Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-5: Process - How served

In all legal proceedings against the county, process shall be

served on the county clerk as the clerk of the board of county

commissioners, and whenever suit or proceedings shall be commenced,

it shall be the duty of the clerk, forthwith to notify the district

attorney and lay before the board of county commissioners at their

next meeting, all the information he may have in regard to such suit

or proceedings.