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19 OK Stat § 19-138.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.5. Duties.

|A. It shall be the duty of the office of the county indigent defender to represent as counsel anyone who appears for arraignment without aid of counsel, and who has been informed by the judge that it is his right to have counsel, and who desires counsel, but is unable to employ such aid; and upon order of a district judge of such county he shall investigate any matter pending before the judge and report to him in the manner prescribed by the judge. |B. When a defendant or, if applicable, his parent or legal guardian requests representation by the county indigent defender, such person shall submit an appropriate application, the form of which shall state that such application is signed under oath and under the penalty of perjury and that a false statement may be prosecuted as such. The application shall state whether or not the defendant has been released on bond. In addition, if the defendant has been released on bond, the application shall include a written statement from the applicant that he or she has contacted three (3) attorneys, licensed to practice law in this state, and the applicant has been unable to obtain legal counsel. A nonrefundable application fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) shall be paid to the court clerk at the time the application is submitted, and no application shall be accepted without payment of the fee; except that the court may, based upon the financial information submitted, waive the fee, if the person is in custody or if the court determines that the person does not have the financial resources to pay the fee. Any fee collected pursuant to this subsection shall be retained by the court clerk as an administrative fee and deposited in the court fund. Before the court appoints the county indigent defender based on the application, the court shall advise the defendant or, if applicable, his or her parent or legal guardian that the application is signed under oath and under the penalty of perjury. A copy of the application shall be sent to the prosecuting attorney or the Office of the Attorney General, whichever is appropriate, for review, and, upon request, the court shall hold a hearing on the issue of the eligibility for appointment of the county indigent defender.C. If the defendant is admitted to bail and the defendant or another person on behalf of the defendant posts a bond, other than by personal recognizance, the court may consider such fact in determining the eligibility of the defendant for appointment of the county indigent defender; provided, however, such consideration shall not be the sole factor in the determination of eligibility.Added by Laws 1961, p. 211, § 5, emerg. eff. Aug. 7, 1961. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 238, § 26, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 357, § 3, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 298, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2018, c. 194, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.6. Secretaries - Investigators - Salary.

|Pursuant to the provisions of this act, the county indigent defender may authorize the employment of one or more secretaries and one or more investigators and shall determine and fix the salary to be paid; provided, that such salaries shall be commensurate with the range of salaries paid by the district attorneys' offices in their districts, payable monthly, from the court fund of such county. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 211, § 6, emerg. eff. Aug. 7, 1961. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 110, § 2, emerg. eff. April 1, 1970; Laws 1974, c. 102, § 2, emerg. eff. April 30, 1974; Laws 1991, c. 238, § 27, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1994, c. 343, § 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.7. Conflict of interest - Reassignment of case.

|In those counties subject to the provisions of Section 138.1a of this title, if the court determines that a conflict of interest exists between a defendant and the county indigent defender, the case may be reassigned by the court to another county indigent defender, an attorney who represents indigents pursuant to contract, or a private attorney who has agreed to accept such appointments. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 303, § 20, eff. July 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 357, § 4, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 298, § 2, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 129, § 3, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 200, § 1, emerg. eff. May 7, 2003.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.7a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.7a. Fees for attorneys defending death penalty cases.

|A. In every case in which the defendant is subject to the death penalty and an attorney other than a county indigent defender is assigned to the case as provided by Section 138.7 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, total compensation for attorneys who serve as lead counsel and co-counsel shall not exceed the limits set in Section 1355.13 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |B. The maximum statutory fee established pursuant to this section may be exceeded only when counsel establishes that the case is an exceptional one which requires an extraordinary amount of time to litigate and that the request for extraordinary attorney fees is reasonable.Added by Laws 2005, c. 162, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.8. Expert witness compensation.

|In counties subject to the provisions of Section 138.1a of this title, expert witness compensation for indigent defense shall be paid by the court fund pursuant to procedures established by the governing board of the court fund. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 303, § 21, eff. July 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 129, § 4, eff. July 1, 2001.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.9. Counties of 200,000 or more.

|In those counties with a population in excess of three hundred thousand (300,000) under the latest Federal Decennial Census, the county indigent defenders, for those counties subject to the provisions of Section 138.1a of this title, shall perfect appeals for those defendants which they represented in the trial court unless an appellate conflict exists between two or more such defendants, in which case the county indigent defender shall represent one defendant, the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System shall represent one defendant, and the court may assign the appeal of the case for any other defendants in the same manner as provided for conflict at the trial level in Section 138.7 of this title. If an appellate conflict of interest exists between the defendant and the county indigent defender in a case in which the defendant has received the death penalty, the district court may appoint the Indigent Defense System to represent the defendant on appeal. The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System shall also represent all indigent defendants from such counties who were not represented at trial by the county public defenders unless a conflict of interest on appeal exists between defendants, in which case the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System shall represent one defendant, the county indigent defender shall represent one defendant and the court may assign the appeal of the case for any other defendants in the same manner as provided for conflict at the trial level in Section 138.7 of this title. |Added by Laws 1981, c. 207, § 5, emerg. eff. May 26, 1981. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 303, § 22, eff. July 1, 1992. Renumbered from Title 22, § 1359 by Laws 1992, c. 303, § 32, eff. July 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 298, § 3, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 129, § 5, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 200, § 2, emerg. eff. May 7, 2003.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.10. Payment and collection of costs.

|A. The court shall order any person represented by a county indigent defender to pay the costs of representation. In assessing these costs, the court shall take into consideration the ability of the defendant to pay and any likely hardship which would result. The court may then order payment to be made in total or in installments and, in the case of installment payments, set the amount and due date of each installment. |B. Costs assessed pursuant to this section shall be collected by the court clerk and deposited in the court fund.C. Costs of representation shall be a debt against the person represented until paid and shall be subject to any method provided by law for the collection of debts.D. Any order directing the defendant to pay costs of representation shall be a lien against all real and personal property of the defendant and may be filed against such property and foreclosed as provided by law for such liens.E. For purposes of collection of debts arising from the provisions of this section, the court clerks for the district courts of this state are authorized to utilize the procedures provided in Section 205.2 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes in the same manner and to the same extent as a state agency and the Oklahoma Tax Commission is directed to provide the same service to court clerks attempting to collect such debts pursuant to Section 205.2 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes as it provides to state agencies.Added by Laws 1992, c. 303, § 23, eff. July 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 28, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 251, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.11. Short title - County Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act.

|Sections 2 through 10 of this act shall be the provisions of the Local Government Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act applicable to counties and shall be known as the "County Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act". |Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.12. Definitions.

|A. Definitions of terms used in the County Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act shall be the same as those terms are defined in Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution, unless otherwise provided herein. |B. As used in the County Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act:1. "Campaign committee" means a committee which may be composed of one or more persons the purpose of which is to support the election of a specific candidate to county office, whose name as it will appear on the ballot shall appear in the name of the committee;2. "County office" means any elective county office for which Declarations of Candidacy are filed with the secretary of the county election board as required by Section 5-103 of Title 26 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and3. "County political committee" means any committee composed of one or more persons whose purpose includes the election or defeat of one or more candidates for county office but which is not required to register with the Ethics Commission or the Federal Election Commission.Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.13. Campaign committee organization statements.

|Each campaign committee shall file a notarized statement of organization with the county election board subject to the same requirements as set forth for candidate committees for state office to file statements of organization with the Ethics Commission under Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution, including but not limited to time for filing and contents, except as otherwise provided in the County Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act. The statement of organization shall be accompanied by a check drawn upon the campaign committee's account in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) as a nonrefundable processing fee to be deposited in the County Election Board Special Depository Account. Expenditures from such fees may be made by the secretary of the county election board for any lawful purpose. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.14. County political committee organization statements.

|Every county political committee shall file a notarized statement of organization with the county election board subject to the same requirements as set forth for political committees required to file statements of organization with the Ethics Commission under Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution, including but not limited to time for filing and contents. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.15. Contributions and expenditures reports.

|Every campaign committee and every county political committee shall file reports of contributions and expenditures with the county election board subject to the same requirements as set forth for reports of contributions and expenditures filed with the Ethics Commission under Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution, including but not limited to time for filing and contents. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.16. Organization statements and contribution and expenditure reports - Public records.

|Statements of organization and reports of contributions and expenditures required under the County Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act shall be public records. The county election board shall maintain statements of organization and reports of contributions and expenditures for four (4) years after the date on which they are filed or prepared, if not posted on the county's website as provided herein, at which time the documents may be destroyed or retained at the discretion of the county election board. If the county in which the statements of organization are filed maintains an Internet website, the county election board may post on the website copies of statements of organization and reports of contributions and expenditures. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.17. Financial interest statements.

|All candidates for county office and all elected county officers shall be required to file a notarized statement of financial interests with the county election board subject to the same requirements as set forth for statements of financial interests filed with the Ethics Commission under Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.18. Financial interest statements - Public records.

|Statements of financial interests required under the County Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act shall be public records. The county election board shall maintain statements of financial interests for four (4) years after the date on which they are filed, at which time the documents may be destroyed or retained at the discretion of the county election board. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
19 OK Stat § 19-138.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-138.19. Enforcement.

|The County Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act shall be enforced by the Ethics Commission in the same manner as Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution are enforced, including but not limited to acceptance of complaints, civil prosecutions, settlement agreements and any other compliance practices or requirements. Complaints may be received by the Ethics Commission alleging filing of statements required to be filed under the County Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act later than the prescribed time for filing or failure to produce reports required to be available for public inspection and copying. Such complaints shall be in the same form as other complaints. Upon receipt of such complaints, the Ethics Commission shall investigate whether the allegation or allegations are true and, if so, shall assess a late reporting penalty of up to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per day, not to exceed a maximum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the filing of any statement or report. If the Ethics Commission determines the allegation or allegations are not true, it shall take no further action. Persons assessed a late reporting penalty may protest the assessment subject to provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
19 OK Stat § 19-148 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-148. Population, how determined.

|The salaries of all county officers shall be based upon the federal census of 1910, and each additional ten (10) years thereafter, or upon any census taken subsequent to 1910, by order of the board of county commissioners under and by virtue of Section 415, Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, and under the supervision of the Census Bureau of the United States Government: Provided that when any unorganized territory is attached to any county for judicial purposes, the population of such unorganized territory shall be added to the population of said county in fixing the amount of such salary. |R.L. 1910, § 3216. Amended by Laws 1919, c. 216, p. 313, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-153 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-153. Salaries - Payment periods.

|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.
19 OK Stat § 19-153.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-153.1. Entities receiving county sales tax revenues - Reimbursement of county for cost of collecting, maintaining and distributing funds.

|A. The county treasurer or county clerk may charge a fee to any entity which is the recipient of revenue from a designated county sales tax levied for that entity as reimbursement for the cost of collecting, maintaining, and distributing the funds on behalf of the entity. |B. The county treasurer or county clerk shall prepare a special estimate of needs each fiscal year covering all expenditures of the office on behalf of the entities receiving the sales tax revenue. The estimate of need shall be itemized by personal services, maintenance, and operation expenditures for each taxing entity and filed with the county excise board or county budget board.C. In reviewing and approving the estimate as provided in subsection B of this section, the county excise board or county budget board shall charge such costs among the various recipients receiving the revenue and shall render a statement to each entity for reimbursement to the county general fund.Added by Laws 1998, c. 86, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
19 OK Stat § 19-154 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-154. Surety bonds - Premiums - Payment by county.

|The premiums on all surety company bonds required to be executed by any officer or his deputy of any county of this state, or by any county employee who has in his custody any county property for the purposes of his employment, whether required by law or by the board of county commissioners or by the principal officer, where such bond is executed to run to the State of Oklahoma and after being approved in accordance with requirement is filed of record in the office of the county clerk of such county, shall be paid for by the county from funds appropriated therefor. |Added by Laws 1935, p. 175, § 1. Amended by Laws 1945, p. 73, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-155.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-155.1. See the following versions:

|OS 19-155.1v1 (HB 1189, Laws 2017, c. 22, § 1). |OS 19-155.1v2 (SB 48, Laws 2017, c. 212, § 2).
19 OK Stat § 19-155.1v1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-155.1v1. Destruction of certain records filed in county assessor's offices - Digitizing.

|The county assessor in any county is authorized to destroy any of the records which have been on file in his 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 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 digitizing or other reproduction of records and storage of reproductions thereof. A computer shall be provided, the costs, maintenance and supplies therefor be paid from the county general fund, to accommodate public reference to the digitized records. The State Library may be given any record which would be destroyed upon request therefor. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 22, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 11, 1972. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 7, § 1, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 2017, c. 22, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
19 OK Stat § 19-155.1v2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-155.1v2. Destruction of certain records filed in county 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. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 22, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 11, 1972. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 7, § 1, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 2017, c. 212, § 2, emerg. eff. May 5, 2017.