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50 OK Stat § 50-16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 50. Nuisances|§50-16. Cities and towns - Power to define and summarily abate nuisances.

|A. Cities and towns in this state shall have the right and power to determine what is and what shall constitute a nuisance within their respective corporate limits, and for the protection of the public health, the public parks and the public water supply, shall have such power outside of the corporate limits; and wherever it is practical so to do, the cities and towns shall have the power summarily to abate any such nuisance after notice to the owner, and an opportunity for him to be heard, if this can be given. Any action conducted by critical infrastructure sectors shall not constitute a nuisance when the applicable industry acts in compliance with or acts consistently with government rules, guidelines, laws and municipal ordinances or laws applicable to their sector. |B. For purposes of this section, "critical infrastructure sectors" means any of the critical infrastructure sectors identified by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) whose assets, systems and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to the United States and the state that the sectors' incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, economic security, public health or safety or any combination thereof.Added by Laws 1935, p. 131, § 1. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 425, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
50 OK Stat § 50-17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 50. Nuisances|§50-17. Abatement by suit in district court.

|In cases where it is deemed impractical summarily to abate any such nuisance such city or town may bring suit in the district court of the county in which such nuisance is located, and it is hereby made the duty of the governing body of any such city or town, by the adoption of a resolution to direct the bringing of suit in the proper court for the purpose of abating any such nuisance. The district court of the county in which any such nuisance exists or is maintained shall have jurisdiction of any such case and power to adjudge and determine any action brought under the provisions hereof, and where it is adjudged that any such nuisance exists or is maintained and should be abated, such court shall have the power and authority either by and through a commissioner appointed by such court, or otherwise, to cause such nuisance to be abated and to assess all the costs thereof, including the costs of suit, against the property on which such nuisance existed or is maintained, and to declare such costs a judgment against said property and order and direct the sale of said property for the purpose of satisfying said judgment and shall cause the same to be sold and proceeds thereof applied to the payment of the costs of abating any such nuisance. |Laws 1935, p. 131, § 2.
50 OK Stat § 50-20 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 50. Nuisances|§50-20. Counties with population in excess of 550,000 - Power to declare and abate nuisances.

|The board of county commissioners of any county in this state with a population in excess of five hundred fifty thousand (550,000) may declare what shall constitute a nuisance, and provide for the prevention, removal and abatement of nuisances for those properties acquired by the county through resale and any property located within an unincorporated area of the county. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 22, § 2, emerg. eff. March 30, 1992.
50 OK Stat § 50-21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 50. Nuisances|§50-21. Real property used for felony drug offenses.

|The repeated use of any real property or structure thereon to commit acts which result in a felony conviction under the Oklahoma Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act may constitute a public nuisance. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 326, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 381, § 2, eff. July 1, 2008.
50 OK Stat § 50-41 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 50. Nuisances|§50-41. Location of slaughterhouse.

|It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain a slaughterhouse within less than one-half (1/2) mile of any tract of land platted into lots and blocks as an addition to any town or city within the State of Oklahoma, except in conformity with the zoning ordinances of said town or city, or to maintain such a slaughterhouse within one-half (1/2) mile of any tract of land platted into acre tracts for the purpose of being sold for residence, and in which tracts of land have actually been sold for residence purposes outside of such a town or city. |R.L.1910, § 4265; Laws 1975, c. 306, § 1.
50 OK Stat § 50-42 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 50. Nuisances|§50-42. Cemeteries.

|It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to lay out, establish, or use for burial purposes any cemetery, graveyard or burial grounds less than three-fourths (3/4) of one (1) mile from the incorporated line of any city of more than five thousand (5,000) inhabitants within this state, or within four (4) miles from the incorporated line of any city of this state, having a population of more than sixty-five thousand (65,000) inhabitants, and then within three-fourths (3/4) of one (1) mile from any tract of land plotted into lots or blocks, or otherwise subdivided for residence purposes, wherein lots, tracts, or blocks have been sold in good faith for residence purposes prior to the time of the location, opening, or use for such burial ground, graveyard or cemetery. Provided, that where cemeteries, graveyards or burial grounds have heretofore been used and maintained within less than three-fourths (3/4) of one (1) mile from the incorporated line of any city of more than five thousand (5,000) inhabitants within this state, or not less than four (4) miles from the incorporated line of any city of this state, having a population of more than sixty-five thousand (65,000) inhabitants, and not less than three-fourths (3/4) of one (1) mile from any tract of land plotted into lots or blocks, or otherwise subdivided for residence purposes, wherein lots, tracts or blocks have been sold in good faith for residence purposes, and additional lands are required for cemetery purposes, any person owning lands adjacent, may lay out and use, or sell the same to such cemetery to be used as an addition to such cemetery, and the use of such additional lands for such purposes shall not be prohibited hereby. Provided, however, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to the laying out, establishing, or using for burial purposes any cemetery, graveyard or burial ground in cities containing a population over three hundred thousand (300,000), according to the preceding Federal Decennial Census, whenever authority for such construction and operation has been obtained from a governmental planning commission having jurisdiction over zoning and building regulations covering the area wherein such cemetery, or burial ground is proposed to be located. |R.L.1910, § 4266; Laws 1919, c. 144, p. 206, § 1; Laws 1923, c. 171, p. 274, § 1; Laws 1963, p. 763, H.J.R.No.554, § 1, emerg. eff. June 14, 1963.
50 OK Stat § 50-42.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 50. Nuisances|§50-42.1. Authority of municipal governing bodies to permit burial locations.

|Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 42 of Title 50 of the Oklahoma Statutes, governing boards of any incorporated municipality shall be authorized to permit the burial of human remains or the relocation of human remains to a new burial place on the grounds of a public institution or private facility located within the municipal boundaries which the governing board deems appropriate. Provided, such burial ground shall not be used for commercial cemetery purposes nor shall the governing body permit burial sites on any private residential property. |Added by Laws 2014, c. 100, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
50 OK Stat § 50-43 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 50. Nuisances|§50-43. Nuisance may be enjoined.

|The maintaining of any slaughterhouse or location and use of any graveyard or cemetery in violation of the provisions of this article, is declared to be a nuisance, and any person owning real estate within any such addition to a town or city, or within lands so platted and set apart to be sold for residence purposes may maintain an action in the courts to abate such nuisance and to enjoin their continuance, and if it appears that they are being carried on in violation of this article, a perpetual injunction shall be granted against the parties maintaining such nuisance. |R.L.1910, § 4267.
50 OK Stat § 50-44 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 50. Nuisances|§50-44. Duty of officers.

|It shall be the duty of any sheriff, constable or other police officer to make complaint against such nuisance and hasten its abatement as herein provided. |R.L.1910, § 4268.
51 OK Stat § 51-1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-1. Beginning of term - Time of qualifying.

|Except when otherwise specially provided, the regular term of all officers elected under the laws of the state, when elected to a full term, shall commence on the second Monday of January next succeeding their election, and any officer so elected shall qualify and enter upon the duties of his office on said date or within ten (10) days thereafter; but if the office to which any person is elected be vacant at the time of his election or becomes vacant before his time for qualifying, even if he were not elected to fill the vacancy, he shall forthwith qualify and enter upon the duties of his office. |R.L. 1910, § 4269.
51 OK Stat § 51-3.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-3.1. Failure to qualify - Filling vacancy - Temporary appointment in case of military service.

|When any person elected to a public office has died or failed to qualify and enter upon the duties of such office for any reason or cause at the time and in the manner provided by law, and for six (6) months or more thereafter has not qualified and entered upon the duties of said office, such public office shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled by the officer or board authorized to fill such vacancy, provided, however, that any appointment made under the provisions of this section to fill an office of any person who has failed to qualify on account of military service shall be only for the period of enforced absence of said person, or until said person qualifies for said office. The person holding over in such office shall surrender the same to the person so appointed upon his qualifying for said office as provided by law. The provisions of this act shall be retroactive as well as prospective in its operation. |Added by Laws 1945, p. 154, § 1.
51 OK Stat § 51-5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-5. Rights of parties in contest.

|If there be a contest over the election, between a person holding an office, who was voted for at the polls for election, and some other competitor for the same office, the one shown by the election returns to have been elected, shall, after qualifying and giving bond as required by law, and on demand, be entitled to the possession of the office, and perform the duties pending the determination of the contest. When the contest is determined, the successful party shall, on qualifying and giving bond, and on demand, be entitled to the office. The salary shall, after the contest is determined, be paid to the rightful claimant of the office, and if paid in fees, the incumbent, if defeated in the contest, shall be liable therefor on his official bond to the rightful claimant. When the contest is determined adversely to the occupant of the office, or if the former officer was not voted for for re-election, or does not contest the election, then he shall at once, at the expiration of his term, and on demand, surrender the office to the successor elected, when he has qualified and given bond as required by law, and on his failure so to surrender the office he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than six (6) months, and shall be liable to a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), and each and every week the officer so holds over shall be deemed a separate offense. |R.L. 1910, § 4273.
51 OK Stat § 51-7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-7. Place of office.

|It shall be unlawful for any officer elected or appointed under the laws of the state to keep the books, papers, records, or other public property used in his office, at any place other than that in which he is required by law to keep said office. |R.L. 1910, § 4275.
51 OK Stat § 51-8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-8. Office vacant, when.

|Every office shall become vacant on the happening of any one of the following events before the expiration of the term of such office: |First. The death of the incumbent or his resignation.Second. His removal from office or failure to qualify as required by law.Third. Whenever any final judgment shall be obtained against him for a breach of his official bond.Fourth. Ceasing to be a resident of the state, county, township, city or town, or of any district thereof, in which the duties of his office are to be exercised or for which he may have been elected or appointed.Fifth. Conviction in a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction of any felony or any offense involving a violation of his official oath; provided, that no conviction, as a cause of vacation of office, shall be deemed complete so long as an appeal may be pending, or until final judgment is rendered thereon.Sixth. Upon entering of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere in a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction for any felony or any offense involving a violation of his official oath.The fact by reason whereof the vacancy arises shall be determined by the authority authorized to fill such vacancy.R.L. 1910, § 4276. Amended by Laws 1941, p. 211, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1941; Laws 1957, p. 450, § 1, emerg. eff. June 1, 1957; Laws 1981, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 1, § 1, emerg. eff. Sept. 8, 1981.
51 OK Stat § 51-9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-9. Resignations.

|Resignations may be made as follows: |1. Of state officers, officers of districts of the state, and county commissioners, to the Governor.2. Of members of the Legislature, to the presiding officers of their branches respectively, when in session, and when not in session, to the Governor; and when made to the presiding officer he shall at once notify the Governor thereof.3. Of the officers of the Legislature, to the respective branches thereof.4. Of elective county officers, by filing or depositing such resignation in writing in the office of the county clerk, except that of county clerk, which shall be filed or deposited with the board of county commissioners, which resignations, unless a different time is fixed therein, shall take effect upon such filing or deposit.5. Of officers of districts of the county and officers of municipal townships, to the board of county commissioners.6. Of officers holding their offices by appointment, to the body, board, court or officer that appointed them.R.L. 1910, § 4277.
51 OK Stat § 51-11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-11. Vacancy within thirty days of election.

|If a vacancy occurs within thirty (30) days previous to an election day at which it may be filled, no appointment shall be made unless it be necessary to carry out said election and the canvass of the same according to law; in that case an appointment may be made at any time previous to said election to hold until after said election or until his successor is elected and qualified. |R.L. 1910, § 4279.
51 OK Stat § 51-12.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-12.1. Deceased officer's spouse - Eligibility for appointment.

|If any officer of the state, district, county, city, town or other governmental subdivision of this state shall die while in office, and shall leave a surviving spouse, the said surviving spouse shall be eligible (if otherwise qualified) to be appointed to and to hold said office during the term for which the said officer was elected or appointed, regardless of the degree of relationship by either affinity or consanguinity to the appointing officer or to any member of the appointing board, commission, or other appointing authority, and it shall not be unlawful for any officer, board, commission, appointing authority, or member thereof to appoint or vote for the appointment of said surviving spouse to said office during said term, regardless of any such relationship. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 218, § 1. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 268, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 1975.
51 OK Stat § 51-13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-13. How appointments made.

|Appointments under the provisions of this chapter shall be made in writing and filed with the Secretary of State or with the proper county officer. |R.L. 1910, § 4280.
51 OK Stat § 51-14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-14. Appointees to qualify.

|Persons appointed to offices as herein provided, shall qualify in the same manner as is required of those elected, the time of which shall be prescribed in their appointments. |R.L. 1910, § 4281.
51 OK Stat § 51-15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-15. Term of appointed officer.

|Every appointed officer shall hold his office until the end of the term for which the officer whom he succeeds was elected or appointed, and until his successor is elected and qualified. |R.L. 1910, § 4282.
51 OK Stat § 51-18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-18. Violating Sections 16 and 17 - Penalty.

|Any officer violating any of the provisions of the two preceding sections, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for any period not more than one (1) year, and fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). |R.L. 1910, § 4285.
51 OK Stat § 51-19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-19. Successor to receive records, etc.

|Upon the death, resignation, suspension or removal from office of any officer, or upon the expiration of his term, all public monies, books, records, accounts, papers, documents and property of other kind in his hands or held by him by virtue of his office, shall be delivered to his successor. |R.L. 1910, § 4286.
51 OK Stat § 51-20 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-20. Books turned over to successor before salary paid.

|No officer who receives, for the use of his office, the statutes, state reports, digests or other books, shall be entitled to receive a warrant for the payment of his salary for the last month of his term of service until he shall have filed with the person issuing such warrant a receipt from his successor in office, showing all of such books to be in said office. |R.L. 1910, § 4287.
51 OK Stat § 51-21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-21. Oaths, officers authorized to administer.

|The following officers are authorized to administer oaths: |1. Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals.2. The Clerk of the Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals.3. Judges and clerks of the district, superior and county courts, and other courts of record within their respective districts or counties.4. County clerks and their deputies, and county commissioners, within their respective counties.5. Justices of the peace and notaries public within their respective counties.6. Sheriffs and their deputies in cases where they are authorized by law to select commissioners or appraisers, or to impanel juries for the view or appraisement of property, or are directed as an official duty to have property appraised, or to take the answers of garnishees, or are authorized to take delivery bonds.7. Such other officers as are authorized by law in special cases.8. Clerks of boards of education, city auditor, city and town clerks.9. Court clerks, deputy clerks, or violations bureau clerks as shall be appointed by judges of courts not of record.R.L. 1910, § 4288. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 343, § 1, emerg. eff. June 24, 1963; Laws 1967, c. 156, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1967.
51 OK Stat § 51-22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-22. Violations are misdemeanors.

|Any officer violating any of the provisions of this chapter, except as herein otherwise provided, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L. 1910, § 4289.
51 OK Stat § 51-24.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-24.3. Sale of real or personal property to state or political subdivision by certain persons prohibited.

|No person, firm or corporation who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony involving fraud, bribery, corruption or sales to the state or to any of its political subdivisions may make sale of real or personal property to the state or any political subdivision thereof. |Added by Laws 1981, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 2, emerg. eff. Sept. 8, 1981.
51 OK Stat § 51-24.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-24.4. Directives interpreting county purchasing procedure to be issued.

|Prior to November 1, 1981, the State Auditor and Inspector shall issue written directives to all county clerks specifying the State Auditor and Inspector's interpretation of county purchasing procedures contained in the Oklahoma Statutes. These directives shall be updated at such times as the State Auditor and Inspector deems necessary. Such directives shall be advisory only. |Added by Laws 1981, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 6, emerg. eff. Sept. 8, 1981.
51 OK Stat § 51-24A.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-24A.1. Short title.

|Section 24A.1 et seq. of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Open Records Act". |Added by Laws 1985, c. 355, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 68, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1988, c. 187, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 1988; Laws 1996, c. 247, § 41, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 2, § 10, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1997.NOTE: Laws 1996, c. 209, § 1 repealed by Laws 1997, c. 2, § 26, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1997.
51 OK Stat § 51-24A.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 51. Officers|§51-24A.2. Public policy - Purpose of act.

|As the Oklahoma Constitution recognizes and guarantees, all political power is inherent in the people. Thus, it is the public policy of the State of Oklahoma that the people are vested with the inherent right to know and be fully informed about their government. The Oklahoma Open Records Act shall not create, directly or indirectly, any rights of privacy or any remedies for violation of any rights of privacy; nor shall the Oklahoma Open Records Act, except as specifically set forth in the Oklahoma Open Records Act, establish any procedures for protecting any person from release of information contained in public records. The purpose of this act is to ensure and facilitate the public's right of access to and review of government records so they may efficiently and intelligently exercise their inherent political power. The privacy interests of individuals are adequately protected in the specific exceptions to the Oklahoma Open Records Act or in the statutes which authorize, create or require the records. Except where specific state or federal statutes create a confidential privilege, persons who submit information to public bodies have no right to keep this information from public access nor reasonable expectation that this information will be kept from public access; provided, the person, agency or political subdivision shall at all times bear the burden of establishing such records are protected by such a confidential privilege. Except as may be required by other statutes, public bodies do not need to follow any procedures for providing access to public records except those specifically required by the Oklahoma Open Records Act. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 355, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 187, § 2, emerg. eff. June 6, 1988.