{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-555","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-555","heading":"Lost or destroyed checks, warrants or vouchers - Second or","body":"duplicate - Affidavit - Bond - Records.\n\nIf a check, warrant, or voucher has been issued and is\n\nsubsequently lost or destroyed, the treasurer of any county, city,\n\nor town shall initiate a stop-payment order or submit a positive pay\n\nfile providing the payee, amount, and serial number of the check,\n\nwarrant, or voucher to the depository prior to the clerk of the\n\ncounty, city, or town issuing a second or duplicate check, warrant,\n\nor voucher. If the treasurer of any county, city, or town is unable\n\nto initiate a stop-payment order or submit a positive pay file\n\nproviding the payee, amount, and serial number of the check,\n\nwarrant, or voucher to the depository, clerks are authorized and\n\nempowered to issue a second or duplicate check, warrant, or voucher\n\nin lieu of any check, warrant, or voucher that has been issued and\n\nsubsequently lost or destroyed if the following conditions are met:\n\n1. An affidavit setting forth the facts as to the loss or\n\ndestruction of the original check, warrant, or voucher has been\n\nfiled with the clerk; and\n\n2. An indemnifying bond running to the treasurer of the county,\n\ncity, or town, or to the State Treasurer, in double the amount of\n\nsuch lost or destroyed check, warrant, or voucher.\n\nThe conditions of such bond shall be to indemnify and protect\n\nthe county, city, or town, or to the State Treasurer, from any loss\n\nor harm occasioned or sustained on account of the issue of such\n\nsecond or duplicate check, warrant, or voucher. The bond shall be\n\nsatisfactory to the treasurer of such county, city, or town, or to\n\nthe State Treasurer, who shall, upon being satisfied as to the\n\nsufficiency of the bond, endorse approval thereon. The clerk and\n\ntreasurer shall make such records in their respective offices as\n\nwill, as nearly as possible, preclude any loss being sustained by\n\nthe county, city, or town, or to the State Treasurer, on account of\n\nthe issue of any second or duplicate check, warrant, or voucher.\n\nWarrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims submitted\n\nthrough the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise\n\nServices in payment of obligations of the state which may\n\nsubsequently be lost or destroyed will be governed by the provisions\n\nof Section 34.81 of this title.","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":"f13970b5a24e706053cafb00e03c12d53f7a12e05048e4dceaeea07e2bbd549b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-554","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-62-62-56"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}