Oklahoma § 19-131 - Enumeration of county officers - Election and term of

§ 19-131. Enumeration of county officers - Election and term of

office - Limitation on 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

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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.

E. 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 and have maintained a current principal

residence in that district for at least six (6) months immediately

preceding the first day of the filing period prescribed by law.

Evidence of a "principal residence" may include, but not be limited

to, the address listed on:

1. A federal or state tax return;

2. A driver license; or

3. An automobile registration.

R.L. 1910, § 1548. Amended by Laws 1917, c. 203, p. 378, § 1; Laws

1923, c. 121, p. 142, § 1; Laws 1927, c. 5, p. 4, § 1; Laws 1947, p.

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190, § 1; Laws 1953, pp. 67, 68, §§ 1-3; Laws 1955, p. 154, § 1,

eff. June 1, 1955; Laws 1961, p. 208, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 10,

1961; Laws 1968, c. 132, § 1, emerg. eff. April 8, 1968; Laws 1968,

c. 377, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1968; Laws 1973, c. 92, § 1, emerg.

eff. May 1, 1973; Laws 1974, c. 300, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 1974;

Laws 1982, c. 45, § 1, emerg. eff. March 26, 1982; Laws 1989, c. 71,

§ 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1993, c. 239, § 3, eff. July 1, 1993;

Laws 1995, c. 4, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 2004, c. 53, § 3,

emerg. eff. April 1, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 1, § 9, emerg. eff. March

15, 2005; Laws 2013, c. 300, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.

NOTE: Laws 1973, c. 9, § 1 repealed by Laws 1974, c. 300, § 2,

emerg. eff. May 29, 1974. Laws 2004, c. 44, § 1 repealed by Laws

2005, c. 1, § 10, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005.