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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-180.90. National disaster leave.

A. The board of county commissioners may grant leave with pay not to exceed fifteen (15) working days to a county employee who is affected by a presidentially declared national disaster in Oklahoma after May 1, 1999, if:
1. The employee suffered a physical injury as a result of the disaster;
2. A relative or household member of the employee suffered a physical injury or died as a result of the disaster; or
3. The domicile of the employee or the domicile of a relative of the employee was damaged or destroyed as a result of the disaster.
B. As used in this section:
1. “Relative of the employee” shall be limited to the spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, grandparent, stepparent, or parent of the employee; and
2. “Household members” means those persons who reside in the same home, who have reciprocal duties to and do provide financial support for one another. This term shall include foster children and legal wards even if they do not live in the household. The term does not include persons sharing the same general house, when the living style is primarily that of a dormitory or commune.
C. The authority to grant leave with pay pursuant to subsection A of this section shall extend for a period of not more than six (6) months after the date of a presidentially declared national disaster.
D. Annual leave, sick leave, or compensatory time which was charged to a county employee as a result of the presidentially declared national disaster resulting from the May 3, 1999, tornadoes that would have otherwise been eligible for the leave provision in subsection A of this section, may be reinstated by the board of county commissioners. A county employee entitled to leave with pay pursuant to this section who was charged leave without pay shall be compensated at the base rate of pay of the employee.
E. The board of county commissioners may amend an existing leave sharing program or establish a leave sharing program to allow county employees to share sick or annual leave with county employees who are eligible for leave pursuant to subsection A of this section. The disaster-related leave sharing plan shall be subject to the following conditions:
1. An employee eligible for disaster-related leave may receive up to fifteen (15) days donated leave;
2. The donated leave must be used for disaster-related injuries or matters;
3. The eligible employee shall not be required to take or exhaust any of the employee’s regular sick, personal, or emergency leave in order to receive donated leave;
4. Donated leave may be used to reinstate regular emergency, sick, or personal leave an employee used after May 1, 1999, for disaster-related injuries or matters;
5. An eligible employee who was required to take leave without pay for disaster-related injuries or matters may be compensated for up to fifteen (15) days if leave is donated to cover the leave without pay; and
6. The county may require documentation to support a request to use donated leave pursuant to this section.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 306, § 5, eff. July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-211. Suits brought by Commissioners of Land Office.

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.
Added by Laws 1931, p. 83, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-212. Land Office suits - Duties - Instructions of Commissioners.

The district attorney in performing the duties required of him by Section 1, of this act, shall follow the instructions of the Commissioners of the Land Office and shall furnish said Commission with copies of all process issued in such action and proceedings, and the return of service thereof. He shall also furnish reports to said Commissioners, covering the different steps taken in such actions and proceedings and keep them advised as to the status thereof.
Added by Laws 1931, p. 84, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-213. Land Office suits - Failure of district attorney.

The neglect or failure on the part of a district attorney to diligently and faithfully perform the duties required of him by this act, will be grounds for removal from office in an action brought by the Attorney General by direction of the Governor upon resolution of the Commissioners of the Land Office, unless said district attorney was disqualified from appearing in said matter or matters.
Added by Laws 1931, p. 84, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.1. Office created - Method of filling - Number.

There is hereby created the office of district attorney in the State of Oklahoma, which office shall be filled and in the same manner as now prevails for district judge. Filing for said office shall be accomplished by filing with the State Election Board. There shall be one district attorney for each of the district court judicial districts as they are composed and exist on March 1, 1965, with the following exceptions. Provided, however, that that part of Judicial District No. (14) which is Pawnee County shall be consolidated with Osage County to form District Attorney's District No. (10) and Judicial District No. (25) shall be consolidated with Judicial District No. (19) for the purposes of this act; and, provided further, that District Court Judicial District No. (5) be divided into two district attorney districts, one composed of Caddo, Grady, Stephens and Jefferson Counties to be denominated District Attorney's District No. (6) and the other composed of Comanche and Cotton Counties, to be denominated District Attorney's District No. (5); and, that District Court Judicial District No. (4) shall be composed of Canadian, Kingfisher, Blaine, Garfield and Grant Counties to be denominated District Attorney's District No. (4) and the other composed of Alfalfa, Major, Dewey, Woodward and Woods Counties, to be denominated District Attorney's District No. (26); that District Court Judicial District No. (15) be divided into two district attorneys' districts, one composed of Muskogee County to be denominated District Attorney's District No. (15) and the other composed of Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah and Adair Counties to be denominated District Attorney's District No. (27); that Creek and Okfuskee Counties shall be denominated as District Attorney's District No. (24); Okmulgee and McIntosh Counties shall be denominated as District Attorney's District No. (25); and Pittsburg and Haskell Counties shall be denominated as District Attorney's District No. (18); and Latimer and LeFlore Counties shall be denominated as District Attorney's District No. (16); and District Attorney's District No. (7) shall consist of Oklahoma County; and, effective January 6, 2003, Kiowa, Jackson, Tillman, Harmon and Greer Counties shall be denominated as District Attorney’s District No. (3); and, effective January 6, 2003, Washita, Ellis, Roger Mills, Custer and Beckham Counties shall be denominated as District Attorney’s District No. (2). The State Election Board shall conduct the elections in 2002 for District No. (2) and District No. (3) in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 1. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 87, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.2. District Attorney - Qualifications.

Any person, otherwise qualified, who has been a resident of the state for two (2) years, a registered voter in the district and a resident residing within such district for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the filing period, a duly licensed attorney for at least five (5) years, and at least twenty-eight (28) years of age, prior to the date of filing for the office, shall be eligible to hold the office of district attorney. The district attorney shall reside in the district from which the district attorney was elected during the term of office.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 2. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 265, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1970, c. 320, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 1970; Laws 1974, c. 229, § 1, emerg. eff. May 15, 1974; Laws 1987, c. 224, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 348, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 2011, c. 72, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.3. Bond.

Before entering upon the duties of their office, the district attorneys, the assistant district attorneys, and the district investigators shall each execute a bond payable to the State of Oklahoma with some surety company authorized to do business in this state, as surety, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties as such officers, and that they will pay over, in the manner provided by law, all money which comes into their hands by virtue of their office. The bond executed by a district attorney shall be in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and the bonds executed by an assistant district attorney or a district investigator shall each be in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00). The premium on said bonds shall be paid by the state. The provisions of this section shall not apply to special assistant district attorneys appointed pursuant to subsection C of Section 215.37M of this title.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 3. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 265, § 2, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1996, c. 24, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.4. Duties.

The district attorney, assistant district attorneys, or special assistant district attorneys authorized by subsection C of Section 215.37M of this title, shall appear in all trial courts and prosecute all actions for crime committed in the district, whether the venue is changed or not; the district attorney or assistant district attorneys shall prosecute or defend in all courts, state and federal, in any county in this state, all civil actions or proceedings in which any county in the district is interested, or a party unless representation for the county is provided pursuant to subsection A of Section 215.37M of this title; and the district attorney or assistant district attorneys shall assist the grand jury, if required, pursuant to Section 215.13 of this title. The district attorney may at all times request the assistance of district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, district attorney investigators from other districts, or any attorney employed by the District Attorneys Council who then may appear and assist in the prosecution of actions for crime or assist in investigation of crime in like manner as assistants or investigators in the district.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 4. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 265, § 3, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1988, c. 109, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 179, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 316, § 59, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1992, c. 327, § 9, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1996, c. 24, § 2, emerg. eff. April 3, 1996; Laws 2008, c. 334, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.5. Advice to county officers.

The district attorney or his assistants shall give opinion and advice to the board of county commissioners and other civil officers of his counties when requested by such officers and boards, upon all matters in which any of the counties of his district are interested, or relating to the duties of such boards or officers in which the state or counties may have an interest.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 5.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.8. Candidate for other office.

The district attorney shall be ineligible to be a candidate for any office which has a term any portion of which is the same as the term for which he was elected.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 8. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 17-107, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.9. First assistant - Temporary appointments - Vacancies.

The district attorney shall designate one of the assistants in his district to be his first assistant district attorney and file such designation with the Secretary of State. Should the district attorney be absent, unable to attend to his duties, or disqualified to act, the first assistant district attorney may perform the duties required by law to be performed by the district attorney. In the event that the district attorney and all of his assistants are for any reason disqualified to act in a particular matter, the Attorney General of Oklahoma shall appoint a district attorney or assistant district attorney from another district to act in such matter. Whenever the office of district attorney shall be vacated by reason of resignation or death of the district attorney, the Governor of the State of Oklahoma shall appoint a qualified person to serve the balance of the unexpired term of said office.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 9. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 265, § 5, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1987, c. 224, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.10. Receipts for monies received.

It shall be the duty of the district attorney, whenever he shall receive any monies for fines, recognizances, penalties or costs, to deliver to the officer or person paying the same, duplicate receipts, one of which shall be filed by such officer or person in the office of the county treasurer of the county for which said business was transacted.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.11. Payments to county treasurer.

Every district attorney shall pay over to the county treasurer of the county in which same is receivable all money the district attorney may receive as such district attorney within ten (10) days after receiving said money.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 11. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 226, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.12. Failure to account or pay over.

If the district attorney shall refuse or neglect to account for or pay over the monies received by him as required by the foregoing section, he shall be liable to a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00); and it shall be the duty of the county treasurer, in his official name and capacity, to cause an action to be instituted upon the bond of such district attorney for the recovery of the monies so received and unpaid by him.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 12.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.13. Grand jury.

Whenever required by the grand jury, it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the district or his assistant or assistants, to attend them for the purpose of examining witnesses in their presence or of giving them advice in any legal matter, and to issue subpoenas and other process to enforce the attendance of witnesses, and to draw up bills or indictments when found by such grand jury. The district attorney is authorized to issue subpoenas upon his own motion during the grand jury for the purpose of examining witnesses in the presence of the grand jury and the district attorney is further authorized to issue subpoenas upon his own motion for the purpose of examining witnesses before a grand jury that is to be called within ninety days from the issuance of said subpoenas. If, for any reason, the district attorney and all of his assistants are disqualified to act in a particular matter being investigated by the grand jury, the Attorney General of Oklahoma shall appoint one or more Assistant Attorney(s) General or a district attorney or assistant district attorney from another district to act in such matter, as provided in Section 215.9 of this title.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 13. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 179, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.16. Powers and duties of district attorney.

The district attorney shall exercise and perform all the powers, duties and functions provided by law for the county attorney of each county, and shall appoint all of his assistants. Wherever in the Statutes of Oklahoma, in existence at the effective date of this act, reference is made to the county attorney, the district attorney, acting personally or by his duly appointed assistant, shall perform all the powers, functions and duties and be subject to removal from office and to all the obligations and liabilities and shall stand in the stead of the county attorney under such statutes.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 16.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.20. Election of district attorney - Tenure.

At the primaries and general elections held in 1966, and each four (4) years thereafter, there shall be nominated and elected in each and every district attorney's district in the State of Oklahoma, a district attorney, who shall hold office for a term of four (4) years, beginning on the first Monday of January following his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 20.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.22. Destruction of certain records - Reproduction of records.

A. The district attorney is hereby authorized to destroy all or a portion of his or her office records and files relating to:
1. Any felony case or record relating to a felony investigation except where a homicide is involved, provided a period of ten (10) years shall have elapsed since the last action in said case, or where the district attorney has digitized or provided computer storage for such felony cases;
2. Any misdemeanor case, traffic case, wildlife case or record relating to a misdemeanor, traffic or wildlife investigation, provided a period of five (5) years shall have elapsed since the last action in said case, or where the district attorney has digitized or provided computer storage for such misdemeanor, traffic or wildlife cases to be destroyed;
3. Any juvenile case, provided a period of ten (10) years shall have elapsed since the last action in said case, or where the district attorney has digitized or provided computer storage for such juvenile case to be destroyed; and
4. Any civil case, provided a period of ten (10) years shall have elapsed since the last action in said case, or where the district attorney has digitized or provided computer storage for such civil case to be destroyed.
B. The district attorney is authorized to reproduce a copy of such record, file or case stored digitally or in computer storage as provided in this section and such copy or computer-generated image or record may be used by the district attorney in lieu of the destroyed record, file or case, for all purposes.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 264, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1971. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 293, § 1, emerg. eff. July 23, 1985; Laws 1988, c. 109, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 2013, c. 305, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2017, c. 22, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2021, c. 256, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.23. District attorney's payroll clerk - Assistant - Duties - 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.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 275, § 2, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 232, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1974; Laws 1977, c. 40, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977; Laws 1988, c. 109, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.25. County officer or employee - Legal defense services.

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 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.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 208, § 4, operative July 1, 1976. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 316, § 60, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1992, c. 327, § 10, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 2003, c. 474, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.26. Defense duties - Evidence.

A. Before any such defense is undertaken, an inquiry shall be made by the district attorney of the facts on which the action or special proceedings are based. Unless the district attorney determines that the employee was acting in good faith and in the course of his employment, representation shall not be provided pursuant to this act.
B. It shall be the duty of any county law enforcement agency to provide investigators at the request of the district attorney to assist him in carrying out the provisions of this act.
C. No findings or reports of the district attorney or persons making inquiry under his direction pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be admissible as evidence in any such action or special proceedings and no reference thereto shall be made in any such trial or hearing.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 208, § 5, operative July 1, 1976.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.29. District attorney, assistant district attorney, and former district attorney may carry a firearm for personal protection.

A. A district attorney or former district attorney may carry a firearm on his or her person anywhere in the state to use only for personal protection if the person has successfully completed a handgun qualification course for court officials developed by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training may provide for an identification card to be issued to the district attorney or former district attorney and may provide application forms. If the person issued an identification card is no longer eligible, that person shall immediately return the identification card to the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training.
B. At the discretion of the district attorney, the district attorney may allow an assistant district attorney to carry a firearm on his or her person anywhere in the state to use only for personal protection if the person has successfully completed a handgun qualification course for court officials developed by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training may provide for an identification card to be issued to the assistant district attorney and may provide application forms.
If an assistant district attorney ends his or her employment, the assistant district attorney shall immediately return the identification card to the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training. If the person issued an identification card is no longer eligible, that person shall immediately return the identification card to the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 291, § 1. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 77, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 41, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2014, c. 368, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.33. Victim-witness coordinator training.

All victim-witness coordinators appointed to perform the services specified in subsection A of Section 4 of this act shall complete a minimum of twelve (12) hours in-service training annually. The training shall be conducted pursuant to the direction of the District Attorneys Council and the Crime Victims Compensation Board.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 219, § 2. Renumbered from § 215.15a of this title by Laws 1982, c. 340, § 25, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 224, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 109, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1991, c. 296, § 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 136, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 325, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 2, § 7, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 292, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 357, § 5, emerg. eff. June 9, 1997; Laws 2003, c. 341, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2009, c. 165, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 113, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 135, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
NOTE: Laws 1993, c. 302, § 2 repealed by Laws 1994, c. 2, § 34, emerg. eff. March 2, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.34. Assistant district attorneys.

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.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 340, § 14, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 254, § 8, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1994, c. 295, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 235, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Laws 2001, c. 418, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 460, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.35A. District attorney investigators - Certification as peace officers.

A. District attorney investigators serve under the direction of the district attorney, and shall perform such services as are necessary in the investigation of criminal activity or preparation of civil litigation within the district.
B. If the district attorney's investigator is certified as a peace officer by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training the investigator shall be considered a peace officer and shall have the powers now or hereafter vested by law in peace officers.
C. While in the performance of official duties as an investigator for the district attorney, an investigator who has been certified as a peace officer by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training shall have jurisdiction in any portion of the state.
D. Any district attorney’s investigator certified as a peace officer by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training may at the discretion of the district attorney be entitled to receive at the time of retirement, by reason of length of service, the continued custody, possession and ownership of the sidearm and badge carried by the investigator immediately prior to retirement.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 109, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 348, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1994, c. 295, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 240, § 2, emerg. eff. May 24, 1995; Laws 2011, c. 41, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.35B. Administration of payrolls and claims.

All personnel employed by a district attorney, regardless of funding source, shall be carried on the payroll administered by the District Attorneys Council. It shall be the duty of the Council to prepare and process payroll and other claims and do all necessary acts connected with receiving funds for such purposes.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 254, § 7, operative July 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.35C. Compensation of district attorney personnel determined 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.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 460, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.37A. Maintenance and operating expenses.

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.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 207, § 1, emerg. eff. June 15, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.37B. Certification of funds available for operation of district attorney's office.

Prior to June 25 of each fiscal year, the District Attorneys Council shall certify to each county clerk the amount of funds which will be made available for the operation of the district attorney's office in that county for the ensuing fiscal year. A copy of the certification shall also be sent to the district attorney in whose district the county is situated. The funds so certified shall not exceed the state funds made available for such purposes. Provided, if the amount of state funds has not been finalized, the Council shall estimate the amount available and adjust the estimate when the available funds have been determined in the manner hereinafter provided.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 207, § 2, emerg. eff. June 15, 1983. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 109, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.37C. Estimate of needs.

On or before July 1 of each fiscal year, each district attorney shall file with the county clerk of each county in his district an estimate of needs for the operation of his office in such county for the ensuing fiscal year. The estimate of needs shall consist of two sections as follows:
1. The first section shall include those appropriation requests which are to be reimbursed from state funds. This section shall consist of appropriation requests for "maintenance and operation" and for "capital outlay" as defined in Section 2490 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and such other accounts as may be prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector and approved by the District Attorneys Council. The total of these requests shall not exceed the amount certified by the Council as being available for that county; and
2. The second section shall include those appropriation requests which are to be financed by county funds as provided by law.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 207, § 3, emerg. eff. June 15, 1983. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 109, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.37D. Incorporation of district attorney's requested estimate of needs into county general fund's estimate of needs.

The district attorney's requested estimate of needs shall be incorporated without change in the county general fund's estimate of needs in the same manner as the estimate of needs of the various offices, departments and agencies of the county are compiled for submission to the county excise board. The amount certified by the District Attorneys Council as being available to the county shall also be included in the estimate of the county general fund's miscellaneous revenue receivable.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 207, § 4, emerg. eff. June 15, 1983. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 109, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.37E. Approval of appropriation requests.

A. It shall be mandatory for the county excise board to approve the appropriation requests in the first section of the district attorney's estimate of needs which are for expenditures to be reimbursed from state funds, provided that the total does not exceed the amount certified as available by the District Attorneys Council.
B. Appropriation requests in the second section of such estimate of needs which are for expenditures to be financed from county funds shall be considered in the manner provided by law for similar requests for county general fund appropriations.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 207, § 5, emerg. eff. June 15, 1983. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 109, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.37F. Changes in amount of funds certified as available for 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 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.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 207, § 6, emerg. eff. June 15, 1983. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 109, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.37G. Purchases from district attorney appropriations.

Purchases made from district attorney appropriations shall be made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by statute for county officers, departments and agencies except that neither the purchases nor the expenditures for such purchases shall be subjected to the approval of the board of county commissioners. It shall be the mandatory duty for the designated county officials to issue, sign, attest, register and pay the warrants required to pay such obligations.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 207, § 7, emerg. eff. June 15, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.37H. Temporary appropriations - Availability of funds.

The requirements for temporary appropriations pending final approval of the county's estimate of needs and the prohibition on expenditures during the tax protest period shall not apply to the requested appropriations for the district attorney's office which are to be reimbursed from state funds. The entire amount certified by the District Attorneys Council shall be available for the purposes requested unless otherwise restricted in writing by the Council and filed with the county clerk.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 207, § 8, emerg. eff. June 15, 1983. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 109, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.37I. Report of expenditures or encumbrances - Reimbursement.

Within five (5) working days after the end of each month, the county clerk shall report to the District Attorneys Council the amount expended or encumbered from the state reimbursable appropriations during the preceding month. The report shall list each warrant or purchase order number, the payee and the amount and shall be totaled to show the full amount to be reimbursed to the county. Warrants or purchase orders issued from appropriations of a prior fiscal year shall be listed separately in the report of the month in which the warrants or purchase orders were issued. The Council shall immediately reimburse the county from state funds appropriated for that purpose.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 207, § 9, emerg. eff. June 15, 1983. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 109, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1995, c. 168, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-215.37J. Exemptions from reimbursement provisions.

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.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 207, § 10, emerg. eff. June 15, 1983.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.