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19 OK Stat § 19-215.37K (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.37K. Costs and expenses of investigation, prosecution or 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. |Added by Laws 1983, c. 207, § 11, emerg. eff. June 15, 1983.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.37L (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.37L. Forms and procedures.

|It shall be the duty of the State Auditor and Inspector to prescribe the necessary forms and procedures necessary to implement the provisions and requirements of this act. |Added by Laws 1983, c. 207, § 12, emerg. eff. June 15, 1983.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.37M (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.37M. Contracts with private attorneys.

|A. If the district attorney and the board of county commissioners of any county agree, legal representation in any civil case in which the county is interested or a party and the district attorney is required to represent the county pursuant to Section 215.4 of this title may be provided by contract with a private attorney. The costs of such contract shall be paid by the board of county commissioners out of its account for general government operation, or other account, as may be appropriate. |B. If the district attorney and the board of county commissioners of any county agree, legal representation in any civil case in which a county officer or employee is a party and the district attorney is required to represent the county pursuant to Section 215.25 of this title may be provided by contract with a private attorney. The costs of such contract shall be paid by the board of county commissioners out of its account for general government operation, or other account, as may be appropriate.C. If a district attorney and the District Attorneys Council agree, prosecution of any criminal matter may be provided by contract with an attorney not employed by a district attorney, who shall be designated as a special assistant district attorney, if the case load of the office of the district attorney is such that adequate representation of the interest of the state is not possible without appointment of one or more special assistant district attorneys. The special assistant district attorney shall be appointed by the district attorney. The special assistant district attorney may serve with or without compensation, however, compensation shall be allowed only if the cost of compensation can be paid out of funds for the current fiscal year, designated for the salaries and operating expenses, for the office of the district attorney requesting the appointment or appointments. No supplemental appropriations shall be authorized for appointment of special assistant district attorneys.D. If the district attorney and the board of education of any school district agree, legal representation in any ad valorem tax matter in which the district attorney is required to represent the school district may be assisted by an attorney employed or retained by the school district. The board of education is authorized to pay the costs of such representation out of its account for general government operation, or other account, as may be appropriate. However, this subsection shall not be construed to permit a school district or any other entity to be a party to the proceeding or give standing to such entity to be a party to the civil case in which the county is interested.Added by Laws 1992, c. 316, § 61, eff. July 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 24, § 4, emerg. eff. April 3, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 337, § 4, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2008, c. 334, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.38 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.38. Travel expenses - Allocation of funds.

|Effective January 1, 1983, travel expenses for district attorneys, investigators and all personnel of district attorney offices incurred in the performance of necessary official duties shall be paid pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act. The District Attorneys Council shall allocate to the district attorney offices the funds appropriated in such manner as it deems equitable. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 340, § 18, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 109, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.39 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.39. Narrative report of offenses for offenders sentenced to incarceration for more than five years.

|A. Upon the arrest, conviction and sentencing of any defendant to the custody of the Department of Corrections, the district attorney of the county in which the crime was committed shall prepare a written narrative report describing the commission of the offense and any factors which might enhance or diminish the gravity of the offender's conduct. |B. The report shall be provided to the Department of Corrections and the Pardon and Parole Board, together with the judgment and sentence in the case and any victim impact statements presented to the court in the case.C. The form to be used for this report shall be developed and distributed by the District Attorneys Council.D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to offenders sentenced to terms of incarceration of five (5) years or less.E. No allegations or recitations of alleged facts contained in any narrative submitted pursuant to the requirements of this section shall give rise to any cause of action by the defendant against the submitting agency unless the defendant shall first object to such allegation or recitation in writing, with notice to the submitting agency. The submitting agency shall be given thirty (30) days following such notice to withdraw or amend any such allegation or recitation objected to. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as creating a cause of action.Added by Laws 1983, c. 318, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1983. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 112, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1988, c. 109, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1992, c. 136, § 2, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 325, § 2, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Laws 2017, c. 365, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
19 OK Stat § 19-215.40 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-215.40. District Attorneys Evidence Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of the Attorney General to be designated the "District Attorneys Evidence Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of any monies transferred thereto by an act of the Legislature. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the District Attorneys Council for necessary expenses relative to any pending case within the official responsibility of the offices of the district attorneys. 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. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 203, § 40, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 109, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 69.
19 OK Stat § 19-221 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-221. Clerks of court - Consolidation of offices - Court clerk to perform duties.

|The office of clerk of the district court, clerk of the county court in all counties and clerk of the superior court in a county in which a superior court is located, are hereby consolidated, and the successor to the clerks of the different courts herein referred to shall be designated and known as the "court clerk" and shall perform all duties now provided by law to be performed by the district clerk, clerk of the county court, and clerk of the superior court. |Added by Laws 1913, c. 161, p. 330, § 1. Amended by Laws 1915, c. 6, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-225 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-225. Consolidation of offices of register of deeds and county clerk.

|The office of the register of deeds is hereby consolidated with the office of county clerk in all counties in this state, and said office so consolidated shall be hereafter known as the office of the county clerk, and in addition to the duties now imposed by law upon the county clerk he shall perform the same duties that are now performed by the register of deeds. |Added by Laws 1913, c. 161, p. 332, § 5. Amended by Laws 1915, c. 6, § 2.
19 OK Stat § 19-241.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-241.1. Potential state taxes list issued to building permit applicants.

|A. After the effective date of this act, the county clerk of a county or any other designated employee or official authorized to issue building permits shall provide to an applicant for a building permit a list, which shall be developed by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, of state taxes which may potentially be assessed against any Oklahoma taxpayer or out-of-state taxpayer who applies for a building permit in this state. Such list shall include a paragraph in bold, conspicuous type indicating the requirement for certain building permit applicants to register with the Oklahoma Business Registration System of the Tax Commission. |B. Upon the request for issuance of an occupancy permit, the clerk or other designated employee or official shall request proof of registration with the Tax Commission under their Oklahoma Business Registration System. If the applicant does not provide proof of registration, the clerk shall immediately issue the occupancy permit and shall advise the Tax Commission that the entity has not registered under the Oklahoma Business Registration System.C. The Tax Commission may maintain, as part of its online Business Registration System, the capability for an applicant to obtain a document electronically which will serve as proof of registration under the system.D. This section shall not apply to building permits for new construction or remodel projects less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in value.Added by Laws 2010, c. 399, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
19 OK Stat § 19-242 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-242. Appointment of deputies.

|Every such clerk may, by instrument in writing, by permission of the board of county commissioners, appoint one or more deputies, and shall file such appointments in his office; and said deputies shall have such authority as the clerk may delegate, and, in case of a vacancy in the office of county clerk, shall fill such vacancy until a county clerk shall be appointed or elected. |R.L. 1910, § 1565.
19 OK Stat § 19-243 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-243. Duties.

|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.
19 OK Stat § 19-244 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-244. Records and accounts.

|It shall be the duty of the county clerk: |First. To record in a book to be provided for that purpose, all proceedings of the board.Second. To make regular entries of their resolutions and decisions in all questions concerning the raising of money.Third. To record the vote of each commissioner, on any question submitted to the board, if required by any member thereof, and not otherwise.Fourth. To attest all orders issued by the board and signed by the chairman thereof for the payment of monies.Fifth. To preserve and file all accounts acted upon by the board, with their action thereon. And he shall perform such special duties as are required of him by law.R.L. 1910, § 1567.
19 OK Stat § 19-245 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-245. Duties as to audited accounts - Certified copies of papers – 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. |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. 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.
19 OK Stat § 19-246 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-246. County orders.

|Such clerk shall not attest any county order unless ordered by the board of commissioners authorizing the same, and signed by chairman, and every such order shall be numbered, and the date, amount and number of the same, and the name of the person to whom it is issued, shall be entered in a book kept by such clerk in his office for that purpose. |R.L. 1910, § 1569.
19 OK Stat § 19-247 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-247. Accounts must be filed within two years - Exception.

|No account against the county shall be allowed unless presented within two years after the same accrued: Provided, that should any person having a claim against the county be (at the time the same accrued) under any legal disability, every such person shall be entitled to present the same within one year after such disability shall be removed. |R.L. 1910, § 1570.
19 OK Stat § 19-248 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-248. Duty when new township organized.

|The clerk of each county shall as often as new townships shall be organized in his county, or the boundaries of any township therein shall be altered, and immediately thereafter make out and transmit to the State Auditor and Inspector a certified statement of the name and boundaries of the township so organized, and of the boundaries of any township the boundaries of which shall have been altered. |R.L. 1910, § 1571. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 3, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979.
19 OK Stat § 19-250 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-250. Record of accounts.

|The county clerk shall keep a book in which he shall keep a record of the receipts and expenditures of his county and all accounts of his county with the different county, township, district and other officers. |R.L. 1910, § 1573.
19 OK Stat § 19-251 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-251. Accounts with county treasurer.

|The county clerk in keeping the accounts of his county with the county treasurer, shall charge the county treasurer as follows: With the amount of taxes levied and assessed by the state and county, and each city, town, township, school district, or any other special tax levied for any purpose in his county in each year, and the same shall be kept in separate accounts; with the amount of any sinking funds in separate accounts, with the amount of money and with the amount of state, county, township, school, road, and city warrants, or orders, or other evidences of indebtedness which the county treasurer may be authorized by law to receive from his predecessor in office; with the amount of taxes on each tax roll made out, and delivered to him during his term of office; with the amount of the additional assessments made after the tax roll is made out and delivered to the county treasurer; with the amount of penalty added to the taxes after the first day of February of each year; with the amount of redemption money on land and town lots sold to the county for delinquent taxes when the same are redeemed; with the amount of the state school fund received from the State Treasurer; with the amount received from the sale of property belonging to the county; with the amount received from the sales of estrays; with the amount received as fines and forfeitures; with the amount received from groceries or other licenses. And upon presentation of proper vouchers, he shall credit him as follows: With the amount of all county, city, town, township, school district or other tax, which has been paid over to the proper authority and receipted for; with the amount of county orders received by the county treasurers and returned to the county board and canceled; with the amount paid to the State Treasurer, and township trustees, city treasurers, or other officers entitled by law to receive the same; with the amount of delinquent taxes and the penalty thereon; on lands and town lots bid off for the county, which said taxes have been transferred from the tax roll to the book of tax sales; with the amount of double or erroneous assessments of property, except the assessments on lands and town lots which have been sold or entered on the book of tax sales for delinquent taxes; with the amount of percentage fees allowed by law to the county treasurer for collecting taxes; with the amount of money and the amount of warrants or orders, or other evidence of indebtedness, which the county treasurer is allowed by law to receive for taxes or which he pays over to his successor in office; with the amount of taxes uncollected on the tax roll delivered over to his successor in office. |R.L. 1910, § 1574.
19 OK Stat § 19-252 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-252. Charges and credits - How stated.

|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.
19 OK Stat § 19-256 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-256. Unclaimed warrants.

|Whenever any county warrant issued to any person remains in the office of the county clerk unclaimed for a period of one (1) year from the date thereof, such warrant shall be returned by him to the board of county commissioners and canceled. |R.L. 1910, § 1579. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 105, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 1993.
19 OK Stat § 19-257 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-257. List and signatures of county officers to Secretary of 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.
19 OK Stat § 19-261 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-261. Instruments filed for record - Printed or typed name of 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. |Added by Laws 1943, p. 79, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-262 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-262. Bankruptcy petitions, orders and decrees to be filed.

|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. |Added by Laws 1945, p. 80, § 1. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 211, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-263 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-263. Copies of bankruptcy orders to be constructive notice 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. |Added by Laws 1945, p. 80, § 2. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 211, § 1.
19 OK Stat § 19-264 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-264. Release of filed information over telephone - Fees.

|A county clerk may release over the telephone any information requested from files that are open to public inspection within the county clerk's office. There may be a fee not to exceed Three Dollars ($3.00) for each individual phone request answered over the telephone. The provisions of this section shall also apply to any Uniform Commercial Code information requested. For the purposes of this act, an "individual phone request answered," is defined as the release by telephone of all information pertinent to any one individual. "Individual" includes husband and wife. |Added by Laws 1979, c. 273, § 4, emerg. eff. June 5, 1979.
19 OK Stat § 19-265 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 19. Counties and County Officers|§19-265. County Clerk's Lien Fee Account.

|There is hereby created a cash account to be known as the "County Clerk's Lien Fee Account". Monies from the account shall be expended by the county clerk in the lawful operation of his office. |Added by Laws 1984, c. 268, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.