Title 19 — Title 19 — Counties and County Officers

1980.

applicants. A. After the effective date of this act, the county clerk of a county or any other designated employee or official authorized to issue building permits shall provide to an applicant for a building permit a list, which shall be developed by the Oklahoma Tax Commission,…

Every such clerk may, by instrument in writing, by permission of the board of county commissioners, appoint one or more deputies, and shall file such appointments in his office; and said deputies shall have such authority as the clerk may delegate, and, in case of a vacancy in th…

The county clerk shall attend the sessions of the board of county commissioners, either in person or by deputy, shall keep the seals, records and papers of said board of commissioners and shall sign the records of the proceedings of the board of county commissioners and attest th…

It shall be the duty of the county clerk: First. To record in a book to be provided for that purpose, all proceedings of the board. Second. To make regular entries of their resolutions and decisions in all questions concerning the raising of money. Third. To record the vote of ea…

– Fee for providing records in electronic format – Exemptions. A. It shall be the duty of the county clerk to designate upon every account, which shall be audited and allowed by the board, the amount so allowed, and the clerk shall deliver to any person a copy certified or otherw…

Such clerk shall not attest any county order unless ordered by the board of commissioners authorizing the same, and signed by chairman, and every such order shall be numbered, and the date, amount and number of the same, and the name of the person to whom it is issued, shall be e…

No account against the county shall be allowed unless presented within two years after the same accrued: Provided, that should any person having a claim against the county be (at the time the same accrued) under any legal disability, every such person shall be entitled to present…

The clerk of each county shall as often as new townships shall be organized in his county, or the boundaries of any township therein shall be altered, and immediately thereafter make out and transmit to the State Auditor and Inspector a certified statement of the name and boundar…

19 O.S. § 249 Repealed by Laws 1997, c. 79, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997

If any application for a hearing, upon any question arising after such election has been held, is filed with the Supreme Court, it shall be the duty of said court to make said matter special and give it precedence over the other business of said court, and consider and pass upon …

The county clerk shall keep a book in which he shall keep a record of the receipts and expenditures of his county and all accounts of his county with the different county, township, district and other officers. R.L. 1910, § 1573.

The county clerk in keeping the accounts of his county with the county treasurer, shall charge the county treasurer as follows: With the amount of taxes levied and assessed by the state and county, and each city, town, township, school district, or any other special tax levied fo…

The county clerk, in making the above charges, credits and entries, shall state each different fund and each item of each different fund separately. R.L. 1910, § 1575.

19 O.S. § 253 Repealed by Laws 1941, p. 462, § 1

1993.

1993.

Whenever any county warrant issued to any person remains in the office of the county clerk unclaimed for a period of one (1) year from the date thereof, such warrant shall be returned by him to the board of county commissioners and canceled. R.L. 1910, § 1579. Amended by Laws 199…

State. The county clerk shall annually on the fourth Monday of January prepare and file in the office of the Secretary of State, a list of the officers of the county, elected at the last preceding general election, which list shall contain the genuine signatures of all county off…

19 O.S. § 258 Repealed by Laws 1941, p. 462, § 1

19 O.S. § 259 Repealed by Laws 1949, p. 148, § 2

All special election commissioners, selected and commissioned as provided herein, shall receive as compensation for their services, the sum of Three Dollars ($3.00) per day for each and every day necessarily employed in the work connected with the holding of such election, includ…

19 O.S. § 260 Repealed by Laws 1945, p. 50, § 2

signer. From and after the effective date of this act, all instruments filed for record in the office of any county clerk within the State of Oklahoma shall, under the signature affixed to said instrument, bear the printed or typed name of the signer thereof. Provided, that the f…

Copies of any and all petitions, or orders or decrees of any United States court, in bankruptcy proceedings, duly certified as correct by the clerk of such court or his deputy, may be filed and recorded in the office of any county clerk of this state. Said county clerk shall acce…

after filing. All of such certified copies of said petitions, orders or decrees so filed, whether acknowledged or not, shall be constructive notice of their contents from and after the filing and recording thereof. Added by Laws 1945, p. 80, § 2. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 211, § 1…

A county clerk may release over the telephone any information requested from files that are open to public inspection within the county clerk's office. There may be a fee not to exceed Three Dollars ($3.00) for each individual phone request answered over the telephone. The provis…

There is hereby created a cash account to be known as the "County Clerk's Lien Fee Account". Monies from the account shall be expended by the county clerk in the lawful operation of his office. Added by Laws 1984, c. 268, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.

The county clerk may charge any state agency or other state governmental entity, except child support enforcement offices operated by or for the benefit of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, rural water districts organized pursuant to the Rural Water, Sewer, Gas and Solid…

A. The county clerk may refuse to file any instrument presented for filing if the clerk believes that the instrument constitutes sham legal process, as defined by Section 1533 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. B. 1. Any person aggrieved by the refusal of a county clerk to fil…

performance or nonperformance of duties. A. The county clerk shall not accept for filing any claim of lien against a federal, state, or local official or employee based on the performance or nonperformance of that official's or employee's duties unless accompanied by a specific o…

Auditor and Inspector. Within fifteen (15) days from the date of a county election concerning a sales tax question, the county clerk shall send to the State Auditor and Inspector a copy of the ballot concerning the sales tax question. This section only applies if the sales tax qu…

In any such special election, the organization favoring the formation of such new county, or the detaching thereof any such territory, may appoint and designate one qualified elector in any precinct, or voting place, to act as challenger at such precinct, and may appoint or desig…

- Liability. A. The county clerk shall keep any Department of Defense Form 214 (DD Form 214) filed with the clerk, including any DD Form 214 that was filed before the effective date of this act, separate from records available for public inspection and shall not make the DD Form …

The county clerk in a county shall have the authority to employ a general counsel through an outside law firm, to advise or represent the county clerk and his or her office in the performance of the official duties of that office. The Board of County Commissioners shall approve a…

Any election officer who shall be appointed, or commissioner, under the provisions of this act or the laws of Oklahoma, and who shall knowingly and willfully fail or refuse to perform required duties shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall, upon conviction, be puni…

19 O.S. § 281 Repealed by Laws 1941, p. 462, § 1

19 O.S. § 282 Repealed by Laws 1941, p. 462, § 1

19 O.S. § 283 Repealed by Laws 1941, p. 462, § 1

The register of deeds shall have the care and custody of all books, records, deeds, maps, papers and fixtures deposited and kept in his office, and it shall be his duty to carefully preserve and guard the same against defacing, mutilation, change or injury, and he shall be furnis…

The register of deeds shall keep a seal, to be furnished by the county, which seal shall contain the name of the county, the words “Oklahoma” and “Register of Deeds”. Except as provided in the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, he or she shall attach such seal to all…

The county commissioners shall furnish, and the county clerk shall maintain, in the office of the county clerk, suitable records for storage for all instruments of writing subject by law to be recorded in the office of the county clerk. Suitable record may include either photogra…

Each register of deeds shall keep an index of deeds direct and inverted, and an index of mortgages direct and inverted, in his office. The index direct and inverted, of deeds and mortgages, shall be divided into columns, with heads to the respective columns, as follows to-wit: GR…

A. The county clerk shall also keep a well-bound book in which shall be platted all maps of cities and towns, or additions to the same, cemeteries and other plats, required by law to be recorded within his county, together with description, acknowledgment or other writing thereon…

A. Plats or subdivision plats filed in the county clerk's office shall be indexed and filed, and one copy placed in bound volumes or booklets, so that all plats or subdivisions are compiled and indexed accordingly. B. Plats or subdivision plats of property in unincorporated areas…

town. The county clerk shall not file of record any plat which contains any lot of less than two and one-half (2 1/2) acres located outside the corporate limits of a city or town unless the plat bears the stamp of approval of the Department of Environmental Quality as provided in…

All plats, subdivision plats or re-plats may be filed, at the option of the county assessor, in digital electronic format with the county assessor of the county in which the property is located. The digital electronic format shall meet the specifications of the county assessor. A…

The county clerk shall keep a receiving book, with suitable headings and columns, as the case may be; a. For instruments to be recorded by the county clerk as registrar of deeds; b. For instruments to be filed as public notice by the county clerk as such; which receiving book, in…

Any person or corporation offering money or other thing of value, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of influencing any voter for or against any proposition in such election shall be guilty of the felony of bribery, a Class D3 felony offense and shall, upon conviction…

He shall keep an index to chattel mortgages, bills of sale and other instruments affecting title to or incumbering personal property, required by law to be recorded, in which shall be entered in separate columns, the number of the instrument, name of grantor alphabetically, and t…