Title 19, Counties and County Officers

For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, and for its proper administration, the State Auditor and Inspector is hereby empowered to promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary but not inconsistent herewith, and he shall prescrib…

The salaries of all county officers shall be based upon the federal census of 1910, and each additional ten (10) years thereafter, or upon any census taken subsequent to 1910, by order of the board of county commissioners under and by virtue of Section 415, Revised Laws of Oklaho…

The county election board of any county, holding such special election, shall furnish each voting precinct, or voting place in said county, with three ballot boxes, one of said boxes to be used for the depositing therein of the ballots on the formation of such new county, or the …

A. The county clerk of each county or an employee of that office so designated by the county clerk shall be the county purchasing agent. Provided, in counties having a county budget board created pursuant to the County Budget Act, the board may, upon an affirmative vote of a majo…

A. Except as otherwise provided by Section 1500 et seq. of this title, the county purchasing agent shall have the authority to develop, implement, and promote policies and procedures that allow the procurement of materials and equipment through contracts that are flexible, value …

A. The county purchasing agent: 1. Shall, within the amount of the unencumbered balance, make all purchases that are paid from county funds for the various institutions, departments, officers, and employees of the county, except at public auctions and as otherwise provided for by…

Duties of county commissioners. A. 1. The board of county commissioners or a designated employee shall: a. prescribe a uniform identification system for all supplies, materials and equipment of a county used in the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges, and b. create …

A. Each county officer shall designate two (2) employees to act as receiving officers for their departments. A written designation of such employees shall be filed with the county clerk and shall be entered in the minutes of the board of county commissioners. B. The county may de…

A. A receiving officer shall receive all purchased, lease- purchased or rented items procured for the department and shall identify such items received in a manner prescribed by the county road and bridge inventory officer or board of county commissioners or designee. The receivi…

See the following versions: OS 19-1505v1 (HB 2165, Laws 2025, c. 66, 1) OS 19-1505v2 (SB 403, Laws 2025, c. 85, § 2) §19-1505v1. Procedures for the operation of county government. The following procedures shall be used by counties for the requisition, purchase, lease-purchase, re…

A. The county purchasing agent may require each bidder for county contracts for supplies, equipment or materials to provide information as to the manufacturer and country of origin of any supplies, equipment or materials for the county as specified by labels attached to the suppl…

The procedures specified in Sections 1500 through 1505 of this title shall not apply to the receipt of or the purchases, lease- purchases and rentals of supplies, materials, equipment and improvements made with funds of a public trust expended by a county on behalf of such public…

The following procedures shall be used by counties for the requisition, purchase, lease-purchase, rental, and receipt of supplies, materials, road and bridge construction services, equipment and information technology and telecommunication goods and services for the maintenance, …

The following procedures shall be used by counties for the requisition, purchase, lease-purchase, rental, and receipt of supplies, materials, road and bridge construction services, equipment, and other services, except for professional services as defined in Section 803 of Title …

A. Subject to the limitations and procedures provided by this section, any sheriff or deputy sheriff may purchase materials, supplies or services necessary for travel out of the county by use of one or more credit cards issued to the county for use by the sheriff's department. Pu…

A. The number of credit cards issued and the amount of charges allowed for credit cards issued by counties shall be subject to the following limits: 1. For counties with a population less than fifty thousand (50,000) persons, according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, no m…

The salary of all county officers, their clerks and deputies, shall be paid either monthly or twice a month, out of the county treasury by order of the board of county commissioners: Provided, however, that no salary shall be allowed or paid until their reports are filed and appr…

A. The county treasurer or county clerk may charge a fee to any entity which is the recipient of revenue from a designated county sales tax levied for that entity as reimbursement for the cost of collecting, maintaining, and distributing the funds on behalf of the entity. B. The …

The premiums on all surety company bonds required to be executed by any officer or his deputy of any county of this state, or by any county employee who has in his custody any county property for the purposes of his employment, whether required by law or by the board of county co…

See the following versions: OS 19-155.1v1 (HB 1189, Laws 2017, c. 22, § 1) OS 19-155.1v2 (SB 48, Laws 2017, c. 212, § 2) §19-155.1v1. Destruction of certain records filed in county assessor's offices - Digitizing. The county assessor in any county is authorized to destroy any of …

The county assessor in any county is authorized to destroy any of the records which have been on file in his office for more than seven (7) years, including all assessment rolls, assessment listing sheets relating to tangible or intangible personal properties, monies and credits,…

The county assessor in any county is authorized to destroy any of the records which have been on file in his or her office for more than seven (7) years, including all assessment rolls, assessment listing sheets relating to tangible or intangible personal properties, monies and c…

A. The county clerk in each county in Oklahoma is hereby authorized each year to destroy the following workbooks, reports and transient and subsidiary records that have been on file or stored in the office the period of time specifically provided herein. 1. After the expiration o…

A. As to the records that are not destroyed as provided for in this title, the county clerk in each county in this state, after complying with the provisions of all state statutes governing the copying of records, storing original negatives, and providing for convenient viewing o…

County treasurers in each county in Oklahoma are hereby authorized to destroy all intangible tax records. Added by Laws 1972, c. 232, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.

The county treasurer in each county in Oklahoma is hereby authorized, each year, to destroy the hereinafter mentioned types of work books, reports and records that have been on file or stored in his or her office for the period specifically indicated as follows: 1. After the expi…

See the following versions: OS 19-155.5v1 (HB 1189, Laws 2017, c. 22, § 2) OS 19-155.5v2 (SB 48, Laws 2017, c. 212, § 4) §19-155.5v1. Destruction of certain reccords after digitizing. A. As to the records that are not destroyed as provided for in Section 155.4 of this title, the …

A. As to the records that are not destroyed as provided for in Section 155.4 of this title, the county treasurer in each county in Oklahoma, after compliance with provisions of statute as to the digitizing of records, storing original negatives, and providing for convenient viewi…

A. As to the records that are not destroyed as provided for in Section 155.2 of this title, the county treasurer in each county in Oklahoma, after compliance with provisions of statute as to reproduction and storage of records and providing for convenient viewing thereof, is here…

The State Library may be given any record, which would otherwise be destroyed, upon its request therefor. Added by Laws 1972, c. 232, § 4, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.

See the following versions: OS 19-155.7v1 (HB 1894, Laws 2023, c. 137, § 1) OS 19-155.7v2 (SB 48, Laws 2017, c. 212, § 5) §19-155.7v1. County records - Photographing, digitizing, photostating, reproducing on film or storing on optical disks. A. County officers may have any or all…

A. County officers may have any or all records kept by any county office photographed, digitized, photostated, reproduced on film or stored on optical disk. Such film or reproducing material shall be of durable material and the device used to reproduce such records on film or oth…

A. County officers may have any or all records kept by any county office reproduced and stored in any generally accepted manner using current technology. The device or method used to reproduce such records shall be such as to accurately reproduce and perpetuate the original recor…

When any such special election is called, it shall be the duty of the Governor to select and commission one special election commissioner for each voting precinct or voting place in such county so holding such election as provided in this act; provided, that no such special elect…

An item appropriated in the budget of a county officer other than the county election board for compensating regular employees of the office may not be expended for extra help or for payment of travel expenses. From, and only from, an item in the budget for his office wherein app…

Sections 1 through 11 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Transient Merchant Licensing Act". Added by Laws 1985, c. 150, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.

As used in the Transient Merchant Licensing Act: 1. "Transient merchant" means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other entity which engages in, does or transacts any temporary or transient business in this state, either in one locality or in traveling from place to p…

A. The provisions of the Transient Merchant Licensing Act shall not apply to: 1. Sales at wholesale to retail merchants by commercial travelers or selling agents in the usual course of business; 2. Wholesale trade shows or conventions; 3. Sales of goods, wares, or merchandise by …

No transient merchant shall transact business in any county in this state unless such merchant and the owners of any goods, wares, or merchandise to be offered for sale or sold, if such goods, wares, or merchandise are not owned by the merchant, shall have secured a license and h…

A. Any transient merchant desiring to transact business in any county in this state shall make application for and obtain a license in each county in which such merchant desires to transact business. The application for license shall be filed with the court clerk, and shall inclu…

The court clerk in each county shall design and cause to be printed appropriate forms for applications for licenses and for the license certificates to be issued to applicants pursuant to the Transient Merchant Licensing Act. Added by Laws 1985, c. 150, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.

Each person designated by a transient merchant as his agent in the application for a license shall be a resident of the county and shall be an agent of the transient merchant upon whom any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the transient mer…

Each application for a transient merchant license shall be accompanied by a license fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and by a cash bond or a surety bond issued by a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state in the amount of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) or five per…

A transient business license shall be issued only when all the requirements of the Transient Merchant Licensing Act have been met. Such license shall not be transferable, shall be valid only within the territorial limits of the issuing county, shall be valid only for a period of …

As used in this act: 1. "County officer" means the county clerk, county commissioner, county assessor, district court clerk, county treasurer and county sheriff; 2. "Deputy" means one or more regular employees appointed to assist a county officer in the performance of the officia…

Any person or entity that transacts a transient business as defined pursuant to the provisions of the Transient Merchant Licensing Act without having first obtained a license in accordance with the provisions of the Transient Merchant Licensing Act or who knowingly advertises, of…

It is the duty of the county sheriff and other law enforcement officers in each county and the district attorney for each county to enforce the provisions of the Transient Merchant Licensing Act. Added by Laws 1985, c. 150, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.

Subject to the approval of the county excise board, every county officer shall appoint such regular and special deputies as are essential to the performance of the duties of the office in an efficient manner and shall fix their salaries and compensation. In order to provide for p…

Each county officer or his deputy shall be entitled to reimbursement for all traveling expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. All expenses shall be paid upon sworn itemized claims. Added by Laws 1979, c. 221, § 3, emerg. eff. May 30, 1979.

When transportation involves the use of the private automobile of a county officer, deputy, or county employee entitled to reimbursement, such county officer, deputy or employee shall be entitled to claim reimbursement for use thereof at the rate provided for in the State Travel …