{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-215.25","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-215.25","heading":"County officer or employee - Legal defense services","body":"A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in the event\n\nan action is brought against a county employee in any civil action\n\nor special proceeding in the courts of this state or of the United\n\nStates by reason of any act done or omitted in good faith in the\n\ncourse of employment, it is the duty of the district attorney for\n\nthat county, when requested in writing by the employee, to appear\n\nand defend the action or proceeding in his behalf. Such written\n\nrequest shall be made within fifteen (15) days after service of\n\nsummons on the employee and a copy of the request shall be\n\ntransmitted by the employee to his immediate supervisor and the\n\ndistrict attorney.\n\nB. The district attorney shall not represent a county employee\n\nif that employee did not perform a statutorily required duty and\n\nsuch duty is a basis of the civil action or special proceeding.\n\nC. The district attorney may intervene in any such action or\n\nproceeding and appear on behalf of any county within his district,\n\nor any of its officers or employees, where he deems the state to\n\nhave an interest in the subject matter of the litigation.\n\nD. The district attorney shall determine the method of\n\npreparation and presentation of such defense. The district attorney\n\nor other legal officer under his direction shall not be held civilly\n\nliable for the exercise of such discretion.\n\nE. The employee named in the action may employ private counsel\n\nat his own expense to assist in his defense.\n\nF. Any officer or employee who acts outside of the scope of his\n\nofficial authority shall be liable in damages in the same manner as\n\nany private citizen.\n\nG. The district attorney's duty to represent county officers\n\nand employees pursuant to this section shall be fulfilled if a\n\ncontract for such representation is entered into pursuant to\n\nsubsection B of Section 215.37M of this title.\n\nH. In any proceeding in which a county officer brings an action\n\nagainst another county officer, the district attorney shall not\n\nrepresent either county officer in the action.","path":["OK Code","Title 19"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os19.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b842e6a80c7186e96166f4f40b999328018b782db0e9f391d4af5be357830410","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-215.23","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-215.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}