Oklahoma § 19-155.5 - See the following versions:

§ 19-155.5. See the following versions:

OS 19-155.5v1 (HB 1189, Laws 2017, c. 22, § 2).

OS 19-155.5v2 (SB 48, Laws 2017, c. 212, § 4).

§19-155.5v1. Destruction of certain reccords after digitizing.

A. As to the records that are not destroyed as provided for in

Section 155.4 of this title, the county treasurer in each county in

Oklahoma, after compliance with provisions of statute as to the

digitizing of records, storing original negatives, and providing for

convenient viewing of reproductions thereof, is hereby authorized,

each year, to destroy the hereinafter mentioned types of work books,

reports and records that have been on file or stored in his office

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers

for a period of time longer than the period specifically indicated,

as follows:

REQUISITE TIME OF

TYPE OF RECORD

RETAINING ORIGINAL

Tax Rolls and Tax

Roll adjustments

6 years

Tax Sale and Resale

Records

6 years

Special Assessment Rolls

6 years after due date

Tax Protest Records

Until final settlement

Tax Receipts

Real Property,

personal property

7 years

Special Assessments,

emergency or back

assessments, and

mortgage tax receipts

2 years

Municipal Bond Records

7 years after final

settlement

Personal Tax, Warrants

and Records

2 years

B. All the records above described in paragraph 3 of Section

155.4 of this title, may be destroyed after two (2) years provided

the same are digitized; and further provided that the State Auditor

and Inspector has audited said records and has not directed such

original records to be retained. Such digitized records must be

retained until such time as the original, if it had been retained,

would have been seven (7) years old.

Added by Laws 1972, c. 232, § 3, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972. Amended

by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 68, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 2017, c.

22, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.

§19-155.5v2. Destruction of certain reccords after reproduction and

storage.

A. As to the records that are not destroyed as provided for in

Section 155.2 of this title, the county treasurer in each county in

Oklahoma, after compliance with provisions of statute as to

reproduction and storage of records and providing for convenient

viewing thereof, is hereby authorized, each year, to destroy the

following types of work books, reports and records that have been on

file or stored in his or her office for a period of time longer than

the period specifically indicated, as follows:

REQUISITE TIME OF

TYPE OF RECORD

RETAINING ORIGINAL

Tax Rolls and Tax

Roll adjustments

6 years

Tax Sale and Resale

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers

Records

Special Assessment Rolls

Tax Protest Records

Tax Receipts

real property,

personal property

Special Assessments,

emergency or back

assessments, and

mortgage tax receipts

Municipal Bond Records

6 years

6 years after due date

Until final settlement

7 years

2 years

7 years after final

settlement

Personal Tax, Warrants

and Records

2 years

B. All the records above described in Section 155.2 of this

title, may be destroyed after two (2) years provided the same are

reproduced and stored as required by law; and further provided that

the State Auditor and Inspector has audited said records and has not

directed such original records to be retained. Such copied records

must be retained until such time as the original, if it had been

retained, would have been seven (7) years old.

Added by Laws 1972, c. 232, § 3, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972. Amended

by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 68, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 2017, c.

212, § 4, emerg. eff. May 5, 2017.