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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-444. Publication of proceedings.

It shall be the mandatory duty of the board of county commissioners to cause to be published in a newspaper published in the county, a full and complete report of all its official proceedings at each regular and special meeting, except blanket purchase orders, within the time provided for in Sections 445 and 446 of this title, and the board of county commissioners shall pay for the same from the appropriation as provided in this section. The board of county commissioners may also order the publication of the official proceedings in a newspaper printed in any other than the English Language whenever it shall deem it necessary for the better information of the inhabitants. The board of county commissioners may omit the listing of all employees and their salaries approved for payment in the monthly publication of proceedings. However, it shall be the mandatory duty of the board of county commissioners to cause to be published a full and complete report of all the county employees and their salaries paid annually. An asterisk shall be placed in front of the names of employees paid for less than the full twelve (12) months of the preceding calendar year. The listing shall reflect the gross salary of every employee reported to the Internal Revenue Service on the W-2 Form of the employee. Such annual publication of the employees and their salaries shall be published annually in the month of February for the preceding calendar year in a newspaper of the county which meets the requirements set forth in Section 106 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
It shall also be the mandatory duty of the board of county commissioners and the county excise board, each fiscal year, to take such steps as may be necessary and proper under the statutes relating to estimates of needs and appropriations, to appropriate, in the General Government account within the general fund of the county, an amount sufficient to pay for the publication of all such proceedings during the fiscal year, at the legal rate therefor, but in no event less than the total of legal claims for publication of such proceedings during the immediately preceding fiscal year.
R.L. 1910, § 1648. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 79, § 1, emerg. eff. May 19, 1953; Laws 1986, c. 136, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1993, c. 318, § 4, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-445. Clerk to make report of proceedings for publication.

It shall be the duty of the county clerk to make out a complete report of the proceedings of each regular and special meeting of the board. Included in such report shall be the purpose of any warrant that is approved for payment at such meeting. The county clerk shall transmit the report to the publishers of the newspaper selected by the board to publish such proceedings. The report shall be made out and transmitted by the clerk upon the approval of the board of county commissioners at its next regularly scheduled meeting, or no later than ten (10) days from the time the proceedings were had.
R.L. 1910, § 1649. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 249, § 11; Laws 1984, c. 61, § 2, emerg. eff. March 29, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-446. Duty of publisher.

It shall be the duty of the publisher of the newspaper selected to publish any proceedings of the board of commissioners, to cause the proceedings as aforesaid received by him from any county clerk, to be published within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
R.L. 1910, § 1650. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 80, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-447. Board to furnish supplies to officers.

The board of commissioners shall, at the expense of the county, provide suitable cases and other furniture for the safe and convenient keeping of all the books, documents and papers belonging to each county officer, and also official seals for each of said officers, where the same are required by law.
R.L. 1910, § 1651.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-448. Failure to perform duty - Penalty.

Any county commissioner who shall fail to perform any duty required of him by law, shall be fined in a sum not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
R.L. 1910, § 1652.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-449. Incapacity as creating vacancy.

In addition to the provisions of law now in force, in all counties of the State of Oklahoma, where any member of the board of county commissioners shall become incapacitated physically or mentally and thereby be unable by reason of such disability to perform the duties of his office for the remainder of the term to which such officer was elected, a vacancy in said office is hereby declared to exist and such vacancy shall be filled by election in the manner provided by law for the filling of such vacancies; provided, however, that where such vacancy occurs after the election and prior to the beginning of the term of the county commissioner-elect, such county commissioner so elected shall be entitled to qualify and enter upon the discharge of his duties.
Added by Laws 1935, p. 176, § 1. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 17-108, operative Jan. 1, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-450. Determination of existence of vacancy - Jurisdiction and proceedings.

For the purpose of determining whether such a vacancy exists the district court is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction and the district attorney of the county shall file a petition with the district court of the county where such vacancy is alleged to exist, and summons shall issue and be served in the manner provided by law for the service of summons in other cases, and said cause shall be tried to the court without the intervention of a jury and upon trial thereof, if it be shown by preponderance of the evidence that the county commissioner who is alleged to be incapacitated or disqualified is suffering from any mental or physical ailment that will prevent him from performing the duties of said office for the balance of the term to which he was elected, the said court shall enter judgment accordingly, decreeing that a vacancy exists, which judgment shall thereupon be final and the vacancy shall be filled as provided in Section 1 above.
Said action shall be brought by the district attorney and shall be in the name of the State of Oklahoma on relation of the district attorney as plaintiff, against the person who is alleged to be disqualified and the summons shall be issued, directed to the sheriff of the county where said defendant may be served, and if the said defendant be in a hospital or under the care or supervision of any institution, the same shall be served by delivering a copy thereof to the said defendant and a copy to the person or officer having supervision or control of the said hospital or institution and said cause shall stand for trial at the first non-jury docket setting after answer day, as other civil actions triable to the court.
Added by Laws 1935, p. 176, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-451. Purchase of boat for official business - Mileage.

The board of county commissioners of any county in this state having more than two hundred fifty (250) miles of lake shore line within such county, are hereby authorized to purchase, maintain, and to provide for the operation of, for the official business of the county and its several offices, a boat and motive power therefor, either inboard or outboard. No mileage shall be charged to the county for travel in such boat and all mileage collected by any officer, from any other source, shall be paid by him into the county and shall be credited to the fund from which claims for the operation of such boat shall be paid. The board shall establish such rules and regulations regarding the use of such boat as to prevent its use for other than official business.
Added by Laws 1951, p. 332, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-452. Counties over 200,000 population - Appointment of employees and assistants.

The boards of county commissioners in all counties of the State of Oklahoma having a population in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000), as shown by the last preceding or any future regular Federal Decennial Census, be, and they are hereby empowered to appoint such employees and assistants, as shall be necessary for said board to properly accomplish the statutory and lawful duties and functions of said board, and who shall serve during the pleasure of said board on a whole or part-time basis at such rates of salary or pay as may be agreed upon by said board.
Added by Laws 1957, p. 120, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-452.1. Director and deputies of country juvenile facilities and services - Employment by judge responsible for juvenile docket.

With the approval of the board of county commissioners, the judge responsible for the juvenile docket of any county may employ a director of county juvenile facilities and services and deputies to the director as the judge may deem appropriate. The director shall perform the duty or duties of directions and implementations of county juvenile facilities and services as prescribed and directed by the board of county commissioners. Such directors and their deputies shall serve at the will and discretion of the judge responsible for the juvenile docket.
The director and deputies of county juvenile facilities and services shall receive as compensation a salary or salaries to be fixed by the board of county commissioners, to be paid out of the general operating fund of the county or out of special funds created by a vote of the people for the purposes of funding county juvenile facilities and services. The compensation of the director and any deputies shall not be governed by the comprehensive salary code, as provided in Section 180.58 et seq. of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 283, § 3, emerg. eff. May 27, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-453. School guards - Qualifications and tenure - Salary.

The board of county commissioners may authorize employment of school guards for the sole and only purpose of directing travel and traffic on streets and highways outside the limits of incorporated cities and towns whenever the board deems it necessary to protect the life and safety of pupils attending the public schools of this state. School guards so employed shall meet the qualifications, perform such duties, and have such tenure as prescribed by the board of county commissioners. The school guards shall be paid a salary fixed by the board of county commissioners and shall be paid from the general fund as stipulated by the county excise board.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 149, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-455. County reward fund - Providing evidence.

A. The board of county commissioners of each county is hereby authorized to offer and pay a reward, from county funds, in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the arrest and conviction, or for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of any person stealing or defacing county road signs or any other county property.
B. The board of county commissioners may create and maintain a reward fund of not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) from which to pay the rewards provided for in subsection A of this section.
C. Any person convicted under subsection A of this section may in lieu of the fine be required to deposit like amount into the county reward fund.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 33, § 1, emerg. eff. April 8, 1981. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 115, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 2009, c. 43, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
NOTE: Laws 2009, c. 47, § 2 repealed by Laws 2010, c. 2, § 4, emerg. eff. March 3, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-456. Oklahoma County and City Energy Conservation Act - Short title.

Sections 457 and 458 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma County and City Energy Conservation Act".
Added by Laws 1998, c. 391, § 10, emerg. eff. June 10, 1998. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 164, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-457. Oklahoma County and City Energy Conservation Act - Definitions.

As used in the Oklahoma County and City Energy Conservation Act, "energy conservation measures" means one or more of the following items:
1. Insulation of the building structure or systems within the building;
2. Storm windows or doors, caulking or weather-stripping, multiglazed windows or doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective, glazed, and coated window or door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass area, or other window and door system modifications that reduce energy consumption;
3. Automatic or computerized energy control systems;
4. Heating, ventilating or air conditioning system modifications or replacements;
5. Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures to increase the energy efficiency of the lighting system, but not for the sole purpose of increasing the overall illumination of a facility, unless an increase in illumination is necessary to conform to the applicable state or local building codes for the lighting system after the proposed modifications are made;
6. Indoor air quality improvements;
7. Energy recovery systems;
8. Co-generation systems that produce steam or forms of energy such as heat, as well as electricity, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings;
9. Any life safety measures that provide long-term operating cost reductions;
10. Water-metering devices that increase efficiency or accuracy of water measurement and energy reduction; and
11. Building operation programs that reduce the operating costs.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 391, § 11, emerg. eff. June 10, 1998. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 164, § 2, emerg. eff. April 28, 2000; Laws 2018, c. 296, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-460.2. County Energy District Authority - Establishment.

A. The board of county commissioners of a county, by resolution, may establish a County Energy District Authority for the county. The authority shall be a public trust as provided for in Sections 176 through 180.3 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. The authority shall consist of five (5) trustees as follows:
1. The three county commissioners of the county; and
2. Two persons appointed by the board of county commissioners.
The appointed members shall be residents of the county and shall not be elected officials.
C. The chair of the board of county commissioners shall serve as chair of the authority.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 122, § 2, emerg. eff. April 28, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-460.2a. County Energy District Authority.

A. The board of directors of a circuit engineering district, established pursuant to Section 687.l et seq. of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may by resolution establish a County Energy District Authority pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Energy Independence Act, for the district. The authority shall be a public trust as provided for in Sections 176 through 180.3 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. The authority shall consist of the circuit engineering district board of directors.
C. The chair of the board of directors of the circuit engineering district shall serve as chair of the authority.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 71, § 1. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 48, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2012, c. 11, § 1, emerg. eff. April 4, 2012.
NOTE: Laws 2011, c. 35, § 1 repealed by Laws 2012, c. 11, § 2, emerg. eff. April 4, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-460.3. Trustees - Time and place for meetings.

The trustees of a County Energy District Authority shall establish a time and place for regular meetings and may hold such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. Three trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and upon all questions requiring a vote of the trustees, there must be a concurrence of three trustees for approval.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 122, § 3, emerg. eff. April 28, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-460.4. Trustees - County Energy District Authority - Duties.

The trustees of a County Energy District Authority shall:
1. Manage and conduct the business and affairs of the authority;
2. Make and execute all necessary contracts;
3. Secure funding through sources which may include:
a.
issuance of notes or bonds,
b.
public or private lenders, or
c.
grants or loans from other governmental entities when such funds are available; and
4. Authorize the county to make loans or grants between a willing and consenting property owner and the authority or a financial institution for the following purposes:
a.
to finance the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources,
b.
to make energy efficient improvements or retrofits that are permanently affixed to residential, commercial, or industrial property,
c.
to conduct residential and commercial building energy audits, and
d.
to establish financial incentive programs for energy efficient improvements.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 122, § 4, emerg. eff. April 28, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-460.7. Property owners - Energy audit.

County Energy District Authorities shall require that those property owners participating in the program have an energy audit conducted on the property to be improved to demonstrate the value of the project and that the improvements at a minimum meet “Energy Star” ratings.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 122, § 7, emerg. eff. April 28, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-510. County sheriff - Qualifications.

Any person, otherwise qualified, who has been a resident of the State of Oklahoma for two (2) years, has been a registered voter of the party whose nomination he or she seeks, or a registered Independent, within the county from which such person seeks election for the six (6) months next preceding the first day of the filing period, is at least twenty-five (25) years of age next preceding the date of filing for office, possesses at least a high school education and has served as a duly certified peace officer, in a full-time capacity, for a period of four (4) years or more prior to the date of filing for the office of county sheriff, shall be eligible to hold the office of county sheriff or to file therefor. Within twelve (12) months of taking office, all newly elected or appointed sheriffs shall complete a sheriff's administrative school which has been developed by the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association and which has been approved by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET). Failure to complete the sheriff's administrative school within the specified period shall preclude the new sheriff from obtaining CLEET certification. New sheriffs with prior CLEET certification, who fail to attend the sheriff's administrative school, shall have their CLEET certification revoked. Provided, however, the provisions of this section relating to qualifications shall not apply to any person serving as a county sheriff or to any person previously serving as county sheriff prior to the adoption of this statute.
For purposes of this section, "peace officer" shall mean a full-time duly appointed or elected officer who is paid for working more than twenty-five (25) hours per week and whose duties are to preserve the public peace, protect life and property, prevent crime, serve warrants, and enforce state, federal or military laws and local ordinances of this state or any political subdivision thereof.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 157, § 1, emerg. eff. May 28, 1976. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 181, § 4, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1999, c. 37, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 15, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 184, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 53, § 5, emerg. eff. April 1, 2004; Laws 2017, c. 258, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-513.1. Training for jailers.

Every sheriff shall require appropriate training for jailers in accordance with the jail standards promulgated by the State Department of Health. The sheriff shall not permit supervision of any prisoner in the custody of the jail by any person that does not meet the jail standards for training and supervision of inmates. The sheriff or contractor having charge and custody of the jail shall comply with all minimal supervision standards pursuant to the jail standards promulgated by the State Department of Health, except when otherwise provided by law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or restrict the sheriff or contractor having charge and custody of the jail from training or cross-training a person as a backup jailer, if otherwise qualified for such position.
Added by Laws 2005, c. 180, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 51, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-513.2. Sheriff's duties in operation or management of jail facility, holding facility or detention center applicable to public trust, private owner or management entity.

A. For purposes of any jail facility, holding facility or detention center, every reference in statute or rule to any duty or responsibility imposed upon the sheriff or any jailer to operate, manage or provide any service to any person in the custody of such facility or any service related to the management or operation of such facility shall be deemed applicable to and imposed upon the public trust or private owner or management entity who by contract or otherwise legally operates or manages such jail facility, holding facility or detention facility.
B. It is unlawful for any public trust, private owner or management entity contracting to operate or manage any jail facility, holding facility or detention center to fail to comply with the provisions of any statute or rule relating to duties and responsibilities required to operate, manage and provide services to any person in the custody of such facility.
C. Every governmental entity and other authority who contracts for the operation or management of any jail facility, holding facility or detention center with a public trust or any private owner or management entity shall be required to have a provision in such contract requiring compliance with the duties and responsibilities imposed by statute or rule to operate or manage a jail facility, holding facility or detention center.
D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer or grant any peace-officer status or peace-officer power to any public trust or private owner or management entity that by contract operates or manages any jail facility, holding facility or detention center, except as may be specifically provided in another provision of law.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 217, § 2, emerg. eff. May 26, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-514. Service of process, etc.

The sheriff in person, or by his undersheriff or deputy, shall serve and execute, according to law, all process, writs, precepts and orders issued or made by lawful authorities, and to him directed, and shall attend upon the several courts of record held in his county.
R.L. 1910, § 1699.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-514.1. Sheriff's Service Fee Account.

There is hereby created a cash account to be known as the "Sheriff's Service Fee Account". Monies from the account shall be expended by the sheriff in the lawful operation of his office.
Added by Laws 1984, c. 268, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-514.2. Sheriff's Commissary Account.

There is hereby created a cash account to be known as the "Sheriff's Commissary Account". Monies from the account shall be expended by the sheriff as authorized in Section 180.43 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 237, § 2, emerg. eff. May 19, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-514.3. Fingerprinting fee.

The sheriff may charge an amount not to exceed Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per card for fingerprinting individuals. This section shall not be applicable to fingerprinting individuals pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Sheriff's Service Fee Account.
Added by Laws 1996, c. 109, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 234, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
THIS SECTION MAY NOT REFLECT THE FINAL TEXT OF THE STATUTE BECAUSE OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE EFFECT OF ENROLLED SB 907 FROM THE 2023 REGULAR SESSION. IF THE TEXT OF THE SECTION DOES GET MODIFIED, THERE WILL BE AN ADVISORY TO BOTH SENATE AND HOUSE STAFF SO THAT IF A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE STATUTE IS REQUIRED, IT WILL BECOME AVAILABLE IN THE DATABASE AT THAT TIME. WE EXPECT A RESOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE 2024 REGULAR SESSION. AS OF THIS TIME, THERE IS NOT A VERSION OF THIS SECTION IN THE STATUTORY DATABASE WHICH REFLECTS THE PROVISIONS OF THE REPEALER SECTION FROM ENROLLED SENATE BILL N0. 907 OF THE 2023 REGULAR SESSION.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-514.5. Collection of administrative costs.

A. Misdemeanor or cost-related warrants or cases referred to the court cost compliance liaison pursuant to Section 514.4 of this title shall include the addition of an administrative cost of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding misdemeanor or cost-related warrant, scheduled fine or sum due, and all associated fees, costs and statutory penalty assessments. This administrative cost shall not be waived or reduced unless the amount owed is waived or reduced or by order of the court upon good cause.
B. The administrative cost reflected in subsection A of this section shall be distributed to the court cost compliance liaison, a portion of which may be used to compensate the statewide association administrating the contract.
C. The monies collected and disbursed shall be audited at least once a year by a firm approved by the State Auditor and Inspector.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 254, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 208, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2010, c. 87, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2018, c. 147, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2022, c. 350, § 3, eff. July 1, 2023; Laws 2023, c. 247, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
NOTE: Laws 2022, c. 350, § 3 , amending this section, was repealed by Laws 2023, c. 247, § 5 and Laws 2023, c. 369, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-516. Duty and powers as peace officer.

A. It shall be the duty of the sheriff, undersheriffs and deputies to keep and preserve the peace of their respective counties, and to quiet and suppress all affrays, riots and unlawful assemblies and insurrections, for which purpose and for the service of process in civil and criminal cases, and in apprehending or securing any person for felony or breach of the peace, they and every constable may call to their aid such person or persons of their county as they may deem necessary.
B. The sheriff, in addition to the duties pursuant to subsection A of this section, shall coordinate and administer courthouse security.
R.L. 1910, § 1700. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 71, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-517. New sheriff, delivery to.

Whenever a new sheriff shall be elected, and shall have been qualified as required by law, the former sheriff, upon demand, shall deliver to him the jail and other property of the county, and all prisoners in such jail, and all writs, processes, orders and other papers belonging to such office, and in his possession, or that of his undersheriff or deputies, except as provided in the next succeeding section; and upon delivery thereof, such new sheriff shall execute to the former sheriff his receipt therefor.
R.L. 1910, § 1701.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-517.1. Maintenance and disposal of departmental records – Digitizing.

A. The governing body of each county may establish a length of time for the county to keep departmental records and authorize the sheriff to properly dispose of or digitize all records not specifically addressed in other statutes.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this section, records shall be kept for a minimum of seven (7) years. However, the sheriff may keep any audio or video recordings from recording equipment attached to the person of a law enforcement officer pursuant to subsection C of this section; provided, the county shall keep for a minimum of one (1) year from the date of incident any such recordings that depict or directly relate to:
1. An officer-involved shooting;
2. Use of lethal force;
3. Incidents resulting in medical treatment;
4. Incidents identified in a written application for preservation of the recording of the incident received by a county sheriff prior to the expiration of one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the recording of the incident; or
5. Incidents identified for preservation as requested by the district attorney.
C. The sheriff's office of each county that utilizes or operates audio or video recordings from recording equipment attached to the person of a law enforcement officer within the sheriff's office shall keep for a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of incident any audio or video recordings that do not depict or directly relate to the incidents described in paragraphs 1 through 5 of subsection B of this section.
D. Any written reports and records related to the audio or video recordings described in subsections B and C of this section shall be kept for a minimum of seven (7) years.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 5, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 299, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2017, c. 22, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2017, c. 145, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2019, c. 432, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-518. Retiring sheriff to complete action on papers in hand.

Sheriffs, undersheriffs and deputies may execute and return all such writs and processes as shall be in their hands at the expiration of their office, or at the time of their removal from office, which they shall have begun to execute by service, levy or collection of money thereon.
R.L. 1910, § 1702.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-522. May not recommend or act as attorney - List of attorneys posted.

No sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, or person by either of them deputed to do any special act, shall, directly or indirectly, by himself or through others in any way suggest or indicate to, or advise any person having any proceeding or about to have any proceeding in any court, or other matter, that any attorney or firm of attorneys is desirable, or successful practitioners, or in any way do any act liable to influence or direct such person in his choice of attorneys. Nor shall any such sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff, appear or advise as attorney or counselor in the case, or in any court. Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, or person so specially deputed, who shall violate any one of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and for the first offense shall be fined Ten Dollars ($10.00), and on the second conviction shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00); and for the third offense, he shall be removed from office. The sheriff shall keep posted in each cell of the jail a list of the attorneys practicing in his county.
R.L. 1910, § 1706.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-523. Failure to make returns - Penalty.

Whenever any sheriff shall neglect to make due return of any writ or process delivered to him to be executed, or shall be guilty of any default or misconduct in relation thereto, he shall be liable to a fine or attachment, or both at the discretion of the court, subject to appeal; such fine, however, not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00); and also an action for damages to the party so aggrieved.
R.L. 1910, § 1707.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-527. Employment of legal counsel authorized.

A. The sheriff, treasurer or assessor in a county shall have the authority to employ a general counsel, either in-house as a staff attorney or through an outside law firm, to advise or represent that officer and his or her office in the performance of the official duties of that office. The Board of County Commissioners shall approve all contracts for outside counsel. A general counsel employed pursuant to this section shall be compensated from the funds of the employing county office.
B. The sheriff may employ outside counsel pursuant to this section to provide immediate representation to a deputy of the sheriff in a deputy-involved shooting incident; provided, the sheriff shall not continue payment to the counsel if the deputy involved is charged with any crime arising from the incident.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 215, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 356, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2017, c. 120, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-528. Authority to employ attorney.

Upon the recommendation of the Attorney General, the sheriff of any county shall have the authority to employ an attorney to represent the sheriff and the office of the sheriff in the performance of the official duties of that office. The authority to employ an attorney shall be limited to those situations or cases where the district attorney of the same county as the sheriff has been disqualified or removed from the case. The fees for employing an attorney may be paid from unrestricted funds within the budget of the sheriff or the sheriff may request that the budget authority of the county appropriate funds from the county general fund, if such funds are available, for the purpose of paying such fees.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 58, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-529. Law enforcement grants.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the county sheriff may apply for any law enforcement grant which would help fund the office of the sheriff. The funds from such grants shall go directly into the sheriff’s general revenue fund for the operation of the sheriff’s office.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 348, § 3, eff. May 30, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-531. Inmate Trust Fund Checking Account.

A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the county sheriff may establish a checking account, to be designated the "Inmate Trust Fund Checking Account", to be managed by the county sheriff and maintained separately from regular county funds. The checking account shall be subject to audit by the State Auditor and Inspector. The county sheriff shall deposit all monies collected from inmates incarcerated in the county jail into this checking account and may write checks to the Sheriff's Commissary Account for purchases made by the inmate during his or her incarceration and to the inmate from unencumbered balances due the inmate upon his or her discharge.
B. The sheriff may deduct an amount of Eight Dollars ($8.00) or more from any monies collected from an inmate as a medical payment on account for each medical services visit the inmate receives while incarcerated in the county jail, except as otherwise provided in this subsection. The county sheriff may deduct an amount of ten cents ($0.10) per page from any monies collected from an inmate for copies made at the request of the inmate. Any offender injured during the commission of a felony or misdemeanor offense or treated for any other medical condition or illness while incarcerated shall be required to reimburse the sheriff the full amount paid by the sheriff for any medical care or treatment administered to such offender during any period of incarceration in the county jail. The sheriff may deduct the costs of medical care and treatment whether resulting from the commission of a felony or misdemeanor offense or for emergency or routine medical services from any money collected from such inmate's jail account at a rate of Eight Dollars ($8.00) or more per visit for medication or service dispensed. If the funds collected from the inmate's jail account are insufficient to satisfy the actual or minimal payment on account for medical costs, the sheriff shall collect the remaining balance of the medical care and treatment as provided in Section 979a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. The State Auditor and Inspector shall prescribe procedures for the operation of the Inmate Trust Fund Checking Account. Banking fees on the account may be paid out of the Sheriff Commissary Account or the county sheriff's Service Fee Cash Fund.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 334, § 16, emerg. eff. June 9, 1993. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 109, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 68, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 290, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2003, c. 319, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-533. Debt to society work release or community service program.

A. Each county is hereby authorized to establish and maintain for the benefit of nonviolent misdemeanor offenders a "debt to society" work release or community service program. When a county establishes such program, the following requirements shall apply:
1. In conjunction with the office of the district attorney, the county sheriff shall establish guidelines for the monitoring and enforcement of persons the program would be available to;
2. The program guidelines shall provide the details for a work release program or a community service program;
3. The program guidelines shall be approved by the district judge prior to implementation;
4. Only defendants who enter a plea or are convicted of a nonviolent misdemeanor offense may be eligible for the program;
5. An eight-hour work day shall translate into one (1) full day of imprisonment in a county jail. A four-hour work day shall translate into one-half (1/2) day of imprisonment in a county jail; and
6. Counties may use the program in lieu of incarceration and/or housing a defendant.
B. 1. The sentence of the person may be reduced by earned early release time in accordance with procedures developed and promulgated by the county sheriff and approved by the district attorney.
2. The earned early release time shall be for good behavior and good performance in the work release or community service program as determined by the county sheriff.
3. The county sheriff shall not credit the person with earned early release time in advance of the person actually earning the credits.
4. Under no circumstances shall the aggregate sum of earned early release time exceed one-third (1/3) of the total sentence.
C. 1. The earnings of a person participating in a work release program may be collected by the county.
2. The county may deduct from the earnings of the work release or community service program participant amounts necessary for the payment of the following:
a.
incarceration costs,
b.
administrative expenses relating to participation in the work release or community service program,
c.
court-ordered victim restitution, and
d.
court costs and fees associated with the criminal case of the person.
Child support obligations for dependents of the person, if any, shall be made as directed by the court.
Any remaining balance shall be returned to the person.
D. If the person violates any of the conditions of the work release or community service program, custody or employment, the person shall be suspended from further participation in the work release or community service program. The sentencing court may require the person to spend the remainder of the sentence in actual confinement and may revoke any earned early release credits.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 273, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-545. Service of district court work or other court work.

All work issued out of the district court shall be served by the sheriff or his salaried deputies, together with such other work as may be placed in the hands of the sheriff or salaried deputies, by any court in his or their county except as provided in Section 158.1 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All process placed in the hands of the said sheriff shall be served promptly and the return thereof made without delay and filed in the proper court. A failure to promptly serve process placed in the hands of the sheriff, or the failure to perform expeditiously all the duties of his office, shall be grounds for removal of such sheriff.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 165, p. 240, § 4. Amended by Laws 1919, c. 2, p. 2, § 1; Laws 1979, c. 221, § 12, emerg. eff. May 30, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-547.1. Assignment at 2024 National Sheriff Association conference in Tulsa – Same powers and duties as Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office.

A. Any Oklahoma sheriff, deputy sheriff, or a reserve deputy sheriff who is assigned to perform duties associated with the National Sheriffs' Association annual conference within Oklahoma County during the month of June 2024, shall have the same powers and duties as though employed by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office. Liability for the conduct of any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or reserve deputy sheriff, while performing duties during the National Sheriffs' Association annual conference or any activities in conjunction with that conference for June 2024, shall remain the responsibility of the counties of which they are regularly employed. Salaries, insurance, and other benefits shall be provided in the regular manner by the county in which the sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and reserve deputy sheriffs are regularly employed.
B. Any duties assigned to sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and reserve deputy sheriffs as a result of this section shall terminate on July 1, 2024.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 324, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 14, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-548. Appointments and revocations to be written – Public list maintained - Exception.

A. Every appointment of an undersheriff or a deputy sheriff, and every revocation of such appointments, shall be in writing, under the hand of the sheriff. The sheriff shall maintain a list of every appointment and revocation of an undersheriff or deputy sheriff. The list shall be made available to the public upon request.
B. This section shall not extend to any person who may be deputized by any sheriff or undersheriff to do any particular act only.
R.L. 1910, § 1696. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 111, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-553. Retiring sheriffs and deputies - Retention of peace officer status - Firearms and badges – Death and spousal request.

A. Sheriffs and their deputies, retiring under the provisions of Sections 951 et seq. of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or Sections 901 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or reserve deputies may retain their status as peace officers of the State of Oklahoma, retired, and as such may retain the right to keep their county-issued firearm and badge, and bear firearms as provided by Sections 554 and 555 of this title.
B. Upon the death of a sheriff, or deputy, or reserve deputy, the surviving spouse may request to retain the badge and firearm of the deceased spouse. The sheriff’s office may grant the request in accordance with their policy, if any.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 107, § 1. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 340, § 14, eff. July 1, 1990; Laws 2005, c. 169, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-554. Retiring officers - Request for permission to keep and bear arms - Issuance of commission - Exemptions.

A. The retiring officer shall request in writing to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the officer retired for permission to keep and bear arms. The board of county commissioners may grant said request and the sheriff of the county may issue a commission except in the following cases:
1. When the retiring officer has been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude;
2. Where the officer is mentally or physically incapacitated and could not perform duties if recalled; and
3. When good cause is shown that granting approval of the request would be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare.
B. Custody and possession of the sidearm and badge of sheriffs and their deputies that become deceased prior to retirement may be awarded by the board of county commissioners to a spouse or next of kin of the deceased employee under the same conditions listed in subsection A.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 107, § 2. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 63, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-556. County law enforcement - Support services.

A corporation organized not-for-profit pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act and that holds a valid exemption from federal income taxation issued pursuant to Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Section 501(a)) and is listed as an exempt organization in Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Section 501(c)) and is a statewide association of county sheriffs that represents the largest association of elected sheriffs of this state is hereby authorized to provide any available support services and/or assist in coordinating county law enforcement resources when any sheriff of this state requests such assistance.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 121 § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-564. Tax levy for purchase, equipment and installation - Annual appropriations and levies for maintenance.

The board of county commissioners and the excise board of each county of this state wherein a short-wave radio system has been authorized to be established as provided in Section 1 of this act, may make a sufficient appropriation and levy to purchase, equip and install said system and to maintain and operate the same to the end of the fiscal year during which said system was so purchased, equipped and installed, and may thereafter make sufficient annual appropriations and levies to maintain and operate said system.
Added by Laws 1937, p. 216, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-570. Abolition of office of county surveyor.

The office of county surveyor is hereby abolished. All aerial photographs, maps, plats, field notes, drawings, specifications, other survey data and records, which can be used to locate, identify or reference survey monuments and property corners, not constituting the personal property of any county surveyor, shall be transferred to the custody of the county clerk of the county, and shall become a part of the official records of that office.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 45, § 2, operative Jan. 3, 1983.