Title 19, Title 19 — Counties and County Officers

The board of county commissioners of any county of this state is hereby authorized to appropriate and the county excise board thereof to approve the appropriation of county funds to reimburse any county officer, county board, county commission, and all members and employees of ei…

If any officer, person, firm or corporation having custody, control or possession of any money belonging to any school district, road district, municipal township, city or town in any such counties, shall withhold and fail to pay over the same after lawful demand shall have been …

The county treasurer is hereby designated and made the official depository for all moneys, funds, rentals, penalties, costs, proceeds of sale of property, fees, fines, forfeitures and public charges of every kind that may be received by any county officer, county board, county co…

account funds - Worthless checks, etc. - Interest-bearing accounts. It shall be the duty of each and every county officer, county board, county commission and all members and employees of either thereof, to deposit daily in the official depository designated in Section 681 of thi…

All monies deposited in the official depository as provided in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, shall be credited to the account of the officers, board or commission or employee thereof so depositing the same and may be withdrawn, only in transfer of such parts thereof as may be due the …

All monies that shall be received during any calendar month by any county officer, county board, county commission or the members or employees of either thereof, accruing as a part of the funds of the county or municipal subdivision thereof, shall be paid into the county treasury…

It shall be the duty of the county 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 county treasurer to bring s…

Any official or employee thereof or any member or employee of any county board or county commission who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements of Section 682 of this title, or any other provision of this act, shall forfeit and pay to the use of the county t…

All money collected through error by the county treasurer, and all other funds of whatsoever kind that shall come into his possession by virtue of office, except such as is required to be disbursed on warrant, bond, interest, coupon or depository voucher, shall be refunded or pai…

All claims for money, subject to refund or disbursement as in this act provided, shall be filed with the county clerk, who is hereby authorized to audit the same, and to issue his voucher for such amounts thereof as he may find to be due the respective claimants. Added by Laws 19…

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 board of county commissioners of each county is hereby authorized to enter into interlocal agreements to participate in the County Government Council. The Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma, Inc., may be designated the administrator of the County Government Counc…

Any county desiring to hold a special election for the purpose of relocating the county seat shall be governed by the general election laws when same are not in conflict herewith. R.L. 1910, § 1517.

Upon a petition in writing, signed by twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors of the county, such percent to be determined by the total vote cast in such county for the head of the state ticket in the next preceding general election, said petitions being verified by a…

The following shall be substantially the form for every petition filed with the Governor asking such special election to be held as provided herein: To the Governor of the State of Oklahoma: We, the undersigned qualified electors of _______ County, State of Oklahoma, hereby petit…

The board of county commissioners is authorized to provide for the construction or repairing of courthouses, jails or other necessary buildings, and make contracts on behalf of the county for building or repairing the same, and for the purpose of providing a fund for the payment …

After a building fund has been accumulated, either from the proceeds of the sale of town lots or from any other source, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners within one year from the time such fund becomes available, to proceed to the erection of the necessary…

The board of county commissioners shall cause an advertisement for bids for the erection of such buildings to be printed in some newspaper printed in the county, or of general circulation therein if there be no newspaper published in said county, for a period of at least thirty (…

Elections. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county considers it to be to the best interest of the county to acquire sites, purchase, erect, repair, remodel, equip and furnish a courthouse or jail, they shall have power to contract for the acquisition of sites, pu…

Before the board of county commissioners shall determine to call an election as provided under the preceding section to purchase or erect a courthouse or jail they shall cause to be made upon the records of their proceedings a statement showing the assessed valuation of the taxab…

The board of county commissioners shall give thirty (30) days' notice of the election upon the question of issuing said bonds, by publication in two weekly newspapers of general circulation published at the county seat of the county, unless there be but one weekly newspaper, in w…

If a majority of the legal votes cast at the election be for the issuing of the bonds, the commissioners shall proceed at once to the issuing of same and shall deliver the bonds to the treasurer of the county, who shall be chargeable therefor upon his official bond. The treasurer…

Bonds issued shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate provided by Section 498.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, payable semiannually, and of denomination of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) each. …

Such elections shall be held upon such public notice as the Governor in his proclamation may direct; and the Governor shall cause to be placed upon the tickets to be voted at such election only the names of such cities, towns and places as may, more than twenty (20) days prior to…

of tax levy. The board of county commissioners, district judge and county judge of any county in this state may use for the purpose of erecting, remodeling or rebuilding a courthouse or jail, or both, at the county seat, all or any portion of the sinking fund of the county derive…

A. Upon the recommendation of the County Jail Trust Authority formed pursuant to Section 904.1 of this title, the board of county commissioners of each county may enter into contracts with private contractors for the management and operation of any jail owned by the county or for…

facilities. The board of county commissioners of any county may sell the courthouse of the county together with the real property upon which the courthouse is located if the contract price for such sale equals or exceeds the appraised value of the courthouse and real property upo…

A. When a person is in the custody of a county jail, the custodial county shall only be liable for the cost of medical care for conditions that are not preexisting prior to arrest and that arise due to acts or omissions of the county. A preexisting condition is a condition for wh…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board to be designated the "Medical Expense Liability Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consi…

The following shall be substantially the form for every petition filed with the Governor asking that the name of any city, town or place be placed upon the tickets to be voted at such election: PETITION FOR CITY - FORM OF. Petition asking that the city, town or place of _______ b…

county commissioners. The governing bodies of the cities of this state are hereby empowered and authorized to enter into a contract with the county commissioners of the county in which such city is located for the purpose of erecting, maintaining or operating a building to be use…

body of city. The county commissioners of any county of this state are hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the governing body of any city, the county seat of such county, for the purpose of erecting, maintaining or operating a building to be used for city hall and cou…

The county commissioners or the governing body of any city entering into the above described contract are hereby authorized to use any property owned by either said county or city, for the purpose of erecting thereon, said building or buildings on such terms and such conditions a…

The county commissioners or the governing body of any city entering into the above described contract are hereby authorized to use such funds of said city or county as may be derived from the sale of real or personal property belonging to said city or county, irrespective of the …

If any part of this act is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, that part of said act not declared unconstitutional shall remain in full force and effect. Added by Laws 1931, p. 114, § 5.

Nothing herein shall limit in any way any of the power of said cities and counties now existing. Added by Laws 1931, p. 114, § 6.

When an election is called for the purpose of relocating the county seat, the Governor shall appoint some person, resident of the county, who does not live or reside in either city or town which is or is to be a candidate for county seat honors, and each of said rival towns is to…

In all counties of the State of Oklahoma where the courthouse, or any part thereof, or the records of the county, or any part thereof, have been destroyed by fire, lightning, windstorm, or by any act of God, the board of county commissioners of such county shall have power and au…

and supplies. The board of county commissioners of such county shall have power, in addition to all other power they now possess by law, to use any part of any moneys collected by the county for insurance on such destroyed property, and the courthouse fund, to purchase any books,…

Such board of county commissioners shall have power to use such money and funds that may be paid in to such county from any such insurance, without the same being appropriated by the excise board, and such money or funds shall not be considered by the excise board in making appro…

assessors. The board of county commissioners shall have power and authority, where the assessment lists, assessment rolls, or abstracts thereof, or the tax lists, or tax rolls, or any part thereof, for any year or years have been lost or destroyed, as above set out, to cause anot…

tax receipts - Duty. In all such cases where the tax rolls and the records of the county treasurer's office, pertaining to the taxes on any of the property in the county, have been destroyed as aforesaid, the board of county commissioners shall have power and authority to order a…

When such time shall have elapsed that it is conclusively presumed that the taxes on any such property have not been paid, then the board of county commissioners shall have power and authority to order and direct that the district attorney file an action in the district court to …

hand. The board of county commissioners of any county where the county, township, school district, or other municipal ledger or ledgers, or any other record, or any part thereof, have been destroyed as above set forth, and where there is a total or partial lack of record as to th…

Delivery to county clerk. The State Auditor and Inspector is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to the county clerk all county, school district, city and township budgets and estimates in his possession for the purpose of enabling the county to remake a portion of the fina…

without bids. The board of county commissioners of any such county is hereby authorized to expend any such money provided under the provisions of this act available for the construction of a courthouse, and any money on hand in county treasury to the credit of the courthouse fund…

Such special election board shall furnish each voting precinct or voting place with two ballot boxes; one of said boxes to be used for the depositing therein of the ballots as voted, and the other for the purpose of depositing therein the affidavits, as made, of all qualified ele…

additional. The powers and duties herein conferred on the board of county commissioners shall be in addition to the powers and duties now provided by law and the remedies herein provided are hereby declared to be cumulative. Added by Laws 1933, c. 191, p. 422, § 10.

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 article. Every such commission shall be in…

All counties in this state are hereby authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing sites, erecting and constructing county hospitals including alterations, additions to, and enlargements of existing hospital buildings in the county, such bonds to be issued as hereinaft…