreement or the

actions of any of the parties under that agreement. In the absence

of such negotiated procedure, the dispute may be submitted to

arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this act, except

that the arbitration board shall be convened within ten (10) days

after demand therefor by the bargaining agent upon the corporate

authority or authorities. In such case the arbitration board's

determination shall be final.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-346 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-346
County map to be made
Status: in_force

Said board is authorized to procure for their county a copy of

field notes, of the original survey of their county by the United

States, and cause a map of the county to be constructed therefrom on

a scale of not less than one inch to a mile, and laid off in

congressional townships and sections, to be kept open in the office

of the county clerk, and the field notes to be deposited in the same

office.

R.L. 1910, § 1607.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.64C — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.64C
Restrictions
Status: in_force

The provisions of Section 1 shall be subject to the restrictions

set forth in 19 O.S. 1961, Section 180.67(b).
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-902.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Rural

Road Improvement District Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-153 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-153
Salaries - Payment periods
Status: in_force

The salary of all county officers, their clerks and deputies,

shall be paid either monthly or twice a month, out of the county

treasury by order of the board of county commissioners: Provided,

however, that no salary shall be allowed or paid until their reports

are filed and approved by the board of county commissioners, as

provided by law.

R.L. 1910, § 3251. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 56, § 1, operative July

1, 1989.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 79
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-736 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-736
Notice of election
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners shall give thirty (30) days'

notice of the election upon the question of issuing said bonds, by

publication in two weekly newspapers of general circulation

published at the county seat of the county, unless there be but one

weekly newspaper, in which event that one shall be sufficient; and

if there be no weekly newspaper, then by five notices posted in five

public places within the county. The notices of election shall

contain the statement of the county commissioners, as provided by

the preceding section, date of election, amount of bonds proposed to

be issued and whether for courthouse or jail or for both courthouse

and jail. The notices shall be signed by the chairman of the board

of county commissioners and attested by the county clerk.

R.L. 1910, § 1627.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-27 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-27
Challengers - Watchers - Poll book holders - How appointed
Status: in_force

In any such special election, the organization favoring the

formation of such new county, or the detaching thereof any such

territory, may appoint and designate one qualified elector in any

precinct, or voting place, to act as challenger at such precinct,

and may appoint or designate one poll book holder and one special

watcher in any such precinct or voting place, and the organization

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opposing the formation of any such county, or the detaching of any

such territory, shall have like privileges; provided, that the

challenger, poll book holder and watcher shall perform duties as

provided by law, governing any general election.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-294 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-294
Duty to index old records
Status: in_force

The register of deeds of any county of this state shall, in

addition to the duties now prescribed by law, make and keep indexes

in the same manner as is now provided by Sections 1733 and 1737 of

Snyder's Compiled Laws, 1909, of all records, files, books,

instruments, or the certified copy thereof, pertaining to the title

to lands in such county, which were of record in the office of

United States Court, or any office maintained by the United States

prior to November 16, 1907, for filing and recording deeds,

mortgages, liens and other instruments which have been, or may

hereafter be, received by such register of deeds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.9 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.9
Building law regulations
Status: in_force

Whenever a plan for major highways has been adopted and filed by

the county planning commission, the board of county commissioners,

upon recommendation of the county planning commission, is hereby

authorized and empowered to establish, regulate and limit, and to

change and amend, building or set-back regulations on such major

highways, and to prohibit any new building's being located within

such building or set-back lines outside the corporate limits of any

city or town. In establishing such building line, the board of

county commissioners shall take into consideration the present stage

of development along such highways, including the type of buildings

and nature of their use, as well as their number and location, the

present width of such highways and type of construction, the amount

of traffic using such highways, and probable future needs to protect

safety and provide adequate transportation along such highways in

view of the trend of development of residential, commercial and

industrial areas served by such highways.

Regulations authorized by this section shall not be adopted,

changed or amended by the board of county commissioners until a

public hearing has been held thereon by the county planning

commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-165 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-165
Travel allowance in lieu of traveling expenses - Newly
Status: in_force

elected officials - Emergency use of county-owned vehicle or

equipment.

A. In lieu of reimbursement for traveling expenses within their

county each county commissioner and sheriff may receive a monthly

travel allowance of up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). In lieu

of the reimbursement for traveling expenses authorized by law for

each county officer, each county assessor may receive a monthly

travel allowance of up to Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00), and each

county clerk, court clerk and county treasurer may receive a monthly

travel allowance of up to Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00). Each

such county officer may be subject to the penalty provided by

Section 166 of this title for failure to attend the meetings

specified in that section.

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B. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2028 and every fiscal year

thereafter, the monthly amount of travel reimbursement allowances

for county officers shall increase annually by two percent (2%).

C. All newly elected county officials shall be reimbursed by

their respective counties for any approved training provided before

such official takes office. Such training expenses shall be

reimbursed in January when such official takes office.

D. The provisions of this section and Sections 163 and 164 of

this title shall not prevent the emergency use of a county-owned

vehicle or county-owned or leased equipment by a county officer when

such county officer is acting on behalf of the county or when such

use is related to county business. As used in this subsection,

“emergency” means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the

resulting state that calls for immediate action.

E. The provisions of this section and Sections 163 and 164 of

this title shall not prevent the use of county-owned or leased

equipment by a county commissioner. For the purposes of this

section, county-owned or leased equipment shall not include

automobiles or pick-up trucks. The provisions of this subsection

shall not be construed to authorize the use of county-owned or

leased equipment by a county commissioner for purposes other than

county business.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-174.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-174.2
Cost of publication
Status: in_force

The total cost of publication of such notice shall not exceed

Ten Dollars ($10.00) to any one newspaper and shall be paid from any

funds appropriated for county audit purposes, upon duly verified

claims.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.44C — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.44C
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. High-rise building shall mean any building more than

seventy-five (75) feet in height measured from the lowest level of

access by fire-fighting equipment, the normal use of which is

intended for occupancy by human beings, excluding hospital treatment

or operating rooms.

2. Water sprinkler system shall mean a water distribution

system designed in accordance with standards adopted by the Oklahoma

State Fire Marshal Commission. Provided nothing herein shall be

construed as prohibiting the alternative use of other high-rise life

protection systems which are equivalent to and in accordance with a

nationally recognized building code.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-785 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-785
Issuance of bonds - Interest
Status: in_force

Bonds issued as herein provided shall be made payable and be

issued as provided by law, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed

the maximum rate provided by Section 498.1 of Title 62 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-8.5 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-8.5
Charter provision contrary to or inconsistent with
Status: in_force

sovereignty and public policy.

Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to authorize the

adoption of charter provisions contrary to or inconsistent with the

sovereignty and established public policies of this state and no

provision having such effect shall be valid.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.11 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.11
Building line or set-back regulations - Considerations
Status: in_force

- Hearings.

Wherever a plan for major highways has been adopted and filed by

the commission, the council and board, upon recommendations of the

commission, are hereby authorized and empowered to establish,

regulate, and limit, and to change and amend, building line or set-

back regulations on such major highways, and to prohibit any new

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building or set-back lines within the area. In establishing such

building lines, the council and board shall take into consideration

the present stage of development along such highways, including the

type of buildings and nature of their use, as well as their number

and location; the present width of such highways and type of

construction; the amount of traffic using such highways; and

probably future needs to protect safety and provide adequate

transportation along such highways in view of the trend of

development of residential, commercial, and industrial areas served

by such highways.

Regulations authorized by this section shall not be adopted,

changed, or amended by the council and board until a public hearing

has been held thereon by the commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-137.3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-137.3
Liability insurance - Counties of 300,000 population
Status: in_force

Any elected county officer of counties of three hundred thousand

(300,000) population or over may purchase liability insurance

coverage not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to pay

all losses and damages incurred by an action against such officer,

arising out of any act of negligence committed by such elected

county official occurring in the operation of his office. The costs

of such insurance coverage shall be paid by the county. The costs

provided for herein shall be within the approved budget of the

officer seeking to purchase the insurance coverage allowed herein.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1209 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1209
Powers of district
Status: in_force

A. Every district incorporated hereunder shall have perpetual

existence, subject to dissolution as provided by the Ambulance

Service Districts Act, and shall have power:

1. To sue and be sued, complain and defend, in its corporate

name;

2. To adopt a seal which may be altered at pleasure, and to use

it, or a facsimile thereof, as required by law;

3. To acquire by purchase, lease, gift, or in any other manner,

and to maintain, use, and operate any and all property of any kind,

real, personal, or mixed, or any interest therein; and to construct,

erect, purchase, lease as lessee and in any manner acquire, own,

hold, maintain, operate, sell, dispose of, lease as lessor,

exchange, and mortgage buildings, equipment, apparatus, and

facilities necessary to serve the residents of the district;

4. To borrow money and otherwise contract indebtedness for the

purposes set forth in the Ambulance Service Districts Act, and,

without limitation, to borrow money and accept grants from the

federal government or from any corporation or agency created or

designated by the federal government and, in connection with such

loan or grant, to enter into such agreements as the federal

government or such corporation or agency may require; and to issue

its notes or obligations therefor, and to secure the payment thereof

by mortgage, pledge, or deed of trust on all or any property,

assets, franchises, rights, privileges, licenses, rights-of-way,

easements, or revenues of the district;

5. To make bylaws for the management and regulation of its

affairs;

6. To appoint officers and employees, to prescribe their

duties, and to fix their compensation; and to employ such common and

skilled labor and professional and other services as may be

necessary to carry out the purpose of the district;

7. To sell or otherwise dispose of any property of any kind,

real, personal, or mixed, or any interest therein, which shall not

be necessary to the carrying on of the business of the district;

8. To make any and all contracts necessary or convenient for

the exercise of the powers of the district;

9. To do and perform all acts and things, and to have and

exercise any and all powers as may be necessary, convenient, or

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 515

appropriate to effectuate the purposes for which the district is

created;

10. To enter into contracts with the federal government, or any

agency thereof, or the State of Oklahoma, or any political

subdivision or agency thereof, for the construction, operation, and

maintenance of needs and demands of the district;

11. To enter into contracts jointly with any other district,

municipality, city, or town, the State of Oklahoma, the federal

government, or any other governmental agency, or any of them, for

the purpose of purchasing, constructing, acquiring, and operating

ambulance facilities or services; and

12. To determine and collect charges for services performed by

the district.

B. The board of directors shall, on or before July 1 of each

year, file with the county clerk of each county in which any part of

the district is located, an annual report for the preceding calendar

year. Such report shall list all monies received and all monies

disbursed during the calendar year. The report shall also specify

any and all indebtedness outstanding at the end of the calendar

year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-220 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-220
Court Clerk's Revolving Fund – Administrative fee –
Status: in_force

District Court Revolving Fund.

A. Beginning July 1, 1991, there is hereby created with the

county treasurer of each county within this state a depository

revolving fund to be designated the "Court Clerk's Revolving Fund".

The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year

limitations, and shall consist of all monies received as grants from

the federal government and any other monies designated by law for

deposit into the fund. All monies accruing to the credit of the

fund shall be expended by the court clerk for the lawful operation

of the court clerk's office. Claims against the fund shall include

only expenses incurred for the operation of the court clerk's office

in each county, and payment may be made after the claim is approved

by the court clerk and either the district or the associate district

judge of that county. The monies shall be reported quarterly to the

Administrator of the Courts. The necessary forms and procedures

shall be developed and implemented by the Administrative Director of

the Courts.

B. There shall be no monies, other than federal funds,

deposited into the fund created herein, unless expressly authorized

by the Legislature.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court clerk

shall assess an administrative fee of ten percent (10%) on all fees

collected by the court clerk for agencies other than the court and

not deposited into the court fund. The administrative fee shall not

attach to the sheriff's service fees provided for in Sections 153

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and 153.2 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes, monies deposited

into the Law Library Fund, witness fees paid by the district

attorney pursuant to the provisions of Section 82 of Title 28 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, and dispute resolution fees provided for in

Section 1809 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The

administrative fees shall be deposited in the Court Clerk's

Revolving Fund.

D. Effective July 1, 2016, in addition to the amount collected

in subsection C of this section, the court clerk shall assess an

administrative fee of fifteen percent (15%) on all fees collected by

the court clerk for agencies other than the court and not deposited

into the court fund.

E. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund to be allocated by the Supreme Court for the administration of

the district courts designated as the "District Court Revolving

Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal

year limitations, and shall consist of all monies collected pursuant

to subsection D of this section. All monies accruing to the credit

of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended

by the Supreme Court as necessary to perform the duties imposed upon

the district courts by law. Expenditures from the District Court

Revolving Fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State

Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the

Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for

approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-298 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-298
Recordable instruments - Filing
Status: in_force

A. Every county clerk in this state shall require that the

mandates of the Legislature be complied with, as expressed in

Sections 287 and 291 of this title, and for that purpose, every

instrument offered which may be accepted by the county clerk for

recording, affecting specific real property whether of conveyance,

encumbrance, assignment, or release of encumbrance, lease,

assignment of lease or release of lease, shall be an original or

certified copy of an original instrument and clearly legible in

accordance with the provisions of subsection B of this section, and

shall by its own terms describe the property by its specific legal

description, and provide such information as is necessary for

indexing as required in Sections 287 and 291 of this title, and on

each such instrument shall be listed the mailing address of the

grantee, mortgagee, assignee or other designated party to which the

instrument is to be delivered after recording. If an instrument

offered to a county clerk for recording contains more than twenty-

five legal descriptions requiring separate entries in the indexes

required by Sections 287 and 291 of this title, the descriptions

shall be sorted by addition, block, and lot if platted property, or

by township, range, and section if described by governmental survey

description. Any instrument offered to a county clerk for recording

containing more than twenty-five legal descriptions per page,

counted as each description which could require a separate line

entry in the numerical index, shall be accompanied by an additional

filing fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per legal description in excess of

twenty-five legal descriptions per page to be paid to the county

clerk. Unless the person offering a nonconforming instrument for

filing is willing to reform the instrument to conform to statutory

requirements, for which purpose it may be withdrawn and refiled

during the same business day, the county clerk may refuse to record

the same in the records of deeds, leases or mortgages or to index

the same upon the index records referred to in Section 287 or 291 of

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this title, or to file or record the same in the office of the

county clerk.

B. All documents filed of record in the office of the county

clerk pursuant to subsection A of this section or pursuant to any

other law shall be an original or a certified copy of an original

document. Such documents shall be clearly legible, in the English

language, using xerographically reproducible dark ink, on paper of a

color that is xerographically reproducible by the copying equipment

in use by the county clerk. Unless otherwise provided by law, such

documents shall measure no larger than eight and one-half (8 1/2)

inches by fourteen (14) inches. All documents shall provide an area

free of printed information sufficient in size to accommodate

affixation of the documentary stamps required by Section 3201 of

Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any certification of the payment

of mortgage taxes required by Section 1901 et seq. of Title 68 of

the Oklahoma Statutes, and the recording information affixed by the

county clerk upon acceptance of a document for recordation. Any

part of a signature or any stray markings within the margin shall

not void the requirements for accepting and filing any document by

any county within the state, provided there remains sufficient space

for the affixation of stamps and recording information without

covering language contained in the instrument. If an instrument

submitted to the county clerk for recording does not contain

sufficient space for the affixation of such stamps and recording

information without covering language contained in the instrument,

the county clerk shall attach an additional page to the document to

provide for the affixation of such stamps and recording information.

A county clerk shall not charge any additional fee or fine for stray

markings within the margin of a document. The top margin of all

documents shall be at least two (2) inches and all other margins

shall be at least one (1) inch.

C. Despite any provision in this section to the contrary, the

county clerk shall accept for filing any document that fails to meet

the requirements of subsection B of this section if:

1. The document is an original or a certified copy of an

original;

2. The document is legible without the aid of magnification or

other enhancement of the text;

3. The document is xerographically reproducible by the copying

equipment in use by the county clerk;

4. The document meets all other statutory requirements for

recordation; and

5. The person offering the instrument for recording pays the

additional fee provided in Section 32 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma

Statutes for nonconforming documents.

D. Despite any provision in this section to the contrary, a

digitized image or electronic copy of an original or certified copy

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of an original instrument or document shall satisfy the requirement

that the document be an original or certified copy of an original

instrument or document, provided that the digitized image or

electronic copy is submitted for recording electronically pursuant

to the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act in Title 16 of

the Oklahoma Statutes and all other rules promulgated pursuant to

that act.

E. This section shall not apply to plats, filings under the

Uniform Commercial Code, or any other instruments that may be filed

pursuant to any other law.

F. All documents accepted for filing, including all documents

filed before February 18, 1997, shall be deemed to comply with the

requirements of this section and, except as otherwise provided by

law, impart constructive notice of the contents of such document to

third parties unless a person claiming adversely to any such

document files an affidavit setting forth the basis of such claim in

the office of the county clerk of the county where the property is

located within six (6) months from February 18, 1997.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-446 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-446
Duty of publisher
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the publisher of the newspaper selected

to publish any proceedings of the board of commissioners, to cause

the proceedings as aforesaid received by him from any county clerk,

to be published within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

R.L. 1910, § 1650. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 80, § 2.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.6 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.6
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this act, certain terms are defined as

provided in this section. Whenever appropriate, the singular

includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.

"Municipality" or "municipal" shall mean or relate only to

incorporated cities and towns. "Council" means the legislative body

of the municipality. The term "streets" includes street, avenues,

boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, viaducts, highways and other ways.

"Subdivision" and "zoning" are defined as hereinafter provided.

"Board" shall mean the board of county commissioners. "Commission"

shall mean the metropolitan area planning commission. "Area" shall

mean all territory included within the jurisdiction of the

commission.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.37F — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.37F
Changes in amount of funds certified as available for
Status: in_force

operating expenses - Transfer of appropriations - Lapse of county

funds.

If for any reason, the District Attorneys Council should

determine that the amount originally certified as available to a

county for the current fiscal year has changed, it shall be the duty

of the Council to certify such change to the county clerk and

district attorney of the county. Within five (5) working days after

receipt of such notice, the district attorney shall give written

notice to the county excise board of the amount each appropriation

account is to be increased or decreased and the total net effect of

the change. If the net total of the changes agrees with the total

change certified by the Council, it shall be mandatory for the

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county excise board to approve the requested changes. Provided, any

transfer of appropriations between state reimbursable accounts which

does not change the net total appropriations of such funds shall be

requested in writing by the district attorney and shall be approved

as requested by the county excise board without other formality.

Provided further, no transfers shall be made between state

reimbursable appropriation accounts and county financed

appropriation accounts nor shall county funds be used to supplement

or otherwise increase the appropriation accounts required to be

financed from state funds. The unused or unencumbered balances in

the district attorney's county appropriation accounts at the end of

the fiscal year shall lapse to surplus in the same manner as other

county general fund appropriation accounts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.20 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.20
Amendment or repeal of regulations - Notice and
Status: repealed

hearing.

The zoning regulations imposed and the districts created under

authority of this act may be amended, supplemented, changed,

modified or repealed from time to time by resolution of the board,

as it affects its jurisdiction, but no such change shall be made

without public notice and hearing and the filing of a report and

recommendations upon such proposed change by the commission.

All projects or matters that fall within the purview of the

duties of the commission, as specified in this section shall be

referred to the commission for investigation and report before any

final action shall be taken thereon; provided, however, that if the

said commission fails to make an investigation and report on any

matter or subject referred to it for a period of thirty (30) days,

such failure shall be considered a refusal to approve the proposed

plan or project and the board shall be under no obligation to wait

longer for reports or recommendations concerning said projects.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 363
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-155.1v2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-155.1v2
Destruction of certain records filed in county
Status: in_force

assessor's offices - Reproduction and storage of records.

The county assessor in any county is authorized to destroy any

of the records which have been on file in his or her office for more

than seven (7) years, including all assessment rolls, assessment

listing sheets relating to tangible or intangible personal

properties, monies and credits, real estate, or corporation

properties, all balance sheets, and all homestead exemption

applications. All records which have been on file in his or her

office for more than two (2) years, prior to the current calendar

year and less than seven (7) years, may be destroyed if compliance

is made with statutes authorizing the reproduction of records and

storage of reproductions thereof. Such reproduction and storage of

records shall be done using any generally accepted current

technology which will ensure safe documentation and accessibility of

public records. The State Library may be given any record which

would be destroyed upon request therefor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-20 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-20
Count - Canvass of returns
Status: in_force

Upon the holding of any such special election, the precinct

board of canvassers, shall canvass the vote, make and certify the

returns upon the election of county and township officers, and shall

make and certify the returns upon the formation of such new county,

or the detaching of said territory, to their respective county

election board, which said board shall, immediately, in the presence

of said special election commissioners canvass all such returns of

elections held, as provided herein.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-869.7 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-869.7
Violations - Penalties
Status: in_force

A violation of this act or any order or regulation adopted under

authority of this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be

punishable by fine or by imprisonment or both, as provided by

Section 10 of Title 21.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-865.69 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-865.69
Existing county planning commissions - Advisory agency
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 348

For the purpose of cooperating with the State of Oklahoma in

conserving the material resources of the state, any incorporated

city or town within a county having in existence a county planning

commission, as authorized in this act, is hereby authorized to

contract with or retain such commission to function as an advisory,

consultative, and coordinating agency for such city or town in its

urban planning activities.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.37A — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.37A
Maintenance and operating expenses
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 135

The furniture, books, records, papers and documents provided for

the use of the former county attorneys of this state which may be

still in use by the district attorney and his staff shall remain in

that service until such time as provided hereinafter. Effective

January 1, 1983, the state shall assume financial responsibility for

all proper expenses of maintenances and operations and capital

outlay of said offices except as provided in Section 215.36 of Title

19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All expenses of the various district

attorney offices in the respective counties relating to maintenance,

operation and capital outlay of said offices shall be processed by

purchase orders and accounted for in the respective counties wherein

the expenses are incurred, such expenses to be paid by funds

appropriated and advanced by the respective counties and reimbursed

to said counties by the state, in the manner set out hereafter.

Expenditures shall be by county purchasing procedures.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-865.55 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-865.55
Commission membership
Status: in_force

The commission shall consist of three (3) members appointed by

the board of county commissioners and the chairman of the board of

county commissioners or a member of the board of county

commissioners appointed by the chairman and one member to be

appointed by the mayor of each incorporated city or town having a

population of one thousand or more according to the last federal

census. Members appointed by the board shall serve a term of four

(4) years, except that the respective terms of the first three

appointed shall be for terms of four (4) years. All members of the

commission shall serve as such without compensation. Each appointed

member shall be a resident of the area included within the

jurisdiction of the commission for a period of three (3) years or

more immediately preceding appointment and shall hold no other

municipal or county office. Vacancies occurring otherwise than

through the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired

term.

A member of such commission, once qualified, can thereafter be

removed during his term of office only for cause and after a hearing

held before the governing body by which he was appointed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-514.3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-514.3
Fingerprinting fee
Status: in_force

The sheriff may charge an amount not to exceed Fifteen Dollars

($15.00) per card for fingerprinting individuals. This section

shall not be applicable to fingerprinting individuals pursuant to

the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. All fees collected pursuant to this

section shall be deposited into the Sheriff's Service Fee Account.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-389 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-389
Notice of petition to raise taxes or assessments
Status: in_force

A. When a petition is to be circulated in all or a portion of a

county, on a question which if approved by the voters would require

additional taxes or assessments or a continuation of taxes or

assessments, notice of circulation of the petition shall be filed

with the county clerk of the county prior to the petition being

circulated for signatures. The period of time for the gathering of

signatures shall begin on the day after such filing and shall not

exceed one (1) year, unless otherwise provided by law. The

provisions of this section shall apply to all petitions to be

circulated in all or a portion of a county, if the provisions

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thereof would require additional taxes or assessments, including but

not limited to, those authorized by the following provisions of law:

1. Section 782 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Section 872 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Section 901.2 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. Section 902.2 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Section 1204 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

6. Section 1236 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. When any petition is to be circulated in all or a portion of

a county, each page of the petition shall contain a notice

prominently displayed at the top in at least twelve-point type which

reads “THIS IS A PETITION”. The first page of the petition shall

contain a summary of the contents of the petition, which shall be

made available to any person who is or may be eligible to sign the

petition.

C. If the question submitted to voters based upon an election

conducted pursuant to a circulated petition does not receive

approval, a subsequent petition regarding the same question may be

circulated beginning on the thirtieth day following the election

date at which the question did not receive approval.

D. If a petition governed by the provisions of this section is

circulated for signatures that does not result in a vote on the

question, any subsequent petition with respect to the same question

shall indicate on each page of the petition that a prior petition

with respect to the same question has previously been circulated.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-896 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-896
Approval of bonds by Supreme Court
Status: in_force

That the board is authorized in its discretion to file an

application with the Supreme Court of Oklahoma for the approval of

any bonds or series of bonds to be issued hereunder, and exclusive

original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court to

hear and determine each such application. It shall be the duty of

the Court to give such applications precedence over the other

business of the court and to consider and pass upon the applications

and any protests which may be filed thereto as speedily as possible.

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Notice of the hearing on each application shall be given by a notice

published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county that

on a day named the board will ask the court to hear its application

and approve the bonds. Such notice shall inform all persons

interested that they may file protests against the issuance of the

bonds and be present at the hearing and contest the legality

thereof. Such notice shall be published one (1) time not less than

ten (10) days prior to the date named for the hearing and the

hearing may be adjourned from time to time in the discretion of the

court. If the court shall be satisfied that the bonds have been

properly authorized in accordance with this act and that when issued

they will constitute valid obligations in accordance with their

terms, the court shall render its written opinion approving the

bonds and shall fix the time within which a petition for rehearing

may be filed. The decision of the court shall be a judicial

determination of the validity of the bonds, shall be conclusive as

to the board, its officers and agents, and thereafter the bonds so

approved and the revenues pledged to their payment shall be

incontestable in any court in the State of Oklahoma.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-513 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-513
Custody of jail
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his

county, and all the prisoners in the same, and shall keep such jail

himself, or by his deputy or jailer, for whose acts he and his

sureties shall be liable.

R.L. 1910, § 1698.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-733 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-733
Advertisement for bids - Bids - Bond of contractor
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners shall cause an advertisement

for bids for the erection of such buildings to be printed in some

newspaper printed in the county, or of general circulation therein

if there be no newspaper published in said county, for a period of

at least thirty (30) days prior to the date set for the opening of

bids, and in such other newspapers in the state as the board may

deem advisable. Such advertisement shall give the place where the

plans and specifications may be examined, the date on which bids

will be opened, the time which will be allowed for the completion of

such building, and such other information as the board may direct.

Bids may be opened, considered, passed upon, and contracts for the

erection of said buildings let at any regular session of said board,

or at a special session thereof called for such purpose, but in all

cases the bids must be opened and contracts let in open session of

said board. The lowest responsible bid must in all cases be

accepted unless all bids are rejected, and the contract for such

buildings shall be so conditioned that not more than ninety percent

(90%) of the price agreed to be paid for the construction thereof

shall be paid until the terms of the contract shall have been fully

complied with and the buildings completed to the satisfaction of the

board and accepted by them. The said board of county commissioners

may require to be filed with each bid a bond, or in lieu thereof a

certified check, conditioned that the bidder will enter into a

contract with approved security for the performance of the work in

accordance with the plans and specifications in case his bid be

accepted, and, when such contract is awarded to any such bidder,

such bidder shall execute to the county a good and sufficient bond

in the sum of such contract, with two or more sureties, to be

approved by the board of county commissioners, conditioned for the

faithful and full performance of such contract.

R.L. 1910, § 1621. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 43, § 1, emerg. eff.

April 24, 1963.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-762 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-762
Insurance - Courthouse fund - Use of to purchase equipment
Status: in_force

and supplies.

The board of county commissioners of such county shall have

power, in addition to all other power they now possess by law, to

use any part of any moneys collected by the county for insurance on

such destroyed property, and the courthouse fund, to purchase any

books, blank books, stationery, fixtures, furniture, typewriters,

adding machines, and other equipment and supplies as may be, or

shall be, necessary to restore the lost or destroyed records,

fixtures, supplies and equipment of such county, where the same has

been destroyed as aforesaid.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-865.62 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-865.62
County board of adjustment
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any such county shall

appoint a county board of adjustment composed of five (5) members,

residents of such area, for terms of three (3) years, except that

when the first appointment is made hereunder, the terms of office of

two of said members shall be two (2) years, and the term of office

of one of said members shall be three (3) years. A member of such

county board of adjustment, once qualified, can thereafter be

removed during his term of office only for cause and after a hearing

held before the board of county commissioners. In the event of the

death, resignation or removal of any such member before the

expiration of his term, a successor shall be appointed by the board

of county commissioners to serve his unexpired term. All members of

the county board of adjustment shall serve as such without

compensation.

The county board of adjustment shall elect its own chairman and

shall adopt rules or procedures consistent with the provisions of

this act. The chairman, or, in his absence, the acting chairman,

may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. Four

(4) members of the county board of adjustment shall constitute a

quorum. All meetings of the county board of adjustment shall be

open to the public and a public record shall be kept of all

proceedings.

The county board of adjustment may, with the approval of the

board of county commissioners, appoint such employees as may be

necessary and may incur necessary expenses, within the limits of the

appropriations authorized by the board of county commissioners.

For each petition and for each request for a public hearing, the

county board of adjustment shall collect a fee the amount thereof to

be fixed by the respective boards of county commissioners which such

fees shall be deposited with the county treasurer as required by

law, and credited to the general fund of the county, and report

thereof made to the board of county commissioners each month.

Publication notices and transcripts on appeal shall be paid for by

parties requiring or requesting the same.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-292 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-292
Fee must be paid in advance
Status: in_force

No register of deeds shall perform any of the duties required by

this article, to be performed unless the fee for the same has been

paid, or tendered.

R.L. 1910, § 1664.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.25 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.25
County officer or employee - Legal defense services
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the event

an action is brought against a county employee in any civil action

or special proceeding in the courts of this state or of the United

States by reason of any act done or omitted in good faith in the

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course of employment, it is the duty of the district attorney for

that county, when requested in writing by the employee, to appear

and defend the action or proceeding in his behalf. Such written

request shall be made within fifteen (15) days after service of

summons on the employee and a copy of the request shall be

transmitted by the employee to his immediate supervisor and the

district attorney.

B. The district attorney shall not represent a county employee

if that employee did not perform a statutorily required duty and

such duty is a basis of the civil action or special proceeding.

C. The district attorney may intervene in any such action or

proceeding and appear on behalf of any county within his district,

or any of its officers or employees, where he deems the state to

have an interest in the subject matter of the litigation.

D. The district attorney shall determine the method of

preparation and presentation of such defense. The district attorney

or other legal officer under his direction shall not be held civilly

liable for the exercise of such discretion.

E. The employee named in the action may employ private counsel

at his own expense to assist in his defense.

F. Any officer or employee who acts outside of the scope of his

official authority shall be liable in damages in the same manner as

any private citizen.

G. The district attorney's duty to represent county officers

and employees pursuant to this section shall be fulfilled if a

contract for such representation is entered into pursuant to

subsection B of Section 215.37M of this title.

H. In any proceeding in which a county officer brings an action

against another county officer, the district attorney shall not

represent either county officer in the action.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-547.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-547.2
Sheriffs' Personnel Task Force - Members - Study and
Status: in_force

recommendations - Quorum - Member compensation.

A. It is the public policy of the State of Oklahoma to:

1. Recognize and support public safety and the protection of

the public arising from the successful operation of county sheriffs'

offices;

2. Acknowledge the contributions and professionalism of deputy

sheriffs and detention officers in ensuring the safety of the

public; and

3. Support procedures for the continuing operation of sheriffs'

offices during transition periods following changes in sheriffs.

B. There is hereby created the Sheriffs' Personnel Task Force

to continue until February 1, 2008. The purpose of the task force

is to develop a comprehensive report on employment and retention of

deputy sheriffs and detention officers, the costs of recruiting,

training and replacing deputy sheriffs and detention officers and

the effects of turnover among such personnel on public safety and to

make recommendations to reduce turnover in such positions.

C. The Sheriffs' Personnel Task Force shall be composed of the

following seven (7) members:

1. Two members of the Oklahoma Senate appointed by the

President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

2. Two members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives

appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

3. Two members appointed by the Governor, one to be from a

sheriff's office with fifty or more employees and the other to be

from a sheriff's office with fewer than fifty employees; and

4. The chief executive officer of the largest organization in

the state that represents sheriffs, or a designee.

D. The task force shall study the recruitment and retention of

deputy sheriffs and detention officers and make recommendations

which may include compensation adjustments, pay band adjustments,

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targeted salary increases, and other recommendations related to

turnover, fringe benefits and other compensation issues concerning

deputy sheriffs and detention officers, but excluding retirement

issues. The recommendations shall be made to the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and

Governor on or before February 1, 2008.

E. The task force shall meet by November 1, 2006, and

thereafter to consider recommendations. Any additional meetings

shall be at the call of the chair.

F. A majority of the members of the task force shall constitute

a quorum for the transaction of business. Each task force member

shall be entitled to one vote on the task force. Any official

action of the task force must have a majority of the votes of the

members present.

G. Each member of the task force shall serve without

compensation, except that each legislative member of the task force

shall receive reimbursement for travel expenses in accordance with

Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and each

nonlegislative member of the task force shall receive reimbursement

for travel expenses in accordance with the State Travel

Reimbursement Act by the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services.

H. 1. Staffing for the task force shall be composed of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

2. The Oklahoma Senate and Oklahoma House of Representatives

shall provide additional staff as needed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-180.63e — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-180.63e
Certain increases or decreases in salaries of county
Status: in_force

officers prohibited.

County officers shall not receive any salary increase or

decrease during their term of office unless by operation of law

enacted prior to their election or appointment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.58 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.58
Rural Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the State Department of Agriculture, to be designated the "Rural

Fire Defense Equipment Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a

continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall

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consist of all monies received by the State Department of

Agriculture from any monies received from appropriations, deposits

made pursuant to the provisions of this act, proceeds resulting from

the sale of equipment purchased out of monies in the fund, and such

other monies specifically designated by law. All monies accruing to

the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted

and expended by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and

Forestry for the purpose of purchasing new firefighting equipment

for purchase by rural fire departments and such other purposes

specifically designated by law. Expenditures from said fund shall

be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims

filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1710.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1710.1
Emergency medical service districts – Ambulance
Status: in_force

services.

A. Any proceeds collected pursuant to the provisions of Section

9C of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution shall only be expended

for the purpose of providing funds for the support, organization,

operation and maintenance of district ambulance services, known as

emergency medical service districts.

B. Emergency medical service districts formed pursuant to said

Section 9C of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution may own and

operate the ambulance service or may provide ambulance service

through contracts with one or more ambulance service providers.

C. Emergency medical service districts that provide ambulance

services through contracts with one or more ambulance service

providers shall utilize not less than ninety percent (90%) of all

revenues collected by the district for payment of such contracts to

said providers.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.30 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.30
County electrical code - Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of that portion of this act relating to a county

electrical code in any affected county the following words shall

have the following meanings:

a. Joint electrical examining and appeal board shall be held to

mean the joint city-county electrical examining and appeal board

hereinafter referred to.

b. "Electrical inspector" shall be held to mean and include the

electrical inspector of any county within the terms of this act, or

any of his duly authorized assistants.

c. "Class A electrical contractor" shall be held to mean any

person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of wiring,

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rewiring, installing, repairing or altering any electrical wiring,

or installing or repairing any apparatus or electrical appliances in

any city or county within the terms of this act, and shall not

include persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business of

selling or offering for sale to the public, electrical materials,

apparatus and electrical appliances that are not installed by such

persons, firm or corporation.

d. "Class B electrical contractor" shall be held to mean any

person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of wiring,

rewiring, installing, repairing or altering any electrical wiring or

installing or repairing any apparatus or electrical appliances in

any single-family residence building within any city or county

within the terms of this act.

e. "Class A journeyman electrician" shall be held to mean any

person actually engaged in the work of wiring, or installing or

repairing any electrical apparatus or electrical appliances in any

city or county within the terms of this act.

f. "Class B journeyman electrician" shall be held to mean any

person actually engaged in the wiring or installing or repairing of

any electrical apparatus or electrical appliances within any

building constructed for, and designated to be used as, a single-

family residence in any city or county within the terms of this act.

g. "Maintenance serviceman" shall be held to mean any person

engaged only in the work of operating the electrical installations

in any building or buildings or factory and/or the maintenance of

such electrical equipment in a state of good repair.

h. "Electrical appliance repairman" shall be held to mean any

person engaged only in the business of work of repairing electrical

appliances.

i. "Electrical sign contractor" shall be held to mean any

person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of

manufacturing, assembling, wiring, rewiring, installing, erecting,

repairing or altering interior or exterior electric signs, who does

not himself perform any of the actual work aforementioned.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-734 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-734
Contracts for sites, purchases, repairs, etc. - Bonds -
Status: in_force

Elections.

Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county

considers it to be to the best interest of the county to acquire

sites, purchase, erect, repair, remodel, equip and furnish a

courthouse or jail, they shall have power to contract for the

acquisition of sites, purchase, erection, repair, remodeling,

equipping and furnishing of same and to issue bonds in payment

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therefor. Provided, however, that the bonds shall not be issued

until the question shall have first been submitted to the people of

the county and a three-fifths (3/5) majority of the qualified voters

voting at any general election, or special election called by the

board of county commissioners for the purpose, shall have declared

by their votes in favor of issuing such bonds.

R.L. 1910, § 1625. Amended by Laws 1955, p. 160, § 1; Laws 1959, p.

103, § 1.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-865.59 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-865.59
Proposed improvements - Recommendations by commission
Status: in_force

From and after the adoption of the plan or plans or portion

thereof and their proper certification, then and henceforth no

improvement of a type embraced within the recommendations of the

plan or plans shall be constructed or authorized without first

submitting the proposed plans thereof to the commission and

receiving the written recommendations of said commission; provided,

however, that this requirement shall be deemed to be waived if the

commission fails to make its report and recommendations within

forty-five (45) days after the receipt of the proposed plans.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.6 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-863.6
Chairman - Meetings - Rules - Employees - Fees -
Status: in_force

Financial assistance.

The commission shall elect its chairman from its appointed

members and fill such other offices as it may determine. The term

of the chairman shall be one (1) year. The commission shall hold at

least one (1) meeting each month and all meetings shall be open to

the public. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of business

and keep a record of its functions and activities, which record

shall be a public record. The commission may appoint such employees

as it may deem necessary and may establish a schedule of fees to

cover the various services rendered and may also contract with other

persons and agencies for such services as it may require, including

private legal counsel and private auditing service, within the

limits of its appropriations and may incur necessary expenses, all

subject to the approval of the appropriate governing bodies. The

commission may contract for, receive, and utilize any grants, or

other financial assistance, from the United States or from any other

source, public or private, in furtherance of its functions, and may

incur necessary expenses in obtaining said grants, and/or financial

assistance, within the limits of its appropriations; and shall

receive and disburse such grants and/or other financial assistance

in such manner as may be agreed upon by the board and council. The

commission may to the extent authorized by the charter or ordinances

of any city or town in the county, act as the planning commission

for such city or town or lend planning assistance under such mutual

arrangement for the sharing of expenses as may be agreed upon.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-211 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-211
Suits brought by Commissioners of Land Office
Status: in_force

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It shall be the duty of each district attorney in the State of

Oklahoma, under the direction of the Commissioners of the Land

Office, when requested by such Commission, to represent the state in

all actions and proceedings now or hereafter brought or authorized

or directed to be brought in his county by the Commissioners of the

Land Office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1409 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1409
Adoption of budget - Capital projects fund budget -
Status: in_force

Reserve fund.

A. All budgets comprising normal operations of the county shall

be adopted for a fiscal year. Major capital improvements financed

by general obligation bonds, capital grants or contributions shall

use a capital projects fund budget. The term of the budget shall

coincide with the term of the individual project or projects. To

the extent appropriate, the requirements for preparation, adoption

and execution of the budgets described in Section 1408 of this

title, as hereinafter set forth in this act, shall apply to budgets

of capital projects funds.

B. In addition to a capital projects fund, the county may

establish a reserve fund to meet unforeseen contingencies which may

occur throughout the fiscal year.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.23 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.23
District attorney's payroll clerk - Assistant - Duties
Status: in_force

- Qualifications of assistant district attorneys - Tenure.

There are hereby created the positions of district attorneys'

payroll clerk and assistant payroll clerk whose duties shall be to

prepare and process payroll and other claims and do all other

necessary acts connected with receiving funds from counties and

disbursing such funds, together with any funds appropriated from

state funds to the district attorneys for payroll, travel and other

expenses. Such payroll clerk and assistant payroll clerk shall work

under the supervision of the District Attorneys Council which shall

fix compensation for these positions. The compensations paid for

these positions shall be made from state funds appropriated to the

District Attorney System.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-865.63 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-865.63
Appeals to county board of adjustment
Status: in_force

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Appeals to the county board of adjustment may be taken by any

person aggrieved or by a public officer, department, board or bureau

affected by any decision of the county inspecting officer in

administering the commission's rules and regulations. Such appeals

shall be taken within a period of not more than ten (10) days, by

filing written notice with the county board of adjustment and the

county inspecting officer, stating the grounds thereof. An appeal

from the county board of adjustment shall stay all proceedings in

furtherance of the action appealed from unless the officer from whom

the appeal is taken shall certify to the board of adjustment that by

reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in his

opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. The county board

of adjustment shall have the following powers and it shall be its

duty:

To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged that there is

error of law in any order, requirement, decision or determination

made by the county inspecting officer in the enforcement of the

commission's rules and regulations.

In exercising the above powers, such board of adjustment may, in

conformity with the provisions of this act, reverse or affirm wholly

or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or

determination as ought to be made, and to that end shall have all

the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.

In acting upon any appeal, such board of adjustment shall, in

its consideration of and decision thereon, apply the principles,

standards and objectives set forth and contained in all applicable

regulations and plans as adopted.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.5 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.5
Procedure of county planning commission
Status: in_force

The county planning commission shall hold at least one regular

meeting each month. The commission shall elect a chair who shall

serve for one (1) year with eligibility for reelection. The

commission shall adopt rules of procedure for the transaction of its

business, set fees for building permits and time periods for filing

petitions and fees for amendments to zoning regulations which shall

be approved and adopted by the board of county commissioners. The

county planning commission shall keep a public record of its

resolutions, transactions, findings and recommendations.

Before holding any hearing hereinafter provided for in this act,

the county planning commission shall give notice stating the nature

of the hearing and the time and place where it shall be held. Such

notice shall be given at least once each week for three (3)

successive weeks prior to the date of such hearing in a newspaper of

general circulation in the county.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.11 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.11
Submission of proposed improvement plans for commission
Status: in_force

recommendations.

From and after the adoption of the comprehensive plan or portion

thereof and its proper certification, then and henceforth no

improvement of a type embraced within the recommendations of the

comprehensive plan shall be constructed or authorized without first

submitting the proposed plans thereof to the commission and

receiving the written recommendations of said commission; provided,

however that this requirement shall be deemed to be waived if the

commission fails to make its report and recommendations within

forty-five (45) days after the receipt of the proposed plans.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.2
Petition - Map - Notice, hearing and order - Name -
Status: in_force

Calling election.

The petition shall set forth and particularly describe the

proposed boundaries of such district and shall be accompanied by a

map of such proposed district, drawn to a scale of not less than one

(1) inch to the mile. The petitioners shall accompany such petition

with a good and sufficient bond, the amount and sureties of which

shall be approved by the board of county commissioners, the sum of

which is sufficient to cover the costs of the publications and of

the election for the organization of the district will be paid in

the event that such organization shall not be authorized or

effected.

Such petition shall be filed with the county clerk of such

county who shall present it to the board of county commissioners at

their next regular or special meeting. Upon the presentation of

such petition, the board of county commissioners shall set the same

for hearing at a time not less than twenty (20) days nor more than

forty (40) days from the date of presentation and shall direct the

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county clerk to give notice of such hearing by publication in a

newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such

proposed district is located. Such notice shall be published for

two (2) consecutive weeks next preceding the date of such hearing.

Such notice shall describe the boundaries of the proposed district,

shall state the time and place of the hearing, and shall state that

any person may appear and protest the organization of the district

or the proposed boundaries thereof.

The board of county commissioners shall hold the hearing

described in said notice, and it shall have jurisdiction to hear and

determine all protests to the creation of such district and all

matters pertaining to the same. It may amend the plan of such

district by excluding from within its boundaries any lands which it

may deem will not be benefited by the formation of such district, or

by including other lands as a part thereof upon application of the

owners of such land; provided, however, it shall not exclude from

such district any lands which are completely surrounded by lands

which are included in the proposed district.

At the conclusion of such hearing, the board of county

commissioners shall make an order determining the boundaries of the

proposed district, particularly describing them, and shall determine

whether the formation of such district will be conducive to the

public safety of the area incorporated therein. If said board

determines that such district will be conducive to the public safety

of the area incorporated therein, then said board shall give such

proposed district a name and shall call an election of the qualified

electors in the territory comprising such proposed district on the

question of whether said district shall be organized.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.37K — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.37K
Costs and expenses of investigation, prosecution or
Status: in_force

defense of county action - Claims - Audits.

Payment by the county to the office of the district attorney for

the costs and necessary expenses of investigation, prosecution or

defense of any action, actual or contemplated on behalf of said

county, called for by Section 215.4 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, shall be made upon certification of the amount of such

expense by the district attorney by the filing of a regular purchase

order with the county commissioners for payment out of their account

for general government operation, or other account, as may be

appropriate. Such claim shall be approved and paid forthwith

whether or not encumbered in advance. An audit as to procedure and

accounting of the process shall be made by the State Auditor and

Inspector as a part of the regular county audit, the costs of which

shall be part of the costs of regular county audit performed by such

office.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.35C — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-215.35C
Compensation of district attorney personnel determined
Status: in_force

by district attorney.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the compensation of

all district attorney personnel shall be determined by the district

attorney of each district. On affixing the compensation, the

district attorney shall base the compensation upon the

responsibilities assigned to the position and the qualifications,

training, experience, length of employment of each employee and

budgetary consideration. All district attorney personnel shall

serve at the pleasure of the district attorney.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.29 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.29
Notice of public hearings
Status: in_force

A. Notice of all public hearings herein provided for shall be

given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in

the municipality and the county at least fifteen (15) days prior to

the date of such hearing.

B. In addition to the notice required in subsection A of this

section, if the zoning change requested permits the use of treatment

facilities, multiple family facilities, transitional living

facilities, halfway houses and any housing or facility that may be

used for medical or nonmedical detoxification as these terms are

defined pursuant to Section 3-403 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma

Statutes, the entity proposing the zoning change shall mail a

written notice within thirty (30) days of the hearing to all real

property owners within one-quarter (1/4) of a mile where the area to

be affected is located and shall be responsible for all costs

incurred in mailing this notice.

For purposes of this subsection, "entity" means any individual,

corporation, company, firm, partnership, association, trust, state

agency, government instrumentality or agency, institution, county,

incorporated municipality or municipal authority or trust in which

any governmental entity is a beneficiary, venture, or other legal

entity however organized.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-91 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-91
Violations - Felony
Status: in_force

Any election officer who shall be appointed or commissioned

under the provisions of this article or the laws of Oklahoma, and

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who shall knowingly and willfully fail or refuse to perform the

duties required of him, shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense

and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections

B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

R.L. 1910, § 1537. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 147, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 357, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 147 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-262 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-262
Bankruptcy petitions, orders and decrees to be filed
Status: in_force

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Copies of any and all petitions, or orders or decrees of any

United States court, in bankruptcy proceedings, duly certified as

correct by the clerk of such court or his deputy, may be filed and

recorded in the office of any county clerk of this state. Said

county clerk shall accept the same for filing when certified by the

clerks of said courts as true copies of said instruments and file

and record the same in his office and also shall cause the same to

be indexed.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1603 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1603
Exemptions
Status: in_force

A. The provisions of the Transient Merchant Licensing Act shall

not apply to:

1. Sales at wholesale to retail merchants by commercial

travelers or selling agents in the usual course of business;

2. Wholesale trade shows or conventions;

3. Sales of goods, wares, or merchandise by sample, catalog or

brochure for future delivery;

4. Fairs and convention center activities conducted primarily

for amusement or entertainment;

5. Any general sale, fair, auction, or bazaar sponsored by any

church or religious organization;

6. Any sale sponsored by schools and universities or any

charitable organization;

7. Trade fairs;

8. Flea markets;

9. Garage sales held on the premises devoted to residential

use;

10. Sales of crafts or items made by hand and sold or offered

for sale by the person making such crafts or handmade items;

11. Sales of agricultural products, including Christmas trees

and firewood;

12. Sales made by a seller at residential premises pursuant to

an invitation issued by the owner or legal occupant of such

premises;

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13. Any person who maintains a permanent place of business in

this state and has a registered agent therein upon whom process,

notice, or demand permitted by law may be made;

14. Any person whose participation with a "transient merchant"

or in the "temporary or transient business" is limited to providing

any building, structure, motor vehicle, railroad car or real estate;

15. Fireworks; or

16. Bibles.

B. A transient merchant not otherwise exempted from the

provisions of the Transient Merchant Licensing Act shall not be

relieved or exempted from the provisions of the Transient Merchant

Licensing Act by reason of associating himself temporarily with any

local dealer, auctioneer, trader, contractor, or merchant or by

conducting such temporary or transient business in connection with

or in the name of any local dealer, auctioneer, trader, contractor,

or merchant.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-794 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-794
Audit of financial books and records
Status: in_force

The financial books and records of each county-owned hospital

operating under authority of existing law must be audited for the

preceding fiscal year, within ninety (90) days of the close of each

year, by an independent accountant who is vested with the authority

to practice the profession of accounting and auditing as a public

accountant in conformity with the laws of the State of Oklahoma.

The public accountant performing such a hospital audit must

investigate and report upon the manner in which the county hospital

is complying with the statutes pertaining to the financial operation

of said hospital and upon the manner in which the county hospital is

conforming to the books, forms, and accounting methods adopted and

approved by the American Hospital Association and the Oklahoma

Hospital Association. Four (4) copies of the audit report for each

fiscal year must be filed within one hundred twenty (120) days after

the end of the fiscal year, one with the board of county

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commissioners, one in the office of the county clerk, one with the

district attorney, and one with the State Auditor and Inspector, and

publication of the existence and location of these audit reports

shall be made by publication in a newspaper for two (2) issues in

general circulation in the county. The cost of such audits shall be

determined by the board of control of such county-owned hospitals by

reference to generally accepted practices in the field of certified

public accounting, and the payment for such audits shall be made by

the allowance of claims by the board of control. In addition to, or

in lieu of, the above provided annual audit, it shall be possible

upon request of the county commissioners of any county, or upon

request of the Governor, signed by five percent (5%) of the legal

voters of any county, or by order of the Governor, to cause the

State Auditor and Inspector to audit, for the preceding fiscal year,

the books and records of the county-owned hospital operating under

authority of existing law, and the cost of such audit shall be a

proper charge against funds otherwise provided for by law.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-261 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-261
Instruments filed for record - Printed or typed name of
Status: in_force

signer.

From and after the effective date of this act, all instruments

filed for record in the office of any county clerk within the State

of Oklahoma shall, under the signature affixed to said instrument,

bear the printed or typed name of the signer thereof. Provided,

that the failure of any such instrument to bear the printed or typed

name of the signer thereof, shall not affect the validity of such

instrument or the filing or recordation thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-892 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-892
Tolls and charges
Status: in_force

For the purpose of defraying the expenses of the organization of

the district and the care, operation, management, repair and

improvement of the property purchased and works constructed,

including salaries of officers and employees, the board may fix

rates of tolls and charges for the use of such system as they may

deem expedient and may change such charges from time to time and the

monies so received shall go into the general funds of the district.

Such tolls or charges shall be payable either monthly or quarterly

as determined by the board of directors and shall become delinquent

thirty (30) days after they are payable and after delinquent shall

be a lien against the separate lots or tracts of land connected with

the sewerage system. The board of directors shall certify any

delinquent tolls or charges to the county treasurer on or before the

1st day of September of each year which shall be collected as other

delinquent taxes are collected.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-177.4 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-177.4
Expense of typing, binding and distribution of audit
Status: in_force

reports.

To the extent general fund audit appropriations are sufficient,

the same shall bear the expense of typing, binding and distribution

of audit reports for all county financial operations; if otherwise,

report of a "Cash Fund" receipts, disbursements, and management

shall be separately reported and the cost thereof charged to the

audit account set apart therefrom for audit purposes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1242 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1242
Objections to appraisement or apportionment - Hearing -
Status: in_force

Notice - Time.

When the report required pursuant to the provisions of Section

1241 of this title has been returned, the board of county

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commissioners shall appoint a time for holding a hearing to hear any

complaints or objections that may be made concerning the

appraisement and apportionment as to any of such lots or tracts of

land. Notice of such hearing shall be published by the county clerk

in six consecutive issues of a daily newspaper or two consecutive

issues of a weekly newspaper of general circulation published in

said county. The time fixed for said hearing shall be not less than

five (5) nor more than ten (10) days from the last publication. Not

less than ten (10) days before said hearing the clerk shall notify

each listed record title holder of lots or tracts of land within

said district as shown by the current ownership rolls in the county

treasurer's office in the manner provided pursuant to the provisions

of Section 1234 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-752 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-752
County commissioners authorized to contract with governing
Status: in_force

body of city.

The county commissioners of any county of this state are hereby

authorized to enter into a contract with the governing body of any

city, the county seat of such county, for the purpose of erecting,

maintaining or operating a building to be used for city hall and

county courthouse purposes or as a county-city jail or either or

both of them, on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by

the parties thereto.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.7a — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.7a
Fire chief for certain districts – Qualifications -
Status: in_force

Duties.

All Fire Protection Districts having more than two full-time

paid firefighters shall have one full-time fire chief who shall

supervise and administer the fire protection district in accordance

with the policies and procedures prescribed by the board of

directors. The fire protection district shall be under the

direction and control of the fire chief. The fire chief, whether

permanent or interim, of any paid or combination fire protection

district shall have had at least three (3) years actual experience

as a paid firefighter before assuming the position of fire chief.

During the initial transition from a volunteer fire protection

district to one having more than two full-time firefighters, the

paid fire chief shall have had at least three (3) years of

experience as a paid firefighter or at least five (5) years of

experience as a volunteer fire chief officer with that department

before assuming the position of paid fire chief. The board may add

additional requirements to the position as necessary.

1. The fire chief:

a. shall be at the head of the department, subject to the

laws of the State of Oklahoma, rules of the board of

directors and the rules and regulations herein

adopted,

b. shall be held responsible for the general condition

and efficient operation of the department, the

training of members and the performance of all other

duties imposed upon him or her by law or the board of

directors,

c. may inspect or cause to be inspected by members of the

department, the fire hydrants, cisterns and other

sources of water supply at least twice a year,

d. shall maintain a library or file of publications on

fire prevention and fire protection and shall make use

of the library or file to the best advantage of all

members,

e. shall make every effort to attend all fires and direct

the officers and members of the fire department in the

performance of their duties,

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f. shall see that the citizens are kept informed on fire

hazards within the boundaries of the department and on

the activities of the department,

g. shall see that each fire is carefully investigated to

determine its cause, and in the case of suspicion of

incendiarism shall notify proper authorities. The

fire chief shall secure and preserve all possible

evidence for future use in the case of a suspicious

incendiarism, and

h. shall file the appropriate activity reports utilizing

the National Emergency Response Information System

(NERIS) with the Office of the State Fire Marshal in

Oklahoma City. The activity report forms shall

include, but not be limited to, the amount of property

and vehicle fire loss, types of fires, inspections and

investigations. The report shall include notification

of all fire-related civilian deaths and injuries in

the respective jurisdiction and of firefighter deaths

in the line of duty and of firefighter injuries in the

line of duty requiring the services of a hospital or

physician or both, and these fire-related burn

injuries and death reports shall be completed within

forty-eight (48) hours of the incident.

2. Assistant fire chief. In the absence of the fire chief, the

assistant fire chief on duty shall command the department and be

held responsible therefore in all respects with the full powers and

responsibilities of the fire chief.

3. Company officers. The company officers shall be selected

upon their ability to meet the following requirements:

a. knowledge of firefighting,

b. leadership ability, and

c. knowledge of firefighting equipment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.12 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-866.12
Plats and subdivisions - Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The commission is hereby empowered to adopt rules and

regulations of uniform application governing plats and subdivisions

of land falling within its jurisdiction. Such regulations shall be

submitted to the council and to the board for approval and shall not

be in force or effect within the corporate limits of the

municipality until approved by the council and shall not be in force

or effect within any part of the county, except within the

municipality, until approved by the council and the board.

For the purpose of this act, a subdivision is defined as any

division of land into two or more lots, parcels, tracts, or areas,

any one of which when divided has an area of less than ten acres, or

any division of land involving the vacation or dedication or right-

of-way or alignment of an existing or proposed street or highway or

public utility easement, or the resubdivision of land heretofore

divided into lots, sites or parcels.

Such regulations shall be designed to secure and provide for the

proper arrangement of streets or other highways in relation to

existing or planned streets or other highways or to the

comprehensive plan or plans of the area; for adequate and convenient

open spaces for traffic, utilities, access of fire-fighting

apparatus, parking lots, parks, playgrounds, light and air; and for

the avoidance of congestion of population. Such regulations may

include provisions as to the extent to which streets and other

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highways shall be graded and improved and to which water, sewer, or

other utility mains, piping and other facilities shall be installed

or assured as a condition precedent to the approval of the plat; the

council and/or the board are hereby authorized to prepare such

specifications and to make such order, inspections, examinations,

and certificates as may be necessary to protect and carry out such

regulations and make them effective, and to charge fees to services

rendered and benefits involved as hereinafter provided or as may be

provided by the respective governing bodies.

Such rules and regulations shall provide for the modification

thereof by the commission in specific cases where unusual

topographical or other exceptional conditions may require the same.

Such regulations shall provide for a tentative approval of the plat

previous to the installation of such improvements and facilities,

provided, that any such tentative approval shall be revocable and

shall not be entered on the plat. Such regulations may provide that

in lieu of the completion of the construction of the required

improvements and facilities prior to the final approval of the plat,

the board of council may accept bond in an amount and with surety

and conditions satisfactory to them, providing for and securing to

the council and board the actual construction of such improvement

and facilities within a specified period, and the council and board

are hereby granted the power to enforce such bond by legal and

equitable remedies. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted,

changed, or amended only after a public hearing has been held

thereon by the commission. Such hearing may be adjourned from time

to time. The adoption of the rules and regulations or amendments

thereto, as above provided, shall be by resolution carried by not

less than a majority of the full membership of the commission. Upon

adoption by the commission, and upon approval by the board and

council such rules and regulations or amendments thereto shall be

certified to the county clerk of such county and the city clerk of

the municipality for safekeeping and as a public record and shall be

enforced as in this act provided.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-830 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-830
Renumbered as § 1219 of Title 20 by Laws 1968, c. 138, §
Status: in_force

10.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-514.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-514.2
Sheriff's Commissary Account
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a cash account to be known as the

"Sheriff's Commissary Account". Monies from the account shall be

expended by the sheriff as authorized in Section 180.43 of Title 19

of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.34 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.34
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this act:

1. "Account" means an entity for recording specific revenues or

expenditures or for grouping related or similar classes of revenues

and expenditures and recording them within a fund or department;

2. "Appropriation" means an authorization and allocation of

money to be expanded for a purpose;

3. "Board" means the board of directors of a fire protection

district;

4. "Budget" means a plan of financial operations for a fiscal

year, including an estimate of proposed expenditures for given

purposes and the proposed means for financing them;

5. "Budget summary" means a tabular listing of revenues by

source and expenditure, by fund and by department within each fund

for a budget year;

6. "Budget year" means the fiscal year for which a budget is

prepared or being prepared;

7. "Current year" means the year in which the budget is

prepared and adopted, or the fiscal year immediately preceding the

budget year;

8. "Deficit" means the excess of the liabilities, reserves,

contributions and encumbrances of a fund over its assets as

reflected by its book of account;

9. "Department" means a functional unit within a fund which

carries on a specific activity;

10. "District" means a fire protection district;

11. "Estimated revenue" means the amount of revenues estimated

to be received during the budget year in each fund for which a

budget is prepared. Revenue includes any appropriated fund balance

in the budget of revenues for a fund for the budget year;

12. "Fiscal year" means the annual period for reporting fiscal

operations which begins and ends on dates as the Legislature

provides;

13. "Fund" means an independent fiscal and accounting entity

with a self-balancing set of accounts to record cash and other

financial resources, together with all liabilities, which are

segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or

attaining certain objectives, or as otherwise defined in current

generally accepted accounting principles;

14. "Fund balance" means the excess of the assets of a fund

over its liabilities, reserves, contributions and encumbrances, as

reflected by its books of accounts;

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15. "Immediate prior fiscal year" means the fiscal year

preceding the current year;

16. "Operating reserve" means that portion of the fund balance

which has not been appropriated in a budget year. The "operating

reserve" will be equivalent to the "unappropriated fund balance" in

any fund for which a budget is prepared.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-338 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-338
Lease of county buildings or lands to United States, state
Status: in_force

or incorporated city or town for airports or public uses.

The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and

empowered to enter into contracts with the authorities of the United

States of America, the State of Oklahoma, and any incorporated city

or town within the boundary of the county entering into such

contract, leasing and letting to the United States of America, the

State of Oklahoma, or to any incorporated city or town situated

within the boundaries of the county making such contract, or

contracts, any county building, or buildings, or lands, belonging to

the county, for airports or public uses; and such contract, or

contracts, when entered into by the board of county commissioners of

any county, with the Governor of the State of Oklahoma, or with the

proper authorities of the United States of America, or the proper

authorities of any incorporated city or town located within the

boundary of the county entering into such contract, shall be valid

obligations. Contracts of like character heretofore entered into,

by and between any authorities hereinbefore mentioned, are in all

things hereby ratified, confirmed and legalized.

R.L. 1910, § 1599. Amended by Laws 1941, p. 60, § 1.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-533 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-533
Debt to society work release or community service program
Status: in_force

A. Each county is hereby authorized to establish and maintain

for the benefit of nonviolent misdemeanor offenders a "debt to

society" work release or community service program. When a county

establishes such program, the following requirements shall apply:

1. In conjunction with the office of the district attorney, the

county sheriff shall establish guidelines for the monitoring and

enforcement of persons the program would be available to;

2. The program guidelines shall provide the details for a work

release program or a community service program;

3. The program guidelines shall be approved by the district

judge prior to implementation;

4. Only defendants who enter a plea or are convicted of a

nonviolent misdemeanor offense may be eligible for the program;

5. An eight-hour work day shall translate into one (1) full day

of imprisonment in a county jail. A four-hour work day shall

translate into one-half (1/2) day of imprisonment in a county jail;

and

6. Counties may use the program in lieu of incarceration and/or

housing a defendant.

B. 1. The sentence of the person may be reduced by earned

early release time in accordance with procedures developed and

promulgated by the county sheriff and approved by the district

attorney.

2. The earned early release time shall be for good behavior and

good performance in the work release or community service program as

determined by the county sheriff.

3. The county sheriff shall not credit the person with earned

early release time in advance of the person actually earning the

credits.

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4. Under no circumstances shall the aggregate sum of earned

early release time exceed one-third (1/3) of the total sentence.

C. 1. The earnings of a person participating in a work release

program may be collected by the county.

2. The county may deduct from the earnings of the work release

or community service program participant amounts necessary for the

payment of the following:

a. incarceration costs,

b. administrative expenses relating to participation in

the work release or community service program,

c. court-ordered victim restitution, and

d. court costs and fees associated with the criminal case

of the person.

Child support obligations for dependents of the person, if any,

shall be made as directed by the court.

Any remaining balance shall be returned to the person.

D. If the person violates any of the conditions of the work

release or community service program, custody or employment, the

person shall be suspended from further participation in the work

release or community service program. The sentencing court may

require the person to spend the remainder of the sentence in actual

confinement and may revoke any earned early release credits.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-902.3 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-902.3
Petition - Deposit - Filing - Hearing - Orders -
Status: in_force

Election.

The petition shall set forth and particularly describe the

proposed boundaries of such district and shall be accompanied by a

map of such proposed district. The petitioners shall accompany such

petition with a cash deposit, the amount of which shall be approved

by the board of county commissioners. The cash shall be deposited

with the county treasurer in a special fund which shall be used for

the purposes of defraying the costs of the publications and of the

election for the organization of the district. Any unused portion

of the amount deposited shall be refunded to the petitioners upon

request.

The petition shall be filed with the county clerk of such county

who shall present it to the board of county commissioners at their

next regular or special meeting. Upon the presentation of the

petition, the board of county commissioners shall set the petition

for hearing at a time not less than twenty (20) days nor more than

forty (40) days from the date of presentation and shall direct the

county clerk to give notice of the hearing by publication in a

newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the proposed

district is located. The notice shall be published one (1) day a

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week for two (2) consecutive weeks preceding the date of such

hearing. The notice shall describe the boundaries of the proposed

district, shall state the time and place of the hearing, and shall

state that any person may appear and protest the organization of the

district or the proposed boundaries of the district.

The board of county commissioners shall hold the hearing

described in the notice, and it shall have jurisdiction to hear and

determine all protests to the creation of such district and all

matters pertaining to the same. It may amend the plan of the

district by excluding from within its boundaries any lands which it

may deem will not be benefited by the formation of such district, or

by including other lands as a part thereof upon application of the

owners of such land. However, it shall not exclude from such

district any lands which are completely surrounded by lands which

are included in the proposed district.

At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of county

commissioners shall make an order determining the boundaries of the

proposed district, particularly describing them, and shall determine

whether the formation of such district will be conducive to the

improvement of safe travel in the incorporated area. If the board

determines that the district will be conducive to safe travel in the

area incorporated in the district and will be in the best interests

of the people residing or owning real property in the district, then

the board may give the proposed district a name and call an election

of the registered voters in the territory comprising such proposed

district, or if there are no registered voters in the territory

comprising the proposed district, call an election of the owners of

real property in the territory comprising the proposed district who

are registered voters, on the question of whether the district shall

be organized. In proclaiming the election, the board of county

commissioners shall provide descriptions of the boundaries of the

proposed district and maps of the proposed district in sufficient

quantities to provide one for each polling place to be open during

the election.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-90 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-90
Challengers and watchers - Authority
Status: in_force

Any city, town or place being a candidate for the location of

any county seat in any such election may appoint and designate one

qualified elector in any precinct or voting place to act as

challenger at such precinct; and may appoint and designate one poll

book holder and one special watcher in any such precinct or voting

place: Provided, that the challenger, poll book holder and watcher

shall perform duties as provided by law governing any general

election. Any such city, town or place may appoint in writing by,

the mayor or president of the board of trustees thereof or the

president of the organization representing such place one qualified

elector of the county for each precinct who shall have the right to

be present in the room where the election is held at the precinct to

which such person is assigned, and during all the time of the

receipt and counting of the tickets or ballots, and until the vote

is fully canvassed by such election officers, and the returns

certified by the inspector, judges and clerks, and to whom the

inspector, judges and clerks shall deliver a certificate, signed by

each of them, of the vote received at said election by each

candidate, and the refusal of any such inspector, judge or clerk, or

other person to extend and enforce the right herein granted, shall

constitute a Class D1 felony offense and shall, upon conviction, be

punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F

of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Such person

shall deliver such written appointment to the special election

commissioner of such election in proof of his authority to represent

his town as aforesaid at such election.

R.L. 1910, § 1536. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 146, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 356, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 146 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.22 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.22
Including additional territory
Status: in_force

Any territory located within the same county of an existing

district may be included in the limits of such district by decision

of the board of directors, certified to the board of county

commissioners, with the written consent of twenty-five percent (25%)

of the holders of title to the territory sought to be included, or

in the same manner as provided for the organization of fire

protection districts. Such territory shall not be included or added

to the territory of the district without the consent of the board of

directors and the board of county commissioners. In the event such

territory is included by decision of the board of directors, with

the consent of the board of county commissioners and the written

consent of twenty-five percent (25%) of the holders of title to the

territory sought to be included, the notice, hearing and order

requirements of Section 901.2 of this title and the notice and

election requirements of Sections 901.3 and 901.4 of this title

shall be followed in the same manner as for the organization of fire

protection districts. In case any such territory is added to the

district the property therein shall immediately become subject to

the lien for the payment of bonds theretofore authorized by the

district in the same manner as property within the district at the

time of authorization of such bonds.

Any territory adjacent to the existing district but within

another county may be included in the limits of such district by

decision of the board of directors, certified to the board of county

commissioners of both counties, with the written consent of twenty-

five percent (25%) of the holders of title to the territory sought

to be included, or in the same manner as provided for the

organization of fire protection districts. Such territory shall not

be included or added to the territory of the district without the

consent of the board of directors and the board of county

commissioners of each county. In the event such territory is

included by decision of the board of directors, with the consent of

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the board of county commissioners of each county and the written

consent of twenty-five percent (25%) of the holders of title to the

territory sought to be included, the notice, hearing and order

requirements of Section 901.2 of this title and the notice and

election requirements of Sections 901.3 and 901.4 of this title

shall be followed in the same manner as for the organization of fire

protection districts. In case any such territory is added to the

district the property therein shall immediately become subject to

the lien for the payment of bonds theretofore authorized by the

district in the same manner as property within the district at the

time of authorization of such bonds.

Any landowner whose property is within the response area of the

district as assigned by the county commissioners but is not within

the fire protection district itself may elect to opt into the

district by paying the assessment to the district. The landowner

then becomes a member of the district with full voting rights.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-137.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-137.2
Appointment - Salary - Assistants
Status: in_force

The position of public defender shall be filled by appointment

of the board of county commissioners with an attorney authorized to

practice law in this state and who has been recommended by the

district attorney and the judges of the courts of record of such

county. The public defender and operating expenses of such office

shall be paid from the funds in the county general revenue fund an

amount to be determined by the board of county commissioners which

amount shall not be in excess of ninety percent (90%) of the salary

of the district attorney of such county that is paid from the

general revenue fund of the county. The board of county

commissioners may authorize the employment and fix the salaries of

such assistants and clerical help as such board may deem necessary.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-257 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-257
List and signatures of county officers to Secretary of
Status: in_force

State.

The county clerk shall annually on the fourth Monday of January

prepare and file in the office of the Secretary of State, a list of

the officers of the county, elected at the last preceding general

election, which list shall contain the genuine signatures of all

county officers, and the county clerk shall certify under the seal

of his office, that such signatures are the genuine signatures of

the respective officers, and that they were attached in his

presence: Provided, that in case of any vacancy in any county

office, the county clerk shall immediately transmit to the Secretary

of State the genuine signature of the person elected or appointed to

fill such vacancy: Provided, further, that any county clerk failing

or refusing to comply with the provisions of this article, shall be

deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less

than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

R.L. 1910, § 1580.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1241 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1241
County assessor - Duty to appraise and apportion -
Status: in_force

Reports.

It shall be the duty of the county assessor, within five (5)

days after being directed to appraise the property, to proceed to

appraise and apportion the benefits to such lots and tracts of land

as shall have been designated by the board of county commissioners,

according to the title as aforesaid, after having taken and

subscribed an oath to make a true and impartial appraisement and

apportionment. A written report of such appraisement and

apportionment shall be returned and filed with the county clerk

within ten (10) days from the date of notice to the county assessor.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-955 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-955
Prorating in case of insufficiencies
Status: in_force

If the funds in any retirement system are insufficient to make

full payment of the amount of retirement benefits or allowances to

any eligible persons under the rules and regulations of the board of

trustees then such fund shall be prorated among those entitled

thereto as the board of trustees administering said fund shall

determine to be just and equitable.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-130.7 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-130.7
Certain county officials to participate in training
Status: in_force

programs and educational seminars - Expenses.

A. Each county commissioner, county clerk, county treasurer,

and court clerk holding office on May 11, 1982, and those elected

thereafter and the deputies of such elected county officers shall be

required to participate in the appropriate training programs, as

defined in subsection B of this section, and educational seminars

relevant to their positions and duties conducted pursuant to

Sections 130.1 through 130.7 of this title. In addition, county

sheriffs and county assessors may attend the training programs

specified in this section.

B. Appropriate training programs shall include those programs

provided by the Cooperative Extension Service at Oklahoma State

University.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1611 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1611
Enforcement of act
Status: in_force

It is the duty of the county sheriff and other law enforcement

officers in each county and the district attorney for each county to

enforce the provisions of the Transient Merchant Licensing Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-77 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-77
Duties
Status: in_force

Such special election board shall furnish each voting precinct

or voting place with two ballot boxes; one of said boxes to be used

for the depositing therein of the ballots as voted, and the other

for the purpose of depositing therein the affidavits, as made, of

all qualified electors. All ballots and affidavits shall be printed

and furnished by the special election board as provided by law for

the printing and furnishing of ballots in regular elections.

R.L. 1910, § 1523.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-8.1 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-8.1
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 5 of this act shall be known and may be cited

as the "County Home Rule Charter Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1602 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1602
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Transient Merchant Licensing Act:

1. "Transient merchant" means any person, firm, corporation,

partnership, or other entity which engages in, does or transacts any

temporary or transient business in this state, either in one

locality or in traveling from place to place in this state, offering

for sale or selling goods, wares, merchandise, or services, and

includes those merchants who, for the purpose of carrying on such

business, hire, lease, use, or occupy any building, structure, motor

vehicle, railroad car, or real estate.

2. "Temporary or transient business" means any business or home

improvement service; siding, roofing or resurfacing services

conducted for the sale or offer for sale of goods, wares, or

merchandise which is carried on in any building, structure, motor

vehicle, mobile home, travel trailer, railroad car, or real estate

for a period of less than two (2) years.

3. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,

association, or other legal entity.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1275 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-1275
Authority to issue bond
Status: in_force

All counties in the State of Oklahoma are hereby authorized to

issue bonds in accordance with the provisions of this act for the

purpose of acquiring, constructing, leasing or operating water

facilities, reservoirs or projects as defined in Section 1085.32 of

Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes in such county, either

individually or jointly with other political subdivisions or

agencies of the state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.11A — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.11A
Board of county commissioners may establish fines and
Status: in_force

penalties.

A. A board of county commissioners may provide for enforcement

of its regulations and establish fines, penalties or other remedies

for any offense in violation of its regulations, which shall be

recoverable together with costs of suit.

B. 1. In addition to other powers and duties prescribed by

law, a board of county commissioners shall have the power to

establish and enforce fines and penalties for violation of its

zoning, subdivision, storm water and floodplain regulations,

including the issuance of citations by designated county personnel

for violations of its zoning, subdivision, storm water and

floodplain regulations. A board of county commissioners may

additionally establish that any person who fails to correct a

violation for which a citation has been issued within the period

permitted for its correction may be assessed a fine or penalty for

each ensuing day during which such failure or violation continues.

2. In issuing a citation pursuant to this subsection, the

county employee shall proceed as follows:

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a. the employee shall prepare a written citation to

appear in court, containing the name and address of

the cited person and the violation/offense charged,

and stating when the person shall appear in district

court. The time to appear specified in the citation

shall be at least five (5) days after the issuance of

the citation,

b. one copy of the citation to appear shall be delivered

to the person cited, and such person shall sign a

duplicate written citation which shall be retained by

the county employee, and

c. as soon as practicable, one copy of the citation shall

be filed with the district court specified therein and

one copy delivered to the prosecuting attorney.

3. If a person fails to appear in district court at the

designated time, a warrant for arrest shall be issued.

4. Violations and penalties shall be deemed misdemeanor

offenses, punishable by a fine of up to Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00). Jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the district court

within the county.

5. Fines and penalties collected pursuant to this subsection

shall be deposited in the appropriate county fund.

6. Issuance of citations and/or payment of fines or penalties shall

in no way preclude other remedies or appropriate action or

proceedings
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-8.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-8.2
Authority to adopt or amend county home rule charter
Status: in_force

Any county in this state with a population of less than five

hundred fifty thousand (550,000), according to the latest Federal

Decennial Census, which contains a metropolitan area with a

population of two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) or more,

according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, may adopt or amend

a County Home Rule Charter for county government which specifies

those powers appropriate for said government and which are not

inconsistent with the Oklahoma Constitution and laws of this state.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-452 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-452
Counties over 200,000 population - Appointment of
Status: in_force

employees and assistants.

The boards of county commissioners in all counties of the State

of Oklahoma having a population in excess of two hundred thousand

(200,000), as shown by the last preceding or any future regular

Federal Decennial Census, be, and they are hereby empowered to

appoint such employees and assistants, as shall be necessary for

said board to properly accomplish the statutory and lawful duties

and functions of said board, and who shall serve during the pleasure

of said board on a whole or part-time basis at such rates of salary

or pay as may be agreed upon by said board.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-64 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-64
Commissioners may institute certain actions
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 51

The board of county commissioners of any of the counties

referred to in the preceding section shall have the right and power

to prosecute any and all necessary actions against the county

treasurer of any such counties, or against any other officer,

person, firm or corporation for and on behalf of any school

district, road district, municipal township, city or town, and all

sums of money that may be recovered by any such board of county

commissioners shall be forthwith paid over to the county treasurers

of such counties for the use and benefit of the school district,

road district, municipal township, city or town, to which such money

shall belong; and the board of county commissioners of any such

counties shall have the authority to make demand for any and all

sums of money belonging to any such school district, road district,

municipal township, city or town, of and from such officer, person,

firm or corporation, and exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby

conferred upon the Supreme Court to hear and determine all actions

authorized by this article.

R.L. 1910, § 1515.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-340 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-340
Investigation of officers - Allowance of compensation,
Status: in_force

etc.

The board of county commissioners is hereby vested with full

power to inquire into and investigate the accounts, disbursements,

bills and expenses of any county, district, or township officer, and

to that end may subpoena witnesses and in case any witness fails or

refuses to obey any lawful order of the board of county

commissioners he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, but in no

case shall the board of county commissioners allow any compensation,

fee, salary, bills or expenses to any officer or person except when

expressly allowed by law.

R.L. 1910, § 1601.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-263 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-263
Copies of bankruptcy orders to be constructive notice
Status: in_force

after filing.

All of such certified copies of said petitions, orders or

decrees so filed, whether acknowledged or not, shall be constructive

notice of their contents from and after the filing and recording

thereof.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-868.15 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-868.15
Procedure for adoption of zoning regulations
Status: in_force

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 381

Prior to the adoption of any zoning regulations, the board of

county commissioners shall request the county planning commission to

recommend the boundaries of the various districts and appropriate

regulations to be enforced therein. The county planning commission

shall make a preliminary report of its recommendations for such

zoning regulations and shall hold a public hearing thereon for each

township to be affected by the proposed regulations. Such hearings

may be adjourned from time to time. Within ninety (90) days after

the final adjournment of such hearings the county planning

commission shall make its final report together with its proposed

zoning regulations and a summary of the results of the public

hearings to the board of county commissioners. The board of county

commissioners may then adopt the proposed regulation or refer it

back to the county planning commission for further consideration.

If a written protest against the proposed zoning of any land lying

within one and one-half (1 1/2) miles of the limits of any

municipality having a zoning ordinance is received from the

governing body thereof, the board of county commissioners shall not

adopt the proposed zoning regulations of such land except by a

record vote of all members and after a statement of the reasons for

such action shall be spread upon its minutes or records.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-901.30-2.2 — OK Code / Title 19 / Section 19-901.30-2.2
Unfair labor practices - Complaint - Order to cease
Status: in_force

and desist - Restraining order.

A. The Public Employees Relations Board is empowered, as

hereinafter provided, to prevent any person, including a bargaining

agent and corporate authorities, from engaging in any unfair labor

practice as defined herein.

B. Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in or is

engaging in any such unfair labor practice, the Board shall have the

power to issue and cause to be served upon such person a complaint

stating the charges in that respect and containing a notice of

hearing before the Board, at a place therein fixed, not less than

five (5) days after the serving of the complaint. The respondent

shall have the right to file an answer and to appear and give

testimony at the time and place fixed in the complaint. At the

discretion of the Board, any other person may be allowed to

intervene in such proceeding.

C. If, upon the preponderance of the testimony taken, the Board

shall be of the opinion that the person named in the complaint has

engaged in or is engaging in any such unfair labor practice, then

the Board shall state its findings of fact and shall issue and cause

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to be served on such person an order requiring such person to cease

and desist from such unfair labor practice. Such order may further

require such person to make reports from time to time showing the

extent to which it has complied with the order. If, upon the

preponderance of the testimony taken, the Board shall not be of the

opinion that the respondent has engaged in or is engaging in any

such unfair labor practice, then the Board shall state its findings

of fact and shall issue an order dismissing the complaint.

D. The Board, or any interested party, shall have the power to

petition the district court, wherein the unfair labor practice in

question occurred, for the enforcement of such order and for

appropriate temporary relief from restraining order.