DUTIES OF COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS

By Oklahoma law, there are nine county offices where the officials responsible for the Offices are elected by the eligible voters within the county.  Each elected official serves a four year term in office.  These elected officials are:

Three County Commissioners (Commissioner 1, Commissioner 2, Commissioner 3)
County Clerk
Court Clerk
Assessor
Treasurer
Sheriff
District Attorney

Every County has three County Commissioners' districts in Oklahoma.  The districts are approximately equal in population and numbered as district one, two and three.  A County Commissioner is elected by the voters within the district he represents.  The County Clerk, Court Clerk, Assessor, Treasurer and Sheriff are all elected by the voters within the whole County.  The District Attorney is elected by voters from one or more counties within a district.  Statutory law established the county or counties comprising a district.

The three elected County Commissioners serve on the Board of County Commissioners.  This Board is the chief administrative body for the county.  The Board elects a Chairman from among its members.  Johnny Davis  is Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners  for Beckham County.

Extracted from OSU Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet AGEC-802 (original source).