{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-310.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-310.2","heading":"Record of appropriations - Charges - Approval of claims","body":"- indebtedness in excess of appropriation - Authority to incur\n\nindebtedness.\n\nThe clerk of each county or encumbering officer of the\n\nmunicipality shall keep a record in such form as prescribed by the\n\nState Auditor and Inspector in which shall be kept an exact account\n\nof each appropriation as made by the county excise board as\n\ndepartmentalized for each department of government or as made by the\n\nmunicipal governing body as authorized by law. The amount and\n\npurpose of each purchase order or contract shall be charged against\n\nthe appropriation as made by the excise board or governing body at\n\nthe time purchase is made or contract let and the balance in the\n\nappropriation account after such charges are deducted shall\n\nconstitute the unencumbered balance available. No purchase order\n\nshall be paid until approved by the officer, board or commission\n\nhaving charge of the office or department for which the\n\nappropriation is available and from which such payment is proposed\n\nto be made, provided that no indebtedness for any purpose shall be\n\nincurred in excess of the appropriation for that purpose and\n\nprovided that the county and municipal officers referred to herein\n\nare made responsible on their official bond for any and all\n\nindebtedness incurred by them. Each county or municipal officer in\n\ncharge of a department or appropriation account shall be allowed to\n\nincur indebtedness against all appropriations within his department\n\nunder the regulations as provided for herein, except when otherwise\n\nprovided by law; and provided further, that only those municipal\n\nofficers and employees designated by the governing board shall have\n\nauthority to obligate the municipality.","path":["OK Code","Title 62"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os62.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"d5ff50540debf6de8f1800b798582f472402e3059fe8b3762ee37494a051d719","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-310.1a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-310.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}