19 Okl.St.Ann. § 131
Title 19. Counties and
Chapter 6. Officers in General
General Provisions
§ 131. Enumeration of county officers--Election and term of office--Running for other office
A. At the general election to be held in November 1974, there shall be elected in each county of the state, a court clerk, a county sheriff, and a county clerk who shall hold office for a term of two (2) years, the terms of the court clerk, county sheriff and county clerk beginning on the first Monday in January following their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the general election to be held in November 1976, and each four (4) years thereafter, there shall be elected in each county of the state, a court clerk, a county sheriff, and a county clerk who shall hold office for a term of four (4) years; the terms of the court clerk, the county sheriff and the county clerk, beginning on the first business day in January following their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
B. At the general election to be held in November 1974, and each four (4) years thereafter, there shall be elected in each county of the state, a county assessor and a county treasurer, who shall hold office for a term of four (4) years. The term of the county assessor shall begin on the first business day in January following the election, and shall terminate when a successor is elected and qualified. The term of the county treasurer shall begin on the first Monday in July following the election and shall terminate when the successor is duly elected and qualified.
C. At the general election to be held in November 1990, and each four (4) years thereafter, there shall be elected in each county of the state two county commissioners, one from the first county commissioner district and one from the third county commissioner district, who shall hold office for a term of four (4) years. At the general election to be held in November 1990, there shall be elected in each county of the state one county commissioner from the second county commissioner district who shall hold office for a term of six (6) years. At the general election to be held in November 1996, and each four (4) years thereafter, there shall be elected in each county of the state, one county commissioner from the second county commissioner district, who shall hold office for a term of four (4) years. The terms of the county commissioners shall begin on the first business day in January following their election, and shall terminate when their successors are elected and qualified.
D. A county officer shall be eligible to become a candidate for another county office or state office. In order to file as a candidate for county commissioner in a county commissioner's district, the candidate must have been a qualified registered elector in that district for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the first day of the filing period prescribed by law. Except, however, to file as a candidate for a county commissioner in any county commissioner's district in 2004, the candidate must have been a qualified registered elector in that district no later than December 21, 2003.
19 Okl.St.Ann. § 333
Title 19. Counties and
Chapter 10.
General Provisions
§ 333. Record of orders and decisions--Commissioner not serving another term--Duties
A. The board of county commissioners shall keep a book in which all orders and decisions made by them shall be recorded, except those relating solely to roads and bridges as required by Section 334 of this title. All orders for the allowance of money from the county treasury shall state on what account and to whom the allowance is made, dating the same and numbering them consecutively from the first day of January to the thirty-first day of December, inclusive, in each year.
B. Any county commissioner who fails to file for reelection or is defeated in any primary or general election or by any other manner it is impossible for the commissioner to serve another term in office, shall not acquire, purchase, contract for or dispose of any machinery or equipment, or expend or approve for expenditure any monies for any purpose other than normal or routine operating expenditures except as provided in this section. It shall be the mandatory duty of the commissioner to execute payment and to pay all outstanding obligations of the county incurred by the commissioner, or on behalf of the commissioner by the board of county commissioners, prior to the expiration of the term of office of the commissioner. However, in the case of lease-purchase contracts, rental, lease or other payments extending beyond the term of office of the commissioner it shall be the mandatory duty of the commissioner to execute and to make such payments current as of the date of expiration of the term of office of the commissioner. The commissioner shall be liable both personally and on the official bond of the commissioner for any violation of the mandatory duties herein imposed.