Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-155.2
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Destruction of certain old records in clerk's office
Official statutory text
A. The county clerk in each county in Oklahoma is hereby
authorized each year to destroy the following workbooks, reports and
transient and subsidiary records that have been on file or stored in
the office the period of time specifically provided herein.
1. After the expiration of one (1) year:
a. unused blank forms printed for fiscal year series, and
b. blank forms obsolete by change of law;
2. After the expiration of five (5) years:
a. financing statements, except as otherwise provided by
Article 9 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes or
other statute, chattel mortgages, bills of sale,
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releases and renewals thereof, after the same ceases
to be effective,
b. all county claims, claim calendars,
c. chattel mortgage indexes,
d. appropriation ledgers, warrant ledgers, financial
ledgers,
e. requisitions,
f. upon retirement, discharge, or termination of
employment, loyalty oath of said employee or officer,
g. certificates of error,
h. copies of reports and remittances, deposits and
receipts,
i. monthly reports to the State Auditor and Inspector and
reports to other officers and warrant issues,
j. daily reports including daily report jacket and all
contents therein,
k. physician liens, insurance agent's liens, hospital
liens, thresher and combiners liens, mechanic and
materialmans liens, oil and gas liens, vendor liens,
banker liens, mining liens, district attorney liens,
labor liens, and personal property liens,
l. reports, checks, purchase orders and other bookkeeping
records,
m. all tax protests, evidences, letters of orders of the
board, letters of increased assessment,
correspondence, reports, docket books, lists of
parcels under protest, agendas, and
n. records pertaining to the Open Meetings Act and Open
Records Act;
3. After the expiration of seven (7) years after the final
settlement following appeal to district court, all tax protest
records;
4. After the expiration of seven (7) years, balance sheets,
deposit slips, tax records, W-2's and investment authorization slips
for the retirement system; and
5. After the expiration of ten (10) years:
a. all tax rolls and tax roll adjustments, and
b. all special assessment rolls.
B. The State Library may be given any records that would
otherwise be destroyed.
authorized each year to destroy the following workbooks, reports and
transient and subsidiary records that have been on file or stored in
the office the period of time specifically provided herein.
1. After the expiration of one (1) year:
a. unused blank forms printed for fiscal year series, and
b. blank forms obsolete by change of law;
2. After the expiration of five (5) years:
a. financing statements, except as otherwise provided by
Article 9 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes or
other statute, chattel mortgages, bills of sale,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 81
releases and renewals thereof, after the same ceases
to be effective,
b. all county claims, claim calendars,
c. chattel mortgage indexes,
d. appropriation ledgers, warrant ledgers, financial
ledgers,
e. requisitions,
f. upon retirement, discharge, or termination of
employment, loyalty oath of said employee or officer,
g. certificates of error,
h. copies of reports and remittances, deposits and
receipts,
i. monthly reports to the State Auditor and Inspector and
reports to other officers and warrant issues,
j. daily reports including daily report jacket and all
contents therein,
k. physician liens, insurance agent's liens, hospital
liens, thresher and combiners liens, mechanic and
materialmans liens, oil and gas liens, vendor liens,
banker liens, mining liens, district attorney liens,
labor liens, and personal property liens,
l. reports, checks, purchase orders and other bookkeeping
records,
m. all tax protests, evidences, letters of orders of the
board, letters of increased assessment,
correspondence, reports, docket books, lists of
parcels under protest, agendas, and
n. records pertaining to the Open Meetings Act and Open
Records Act;
3. After the expiration of seven (7) years after the final
settlement following appeal to district court, all tax protest
records;
4. After the expiration of seven (7) years, balance sheets,
deposit slips, tax records, W-2's and investment authorization slips
for the retirement system; and
5. After the expiration of ten (10) years:
a. all tax rolls and tax roll adjustments, and
b. all special assessment rolls.
B. The State Library may be given any records that would
otherwise be destroyed.
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