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18 OK Stat § 18-563 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-563. Title vests in successors in trust.

|All grants or deeds from private individuals, or acts of legislative bodies, transferring, conveying or granting real estate in this state to any bishop, dean, rector, vestryman, deacon, director, minister or any other officer or officers of any church or organized religious society in trust for the use and benefit of such society of which they are such officer or officers, which have been or may be made, done or executed, shall vest in their successor or successors in office, or other officer which such society may at any time designate, all the legal or other title, to the same extent and in all respects the same, as trustee of such trust, for the use and benefit of such society, which such bishop, dean, rector, vestryman, deacon, director, minister or other officer or officers, had under such grant, deed or act; and all transfers or sales made by such officer or officers so acquiring title by virtue of this article, by succession in office shall have all the validity, force and effect that it would have had had it been made by such bishop, dean, rector, vestryman, deacon, director, minister or other officer or officers, while holding under and by virtue of such grant, deed or act of such legislative body. |R.L.1910, § 1469.
18 OK Stat § 18-564.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-564.1. Extinct church, religious corporation, etc. - Preservation and protection of property.

|The property, both real and personal, belonging to or held in trust by or for any church, religious corporation, association, organization, or society, that has or shall become extinct, or that has or shall cease to function and use its property, shall be preserved and protected from waste and dilapidation. |Laws 1943, p. 39, § 1.
18 OK Stat § 18-564.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-564.2. Association, etc. of same denomination or creed to have jurisdiction.

|If there is no superior body, presbytery, synod, conference, diocese, convention, or other ecclesiastical body having jurisdiction to take charge of, protect and preserve such property, then, any statewide religious association, organization, society, or corporation of the same or similar denomination, faith, creed, practice or doctrine, shall have and is hereby given jurisdiction to take charge of and preserve such property. |Laws 1943, p. 39, § 2.
18 OK Stat § 18-564.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-564.3. Petition to district court - Final order - Transfer of title and possession.

|When the condition of being extinct or of ceasing to function and use its property has existed for two (2) years or longer, and there is no superior body having jurisdiction, the district court of any county where any such property is located, upon petition therefor, after the notice hereinafter provided, and, after hearing and inquiry into the merits, shall make a final order, declaring such church or society extinct and dissolving the same; and shall make a final order transferring the title and possession of all property which may belong to such church or society or which may be held in trust for such church or society to a statewide religious association, organization, society, or corporation of the same or similar denomination, faith, creed, practice, or doctrine. |Laws 1943, p. 39, § 3.
18 OK Stat § 18-564.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-564.4. Notice of hearing.

|Notice of hearing of said petition shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in the town or city where the church or religious organization was located if there be one, and if there be none, then in a newspaper at the county seat of the county, for two (2) consecutive weekly issues, the first publication being at least fifteen (15) days prior to the day of the hearing. |Laws 1943, p. 39, § 4.
18 OK Stat § 18-564.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-564.5. Lien or reversionary interest not affected.

|This act shall not affect or impair any valid lien or any reversionary interest. |Laws 1943, p. 39, § 5.
18 OK Stat § 18-571 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-571. School property - How held.

|Any corporation formed for the purpose of establishing an institution of learning shall hold the property of the institution solely for the purpose of education, and not for the individual benefit of itself or any contributor to the endowment thereof. |R.L.1910, § 1470.
18 OK Stat § 18-572 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-572. Objects of expenditure.

|The trustees or directors of any such corporation shall faithfully apply all the funds collected, or the proceeds of the property belonging to the institution, according to their best judgment, in erecting, completing or repairing suitable buildings, in supporting necessary officers, instructors, agents and employees, and in procuring books, maps, charts, globes and philosophical, chemical and other apparatus or cabinets, necessary to the objects and success of the institution; and all donations, devises or bequests made to it for particular purposes when accepted, shall be applied in conformity with the express condition of the donor or devisor. |R.L.1910, § 1471.
18 OK Stat § 18-573 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-573. Powers of corporation.

|Such corporation has power to appoint a president or principal for the institution, and such professors, tutors and other agents and officers, as may be necessary, and to displace any of them as the interests of the institutions may require; to fill vacancies, to prescribe and direct the course of studies and the discipline to be pursued and observed in the institution, and the rates of tuition in the same; and the president and professors shall constitute the faculty of such institution; and they have power to enforce the rules and regulations enacted for the government and discipline of the students, and to suspend and expel offenders, as may be deemed expedient. |R.L.1910, § 1472.
18 OK Stat § 18-574 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-574. Degrees conferred.

|Every such corporation having the rank of a college or university, has power to confer, on the recommendation of the faculty, all such degrees or honors as are usually conferred by colleges and universities in the United States, and such others, having reference to the course of studies and the worth and accomplishment of the student, as may be deemed proper. |R.L.1910, § 1473.
18 OK Stat § 18-575 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-575. Mechanics and agriculture.

|Such corporation may connect with its institution, to be used as a part of its course of education, any mechanical shops or machinery, or lands for agricultural purposes, not exceeding three hundred and twenty (320) acres, to which may be attached all necessary buildings for carrying on the mechanical and agricultural purposes of such institution. |R.L.1910, § 1474.
18 OK Stat § 18-581 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-581. Benevolent and charitable corporations - Purposes.

|The following associations for charitable purposes may become incorporated, as provided in this article, as follows: |1. To establish and maintain hospitals and infirmaries for the cure of the sick and support of the aged and indigent, and asylums for orphans;2. For the mutual assistance of the members in time of sickness or necessity, and to provide a fund for this purpose by contributions of the members thereof from time to time, and for the like incidental charitable purposes;3. To establish and maintain lodges, chapters and encampments, of fraternities or associations commonly known as Free Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Good Templars, Sons of Temperance, and other like charitable orders or societies;4. To establish and maintain fire companies in any incorporated city or town; and5. To establish and maintain youth organizations to promote the ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage and reverence by providing supervised competitive athletic games.Amended by Laws 1983, c. 100, § 11, emerg. eff. May 9, 1983.
18 OK Stat § 18-582 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-582. Transfer of membership.

|Any regularly incorporated fraternal beneficiary society shall, on application of its governing body, be permitted to transfer its membership to any other society doing business in this state, and such membership may be accepted without restriction, upon age limit and without new medical examination on the part of the membership so transferred where the entrance age limit of fifty-five (55) years and a medical examination was required and made by the society so transferring its membership. |R.L.1910, § 1476.
18 OK Stat § 18-583 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-583. Fraternal beneficiary societies - Change of name.

|Any fraternal beneficiary society incorporated under the laws of this state may change its corporate name on application by its governing body to the Insurance Commissioner of the state. The name selected shall not be such as will appear to be so near the name of any other association or society now doing business in this state as to cause confusion in the minds of the people, or to interfere with the corporate name of such existing association or corporation. On the approval of the Insurance Commissioner the Secretary of State shall cause an amended charter to issue, signed by the Governor and attested by the seal of state, changing the name of such beneficiary society in accordance with the recommendation of the Insurance Commissioner, and such change of name shall have the same effect as if originally set forth in the original articles of incorporation. |R.L.1910, § 1477.
18 OK Stat § 18-584 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-584. Use of society name exclusive.

|No person, society, association or corporation shall assume, adopt or use the name of a humane, fraternal or charitable organization, incorporated under the laws of this or of any other state of the United States, or a name so nearly resembling the name of such incorporated organization as to be a colorable imitation thereof, or calculated to deceive persons not members, with respect to such corporation. In all cases where two or more of such societies, associations or corporations claim the right to the same name, or to names substantially similar as above provided, the organization which was first organized and used the name, and first became incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any state of the Union, shall be entitled in this state to the prior and exclusive use of such name, and the rights of such societies, associations or corporations, and of their individual members shall be fixed and determined accordingly. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 100, § 12, emerg. eff. May 9, 1983.
18 OK Stat § 18-585 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-585. Persons not entitled to wear insignia, use name or claim membership.

|No person shall wear or exhibit the badge, button, emblem, decoration, insignia or charm or shall assume or use the name of any humane, fraternal or charitable corporation, incorporated under the laws of this or any other state or of the United States or shall assume or claim to be a member thereof, or of a humane, fraternal or charitable corporation, the name of which shall so nearly resemble the name of any other corporation existing prior to the organization of the corporation or association of which such person may claim to be a member, the name whereof may be calculated to deceive the people with respect to any such prior corporation, unless he shall be authorized under the laws, statutes, rules, regulations and bylaws of such former corporation, to wear such badge, button, emblem, decoration, insignia or charm, or to use and assume such name as a member thereof. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 100, § 13, emerg. eff. May 9, 1983.
18 OK Stat § 18-586 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-586. Violation enjoined.

|Whenever there shall be an actual or threatened violation of Sections 584 and 585 of this title, an application may be made to the court or judge having jurisdiction, to issue an injunction upon notice to the defendant of not less than five (5) days, for an injunction so restraining such actual or threatened violation, or if it shall appear to such court or justice that the defendant is in fact using the name of a humane, fraternal or charitable corporation, incorporated as aforesaid, or a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive the public, or is wearing or exhibiting the badge, insignia or emblem of such corporation without authority thereof, and in violation of Sections 584 and 585 of this title, an injunction may be issued by said court or justice, enjoining or restraining such actual or threatened violation, without requiring proof that any person has in fact been misled or deceived thereby. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 100, § 14, emerg. eff. May 9, 1983.
18 OK Stat § 18-587 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-587. Penalty.

|Any person violating the provisions of Sections 1478 and 1479 of this article, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days, or may be punished by both such fine and imprisonment. |R.L. 1910, § 1481.
18 OK Stat § 18-588 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-588. Benevolent corporations may own real or personal property.

|Any charitable corporation, including chartered fraternal, grand and subordinate lodges and societies, are hereby empowered to receive, either by way of gift, purchase, grant, devise or by will, real or personal property, and to hold the same, and to dispose of the same in the carrying out of the purposes of the corporation, society or lodge. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 100, § 15, emerg. eff. May 9, 1983.
18 OK Stat § 18-589 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-589. Charter as benevolent corporation - Trustees - Bylaws.

|Before being competent to so receive such property, such society shall obtain a charter as a charitable corporation in the manner provided by law from the Secretary of State, and elect trustees, who may be the same trustees already elected under their fraternal rules, and whose bylaws may, so far as they do not contravene the statute laws of the state, be substituted for the bylaws required to be adopted upon obtaining a charter. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 100, § 16, emerg. eff. May 9, 1983.
18 OK Stat § 18-590 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-590. Community fund or chest corporations - Notice of meetings - Quorum.

|Any corporation organized under the laws of this state as a community fund or community chest, or that may hereafter be so organized, may give notice of the time and place of any regular or special meeting of its members by publication for not less than two (2) weeks previous thereto in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town where the principal office or place of business of the corporation is located. At any such regular or special meeting, the members present in person shall constitute a quorum, and a vote of a majority of such quorum shall be sufficient to transact any or all business properly before such meeting, including the adoption or amendment of bylaws. |Laws 1945, p. 48, § 1.
18 OK Stat § 18-591 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-591. Community fund or chest corporations - Amendment of articles of incorporation.

|Any community fund or community chest corporation organized under the laws of this state for which a charter has been issued may amend its articles of incorporation in any particular competent to have been embodied or inserted in the original articles of incorporation of such company, including any provision authorized by this act. In order to amend its articles of incorporation, it shall be necessary for such amendment to have been authorized at any regular meeting of its members, or at a special meeting of such members called for the purpose of making such amendment. When so authorized, new articles signed by the president and secretary of the corporation and entitled "Amended Articles of Incorporation" shall be filed with the Secretary of State, who upon the payment of the fees provided by Section 541, of Title 18, O.S. 1951, shall cause an amended charter to issue, signed by him as Secretary of State and attested by the seal of the state, for which date the amendment shall relate back and be considered a part of the original articles of incorporation to the same effect as if originally set forth therein. |Laws 1945, p. 48, § 2.
18 OK Stat § 18-592 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-592. Fire departments for unincorporated areas - Incorporation.

|The authority of persons associated together to become incorporated as a charitable corporation for the purpose of providing either a volunteer or full-time fire department for an unincorporated area or place is hereby ratified and confirmed. Such a corporate fire department shall have authority to provide fire protective service both to its members and to nonmembers, either within or without the unincorporated area wherein it is situated. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 100, § 17, emerg. eff. May 9, 1983.
18 OK Stat § 18-593 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-593. Fire departments for unincorporated areas - Service fees - Insurance.

|A. Any charitable corporation formed for the purpose of providing either a volunteer or a full-time fire department, pursuant to Section 592 of this title, shall have authority to establish a reasonable schedule of fees to be charged for its services in extinguishing fires and all other emergencies of its members and nonmembers who utilize such fire department to extinguish or control a fire or provide services in response to an emergency either within or without the unincorporated area wherein it is situated. Such schedule of fees may contain one fee for members and another fee for nonmembers, except that no fee shall be established in excess of the approximate cost of providing the service. Any member or nonmember utilizing the services of such a fire department to extinguish or control a fire or provide services in response to an emergency shall be liable to said corporation in the amount of the established fee. However, no fee shall be charged by a fire department for merely appearing at the scene of a controlled fire unless called by the person setting the fire or at such person's request. If it is necessary for suit to be brought for collection of such amount due, such liability shall include costs of suit and a reasonable attorney's fee. |B. If insurance coverage is provided for the fee specified in subsection A of this section or for the cost of providing the service rendered by the fire department and an insurer makes payment for the service it shall be the duty of the insured party or the responding fire department to notify the insurer of services rendered. The instrument of payment for the services of the fire department shall be made to the order of the responding fire department and the insured.Added by Laws 1957, p. 143, § 2. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 100, § 18, emerg. eff. May 9, 1983; Laws 1989, c. 172, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1989; Laws 1993, c. 8, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2014, c. 343, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
18 OK Stat § 18-594 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-594. Fire departments for unincorporated areas - Status as state agency - Nonliability for tort.

|Any charitable corporation formed in an unincorporated area for the purpose of providing either a volunteer or a full-time fire department, such as is mentioned in Section 592 of this title, shall be considered an agency of the State of Oklahoma while actually performing the function of providing fire protective services either within or without the unincorporated area wherein it is situated, and while so engaged such corporation shall not be liable in tort for the acts of its members or its firemen. |Amended by Laws 1983, c. 100, § 19, emerg. eff. May 9, 1983.
18 OK Stat § 18-601 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-601. Right of way - Use of public ground, streets and highways - Use of railroad property - Interstate highway system.

|(a) There is hereby granted to the owners of any telegraph or telephone lines operated in this state the right-of-way over lands and real property in this state, and the right to use public grounds, streets, alleys and highways in this state, subject to control of the proper municipal authorities as to what grounds, streets, alleys or highways said lines shall run over or across, and the place the poles to support the wires are located; also the right to condemn and cross over or under, or build their lines along any railroad property or right-of-way, subject to the necessary use of such property or right-of-way by the railroad company; the right-of-way over real property granted in this section may be acquired in the same manner and by like proceedings as provided for railroad corporations. |(b) Provided, however, the State Highway Commission, in the exercise of reasonable discretion, may prevent the installation of such facilities upon limited access highways which are a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, or such Commission may permit the installation of such facilities on such portion of Interstate and Defense Highways under such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe. Provided, further, nothing herein contained shall affect the right of the owners of telephone and telegraph lines to cross such Interstate and Defense Highways and to build their lines either aerial or underground along and upon any extension of said interstate and defense highways within urban areas in accordance with Federal Aid Regulations.R.L.1910, § 1445. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 203, § 1, emerg. eff. Aug. 7, 1961.
18 OK Stat § 18-602 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-602. State highway rights-of-way - Prior notification required.

|Any utility installation, relocation or crossing of state highway rights-of-way shall be accomplished with prior notification to the Department of Transportation and shall conform to all state laws. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 408, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014.
18 OK Stat § 18-603 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-603. Request from counties to telephone line owners for future installation information.

|Any county may send out a one-time request for information regarding the future installation of lines, poles or wires to the owner of any telephone line operated in the public right-of-way of the county road system of the requesting county. Upon receipt of the request, the owner of the telephone line shall provide to that county notice of the date of installation, the name and contact number of the installation manager or supervisor, and the location of the lines, poles or wires. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 408, § 2, eff. July 1, 2014.
18 OK Stat § 18-671 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 18. Corporations|§18-671. Share-purchase options or warrants and shares issued pursuant thereto.

|Any option or warrant for the purchase of shares of any domestic corporation heretofore issued by such corporation, although not issued in connection with the allotment of shares or the issuance of bonds or other securities, and any share issued by such corporation pursuant to the exercise of such option or warrant is hereby validated if the issuance of such warrant or option was heretofore expressly authorized, or hereafter is ratified, by the holders of a majority of the shares of such corporation having voting power with respect thereto. |Laws 1961, p. 199, § 1.