Title 19, Title 19 — Counties and County Officers

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 th…

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 there…

Any default or misconduct in the office of deputy sheriff or jailer after the death, resignation or removal of any sheriff by whom he was appointed, shall be adjudged a breach of the bond of such sheriff. R.L. 1910, § 1703.

Any action for default or misconduct of any sheriff, his undersheriff, jailer, or any of his deputies, may be prosecuted against the executors or administrators of such sheriff. R.L. 1910, § 1704.

Every paper required by law to be served on the sheriff, may be served on him in person, or left at his office during his business hours. R.L. 1910, § 1705.

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 i…

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…

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 …

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 …

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.…

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 s…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Debt to Society Act of 2016". Added by Laws 2016, c. 273, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.

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 …

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 …

- Deputizing municipal police officers under interlocal governmental agreements – Emergency assistance to other jurisdictions. A. The sheriff shall be responsible for the official acts of the undersheriff and deputy sheriffs, and may revoke such appointments at the pleasure of th…

and duties of officers. Any Oklahoma sheriff, deputy sheriff, or a reserve deputy sheriff who is assigned to perform duties outside of his or her county of employment shall have the same powers and duties as though employed by the sheriff’s office for which he or she is performin…

recommendations - Quorum - Member compensation. A. It is the public policy of the State of Oklahoma to: 1. Recognize and support public safety and the protection of the public arising from the successful operation of county sheriffs' offices; 2. Acknowledge the contributions and …

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 s…

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 reta…

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…

A retired sheriff or deputy may in times of great emergency or danger serve the county at the request of the Governor or the board of county commissioners of the county in which the officer retired. Added by Laws 1979, c. 107, § 3.

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 ex…

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 lev…

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 pr…

unintelligible survey monument - Replacement - Recordation of corners. A. Any person who knowingly removes, relocates, changes, obliterates or makes unintelligible a survey monument shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and in addition shall be liable for the cost of reestablishing an…

When a judgment shall be rendered against the board of commissioners of any county, or against any county officer in any action prosecuted by or against him in his official name, where the same should be paid by the county, no execution shall issue upon the said judgment, but a t…

of inquiry. Original and exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court to hear and determine any action that may be brought for the purpose of equitably dividing and distributing the property, assets and liabilities, derived through the process of taxation, bo…

For the purpose of this article, the property, assets and liabilities of the counties, as referred to in the preceding section, at the time of the admission of the state into the Union, shall be deemed the property, assets and liabilities of the original county or counties in Okl…

The county treasurers shall be covered by the county blanket bond and it shall run to the state, and action may be brought thereon in the name of the state, for the use and benefit of the person or persons injured by a violation thereof. In the event of defalcation by the county …

It shall be his duty to receive all monies belonging to the county from whatever source they may be derived, and other monies which by law are directed to be paid to him, and all monies received by him for the use of the county shall be paid by him only on the warrants of the boa…

All tax receipts and other receipts for money received by the county treasurer shall be receipted in duplicate and the duplicate filed with the county clerk; but no receipt, except a tax receipt, shall be of any validity until it is countersigned by the county clerk. R.L. 1910, §…

The treasurer shall be the collector of taxes, and shall keep his office at the county seat. He shall be charged with the amount of all tax lists in his hands for collection, and credited with the amount collected thereon, and the delinquent list, and shall keep a fair and accura…

with county commissioners. The books, accounts, and vouchers of the county treasurer, and all moneys, warrants or orders remaining in the treasury, shall at all times be subject to the inspection and examination of the board of county commissioners, and at the regular meetings of…

buildings and property. The governing board of any county, city, town, or school district, dependent or independent, is hereby authorized to insure or cause to be insured, at the cost of such municipality, any or all of the public buildings and property or other tangible and insu…

Determination of status - Liquidation from penalty and interest on delinquent taxes. Upon presentation by the county treasurer to the county commissioners, either for purpose of accounting or settlement as by law required, or otherwise, of statements of account and balance sheets…

Any suit commenced under the provisions of this article, shall be brought in the name of the board of county commissioners of any county interested in the subject matter of the suit, as plaintiff, and any or all counties having any interest adverse to the plaintiff may be joined …

The treasurers of the several counties shall pay into the State Treasury all funds in their hands belonging thereto on or before the second Monday of each and every month of the year. R.L. 1910, § 7423. Amended by Laws 1915, c. 72, § 1.

from office. Any treasurer who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements of Section 7423, shall forfeit and pay to the use of the State of Oklahoma, the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per day for each and every day that he shall so neglect, fail or refuse…

It shall be the duty of the State Treasurer and he is hereby empowered to institute in the name of the state the necessary suits, actions and proceedings to enforce the provisions of this act, and in the event of the neglect, failure or refusal of the State Treasurer to bring suc…

Each county treasurer is required to keep a book called the "Payment Register," in which he shall enter every warrant by him paid, specifying the date upon which the same was paid and canceled, from whom received, its number and the amount for which it was originally drawn. Provi…

If any county treasurer shall fail to make return, fail to make settlement or fail to pay over all money with which he may stand charged at the time and in the manner prescribed by law, it shall be the duty of the county clerk, on receiving instruction for that purpose from the S…

Whenever any suit shall have been commenced against any delinquent county treasurer as aforesaid the judge of the district court of such county may at his discretion suspend such treasurer from office pending the final termination of such suit and the board of county commissioner…

The county commissioners may require the county treasurer to give additional securities whenever in the opinion of a majority of said county commissioners, the existing security shall have become insufficient and said commissioners are hereby also authorized and empowered to dema…

If any county treasurer shall fail or refuse to give such additional bond within twenty (20) days from and after the day on which said commissioners shall have required said treasurer so to do, his office shall be declared vacant and another treasurer shall be appointed in accord…

The board of county commissioners of any of the counties referred to in the preceding section shall have the right and power to prosecute any and all necessary actions against the county treasurer of any such counties, or against any other officer, person, firm or corporation for…

If any county treasurer or other officer or person charged with the collection, receipt, safekeeping, transfer or disbursement of the public money, or any part thereof, belonging to the state or to any county, precinct, district, city, town or school district of the state shall c…

The county treasurer shall keep a cash book, in which he shall enter an account of all money by him received, specifying in proper columns provided for that purpose the date of payment, the numbers of receipts issued therefor, by whom paid, and on account of what fund or funds th…

Whenever the treasurer receives any money, warrant or order on account of licenses, fines or other account, except taxes charged on the tax roll, he shall make out the proper duplicate receipts for the same, and shall give one of said receipts to the person paying said money and …

deposits. The county clerk shall keep and maintain, in a safe place, the duplicate copy of all daily collections and deposits made by the county treasurer as required by Section 115 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes and as furnished to the county clerk by the county treasurer.…

treasurer - Reimbursement of county - Ordinance - Powers and duties. The board of trustees, the city council, or the board of city commissioners of any incorporated town or city having a population of less than five thousand (5,000) inhabitants according to the last Federal Decen…