Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-471: Public funds - Manner of disbursement - Direct deposit

system - Instruments issued by boards of county commissioners.

A. Except as provided in Section 17-102 of Title 11 of the

Oklahoma Statutes and subsection B of this section, all public funds

of any county or of any subdivision thereof shall be disbursed only

in the payment of legal warrants, bonds and interest coupons.

Counties may implement a direct deposit system to have warrants

transferred electronically to a financial institution. The State

Auditor and Inspector shall promulgate rules as necessary for the

implementation and administration of a direct deposit system.

B. Any board of county commissioners of a county of this state

may issue a negotiable instrument which will serve as both a warrant

on the treasury and a check ordering payment of the warranted amount

of money from the account of the treasury. This instrument shall be

prepared and issued in accordance with procedures and requirements

provided by law for a warrant and a check and shall be signed by the

chair of the board of county commissioners, the county clerk and the

county treasurer. Printing on the instrument shall indicate that

the instrument is a "warrant" of the county and a "check" drawn on

the account of the county. The provisions of Sections 601 through

606 of this title shall apply to instruments authorized by this

subsection.