Oklahoma § 19-245 - Duties as to audited accounts - Certified copies of papers

§ 19-245. Duties as to audited accounts - Certified copies of papers

– Fee for providing records in electronic format – Exemptions.

A. It shall be the duty of the county clerk to designate upon

every account, which shall be audited and allowed by the board, the

amount so allowed, and the clerk shall deliver to any person a copy

certified or otherwise of any record in the clerk’s office and any

account on file thereon, upon receiving the fee allowed pursuant to

the Oklahoma Open Records Act or the county clerk fee schedule,

Section 32 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for every page

contained in the copy. Upon demand, the clerk shall furnish a

certified copy in the form as it exists and at the preference of the

requestor as provided by the Oklahoma Open Records Act or the county

clerk fee schedule. Certified copies may be provided in paper or

digital format in accordance with the Uniform Real Property

Electronic Recording Act.

B. If the clerk provides records in an electronic format, the

clerk may charge a reasonable fee for providing such records. For

purposes of this section, “reasonable fee” shall mean the fee

charged by the clerk shall not exceed twenty-five cents ($0.25) per

image or fifteen cents ($0.15) per image for providing more than

three thousand five hundred (3,500) images in an electronic format.

If the clerk provides certified records, the clerk may charge a fee

for the certification in accordance with the current fee schedule

found in subsection A of Section 32 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. All recording devices for providing records in an

electronic format shall be supplied by the county clerk. News media

obtaining records in an electronic format for a news purpose and

licensed abstractors performing their duties pursuant to state law

shall be exempt from the fees provided for in this subsection.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow county clerks to

provide all or part of a tract index for use in any commercial

purpose.

R.L. 1910, § 1568. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 243, § 1, emerg. eff.

May 12, 1989; Laws 2013, c. 360, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 2013; Laws

2019, c. 48, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2023, c. 98, § 1, eff.

Nov. 1, 2023.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers