Oklahoma § 19-155.5 - See the following versions:
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§ 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.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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