Title 19, Title 19 — Counties and County Officers

certain county property. A. The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to use any tools, apparatus, machinery or equipment belonging to the county, the original cost of which exceeded One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), as a trade-in on a cash purchase or lease purchase…

political subdivisions. A. A unanimous vote of the board of county commissioners may transfer any machinery, equipment or vehicle belonging to the county, which is deemed by the board to be surplus, to a political subdivision of the state which is in need of such machinery, equip…

Circuit Engineering Districts acting through cooperative agreements on behalf of counties are authorized to obtain surplus property pursuant to Section 34.1 of Title 80 of the Oklahoma Statutes and may contract to obtain surplus equipment for road and bridge building purposes pur…

No special penalties shall apply to any public officer charged with the performance of duties under this act other than that provided in 19 O.S. 1951, § 28. Added by Laws 1953, p. 81, § 2.

If any part of this act is for any reason held unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this act and each part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any part be …

Appeal by taxpayer. From all decisions of the board of commissioners, upon matters properly before them, there shall be allowed an appeal to the district court by any persons aggrieved, including the county by its district attorney, upon filing a bond with sufficient penalty, and…

Said appeal shall be taken within twenty (20) days after the decision of said board, by serving a written notice on one of the members of the board of county commissioners, and the county clerk shall, upon the filing of the bond as hereinbefore provided, make a folio of all the p…

Said appeal shall be filed by the first day of the district court next after such appeal and said cause shall stand for trial at such term. R.L. 1910, § 1642.

All appeals thus taken to the district court shall be docketed as other causes pending therein, and the same shall be heard and determined de novo. R.L. 1910, § 1643.

The district court may make a final judgment and cause the same to be executed, or may send the same back to the board with an order how to proceed, and require said board of county commissioners to comply therewith by a mandamus or attachment as for contempt. R.L. 1910, § 1644.

receipts. All treasurers, sheriffs, clerks, constables, and other officers chargeable with money belonging to the county shall render their accounts to and settle with the county commissioners at the time required by law, and pay into the county treasury any balance which may be …

It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners at each annual meeting to examine the county treasurer's "tax-sale book" and "stub receipts" and ascertain the amount of redemption money in the treasury and compel the said treasurer to account for the same. R.L. 1910, § …

If any person thus chargeable shall neglect or refuse to render true accounts or settle as aforesaid, the county commissioners shall adjust the accounts of such delinquent according to the best information they can obtain, and ascertain the balance due the county, and order suit …

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 pro…

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 th…

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. Am…

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 sam…

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 y…

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 off…

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, an…

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 se…

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 …

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…

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 safe…

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 ste…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Energy Independence Act”. Added by Laws 2009, c. 122, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 2009.

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 consi…

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 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…

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…

A. The Oklahoma Energy Independence Act shall apply to all properties, except single-family residential properties, on which property taxes are to be paid and on which the owners of the property are current in the payment of the property taxes, if applicable. For the purpose of t…

efficiency retrofits on tax exempt property. A County Energy District Authority may make grants to nonprofit organizations to perform energy efficiency retrofits on tax exempt property. Added by Laws 2009, c. 122, § 6, emerg. eff. April 28, 2009.

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 …

In all legal proceedings against the county, process shall be served on the county clerk as the clerk of the board of county commissioners, and whenever suit or proceedings shall be commenced, it shall be the duty of the clerk, forthwith to notify the district attorney and lay be…

A. As used in this section, “peace officer” shall mean a full- time duly appointed or elected officer who is currently or has previously been paid for working more than twenty-five (25) hours per week and whose duties include or included preserving the public peace, protection of…

The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his county, and all the prisoners in the same, and shall keep such jail himself, or by his deputy or jailer, for whose acts he and his sureties shall be liable. R.L. 1910, § 1698.

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 standard…

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 …

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,…

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.

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.

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 depo…

OS 19-514.4v1 (HB 1120, Laws 2018, c. 147, § 1). OS 19-514.4v2 (HB 3546, Laws 2024, c. 211, § 1).

Payment to court or contractor - Payment in lieu of court appearance. A. Notwithstanding any other section of law, the county sheriffs of any Oklahoma county may contract with a statewide association of county sheriffs to administer contracts with third parties attempting to loca…

with court cost compliance liaisons – Recovery on outstanding cost- related warrants – Payment in lieu of court appearance. A. 1. Effective November 1, 2023, there is hereby established a court cost compliance program. The purpose of the program shall be to assist county sheriffs…

OS 19-514.5v1 (HB 1120, Laws 2018, c. 147, § 2). OS 19-514.5v2 (HB 2259, Laws 2023, c. 247, § 2).

A. Misdemeanor or failure-to-pay warrants referred to the third-party contractor 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 failure-to-pay warrant, scheduled fine or sum du…

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 fi…

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 cr…

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 …