Title 19 — Title 19 — Counties and County Officers

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…

19 O.S. § 454 Repealed by Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1906, eff. July 1, 1968

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…

19 O.S. § 456 Repealed by Laws 2025, c. 94, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2025

19 O.S. § 457 Repealed by Laws 2025, c. 94, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2025

19 O.S. § 458 Repealed by Laws 2025, c. 94, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2025

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 …

19 O.S. § 461 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 462 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 463 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

608, § 25.

608, § 25.

19 O.S. § 466 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 467 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 468 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 469 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 470 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 471 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 472 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 473 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 474 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 475 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 476 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 477 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 478 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 479 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 480 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 481 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 482 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 483 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 484 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

19 O.S. § 485 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 608, § 25

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…

1980.

1980.

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.