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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-24-115. Financial statements - Filing.

Within ninety (90) days following the closing of each fiscal year, the Authority shall cause to be prepared certified financial statements which shall be filed with the State Auditor and Inspector and with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services in accordance with the requirements for financial statement audits in Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 218, § 15, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 290, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 45.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-24-116. Meetings and Records.

Meetings and Records. All meetings of the Authority shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, as provided by Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes. All records of the Authority shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, as provided by Section 24A.1 et seq. of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Laws 1981, c. 218, § 16, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 89, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-24-117. Construction.

Construction. Section 24-101 et seq. of this title and all the terms and provisions hereof shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth herein; provided, however, nothing in the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority Act shall be construed to authorize the Authority to loan its credit to any investor-owned utility.
Laws 1981, c. 218, § 17, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 89, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-24-118. Powers Declared Supplementary.

Powers Declared Supplementary. The provisions of this act shall be regarded as supplementary and additional to and cumulative of powers conferred by other laws and shall not be regarded as being in derogation of any powers now existing.
Laws 1981, c. 218, § 19, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981. d
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-24-119. Irrevocable Contracts.

Irrevocable Contract. While any of the bonds issued by the Authority shall remain outstanding or while the Authority has any undischarged duties or obligations under any contract or agreement, including obligations to any joint owner of any project, the powers, duties or existence of the Authority or of its officers, employees or agents shall not be diminished, impaired or affected in any manner which will affect adversely the interest and right of the owners of such bonds or the persons to whom such duties or obligations are owed under such contracts or agreements. The provisions of this act shall be for the benefit of the state, the Authority, every owner of the Authority's bonds and every other person to whom the Authority owes a duty or is obligated by contract or agreement and, upon and after the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this act, shall constitute an irrevocable contract by the state with the owners of such bonds and the other persons to whom the Authority owes a duty or is obligated by such contracts or agreements.
Laws 1981, c. 218, § 19, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-24-121. Partial Invalidity.

Partial Invalidity. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of the act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
Laws 1981, c. 218, § 26, emerg. eff. June 2, 1981.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-25-102. Municipal energy district authority - Trustees.

A. The governing body of a municipality, by ordinance, may establish a municipal energy district authority for the municipality. The authority shall be a public trust as provided for in Sections 176 through 180.3 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. The authority shall consist of five trustees as follows:
1. The mayor of the municipality;
2. Two members of the governing board of the municipality; and
3. Two persons appointed by the mayor of the municipality who shall be residents of the municipality and shall not be elected officials.
C. The mayor of the municipality shall serve as chair of the authority.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 103, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-25-103. Trustees’ meetings.

The trustees of a municipal energy district authority shall establish a time and place for regular meetings and may hold special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. Three trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and upon all questions requiring a vote of the trustees there shall be a concurrence of three trustees for approval.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 103, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-25-104. Trustees’ powers and duties.

A. The trustees of a municipal energy district authority shall be authorized to:
1. Manage and conduct the business and affairs of the authority;
2. Make and execute all necessary contracts;
3. Secure funding through sources which may include:
a.
issuance of notes or bonds,
b.
public or private lenders,
c.
grants or loans from other governmental entities when funds are available, or
d.
any other public or private funding source;
4. Make loans directly to willing and consenting property owners or through a financial institution for the following purposes:
a.
to finance the purchase and installation of distributed-generation renewable energy sources,
b.
to make energy-efficient improvements or retrofits that are permanently affixed to residential, commercial, or industrial property,
c.
to conduct residential and commercial building energy audits, and
d.
to establish financial incentive programs for energy-efficient improvements; and
5. Make loans or other repayment mechanisms for capital expenditures available to implement green community programs and qualified energy-conservation projects.
B. The trustees of an energy district authority shall coordinate with electric utilities that provide electric service within the borders of the municipality on programs offered by the authority pursuant to the Oklahoma Municipal Energy Independence Act. No program offered by a municipal energy district authority shall be used directly or indirectly to compete against an electric service provider's similar program within the borders of the municipality for electric customers.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 103, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-25-105. Application of act.

A. The Oklahoma Municipal Energy Independence Act shall apply to developed property located within the borders of the municipality on which property taxes are paid and on which the owners of the property are current in the payment of the property taxes.
B. The trustees of a municipal energy district authority may enter into an agreement with a county to collect repayment of any loan made pursuant to the Oklahoma Municipal Energy Independence Act upon such terms as may be agreed to by the property owner and the municipal energy district authority.
C. Any loan made pursuant to the Oklahoma Municipal Energy Independence Act shall constitute a lien on the property which is the subject of the loan only upon the recording of a mortgage covering the property in the office of the county clerk. Any mortgage securing a loan shall be junior and inferior to all previously recorded liens or mortgages of any kind. The exclusive method of enforcing a lien for failure to repay any loan made pursuant to the Oklahoma Municipal Energy Independence Act shall be by judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure as provided by law.
D. Only appliances or energy-efficient improvements that are permanently affixed to the property shall be eligible for financing pursuant to the Oklahoma Municipal Energy Independence Act.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 103, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-25-107. Participation in program - Requirements.

A municipal energy district authority shall require those property owners participating in the program to:
1. Have an energy audit conducted on the property to be improved to demonstrate the value of the project; and
2. Submit proof that the improvements at a minimum meet “Energy Star” ratings.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 103, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-101. Authority to purchase and regulate.

A municipal governing body shall have the power to purchase, lay out and regulate cemeteries. The powers over cemeteries which are granted to a municipal governing body in this section include, but are not limited to, cemeteries used or dedicated for interment of animal remains.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-102. Power to acquire and control land for cemeteries.

A municipal governing body may acquire, by purchase, donation or otherwise, and control lots or parcels of land within and without the limits of the municipality as the governing body deems necessary for cemetery purposes. When lots or parcels are so acquired, the title shall vest in the municipality. The governing body may subdivide or plat any of the lots or lands into suitable parcels for burial purposes and make such disposition thereof as will in the judgment of the governing body best serve the purpose for which they were acquired. Any lands so acquired shall thereafter be exempt from taxation, and the governing body may pay and discharge any assessments against the lands for the improvement of streets or the construction of sewers. The governing body shall provide for the grading, fencing, ornamenting and improving of all burial and cemetery grounds owned by the municipality and the avenues leading thereto, and may construct walks and plant and protect ornamental trees and shrubs therein, and provide for paying the cost thereof.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-102, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-103. Conveyance of cemetery lots - Abandoned lots.

A. As used in this section, “lot” means a tract of land as defined in Section 1 of this act.
B. Lots in a municipal cemetery shall be conveyed by certificate signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk, under the seal of the municipality. The certificate shall show the price for which the lots are sold and specify that the person to whom it is issued is the owner of the lot or lots described therein by number, as laid down in the plat, for the purpose of interment. The certificate shall vest in the purchaser and heirs of the purchaser a right to the lot or lots, for the sole purpose of interment, under the regulations of the governing body or board of cemetery trustees. The certificate shall be entitled to record in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the lot is situated without further acknowledgment, and the description of lots by number shall be sufficient for the purpose of record. All abandoned lots shall revert to the municipality.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-103, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 47, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-104. Conveyance or devise of lot in trust.

A. As used in this section, “lot” means a tract of land as defined in Section 1 of this act.
B. Any burial lot in any cemetery owned by a municipality, or by an association incorporated for cemetery purposes under the laws of Oklahoma, may be conveyed or devised by the owner back to and held by such company, municipality, or association in perpetual trust for the purpose of its preservation as a place of burial. The lot so conveyed shall thereafter remain forever inalienable by act of the parties, but the right to use the same as a place of burial of the dead of the family of the owner and his descendants from generation to generation shall remain, unless the deed of conveyance in trust shall provide that interments in such lot shall be confined to the bodies of specified persons, in which case the lot shall be forever preserved as the burial place of the persons specified in the deed and shall never be used for any other purpose whatever. However, no conveyance in trust shall be made without the consent of the cemetery company or association in whose cemetery the burial lot is located, or of the governing body or board of cemetery trustees of the municipality.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-104, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 47, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-105. Rules and ordinances - Penalties and fines.

The governing body may pass rules and ordinances to regulate, protect, and govern the cemetery, the owners of the lots therein, visitors therein, and to punish trespassers therein. The governing body may limit the number of lots which may be owned by one person, corporation or association at the same time, and may prescribe rules for enclosing, adorning and erecting monuments and tombstones on cemetery lots; but no religious test shall be made as to the ownership of lots, the burial therein, or the ornamentation of graves or lots. The governing body may prohibit any division of the use of lots and any improper adornment thereof. The officers of the municipality shall have full jurisdiction and power to enforce such rules and ordinances as if they related to the municipality itself. Penalties and fines not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or thirty (30) days in jail may be imposed for violation of such rules and ordinances.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-105, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-106. Board of cemetery trustees - Appointment and creation.

Where a cemetery is owned by a municipality, the governing body may provide by ordinance for the creation and appointment of a board of cemetery trustees. The board of cemetery trustees shall consist of three (3) members. The term of each member shall be six (6) years, except that when the board is first appointed, one member shall serve a term of two (2) years, one member shall serve a term of four (4) years, and one member shall serve a term of six (6) years.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-106, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-107. Powers and duties of cemetery trustees.

The board of cemetery trustees shall have charge of and control of the municipal cemetery, and shall be authorized to:
1. Make rules and regulations governing the management, improvement and establishment of the cemetery;
2. Fix the price for which lots shall be sold or for which an interment shall be made; and
3. Appoint all officers necessary for the control and management of cemeteries, including a cemetery superintendent, subject to the approval of the municipal governing body.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-107, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-108. Cemetery expenses and collections.

All monies received by the board of cemetery trustees from the sale of lots or from interments or from any other source shall be paid daily to the municipal treasurer, who shall deposit the same in the municipal treasury. Expenses incurred for the upkeep, repair, and adornment of the municipal cemetery may be paid by the municipal treasurer upon proper warrants.
Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 51, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-109. Cemetery Care Fund - Purchase of lands - Investment of fund.

In all municipally owned cemeteries where lots are sold or charges made for interments, not less than twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of all monies received from the sale of lots and interments shall be segregated and set aside as a permanent fund to be known as the "Cemetery Care Fund". The Cemetery Care Fund principal shall be expended for purchasing lands for cemeteries and for making capital improvements as defined in Section 17-110 of this title, if necessary. The balance of the fund may be invested in the manner provided by law for investment of municipal funds. The interest from the investments shall be used for the same purposes as the principal or in improving, caring for, and embellishing the lots, walks, drives, parks, and other necessary improvements on such cemeteries.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-109, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 52, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1991, c. 124, § 14, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 23, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-110. Reports of the cemetery board of trustees.

The board of cemetery trustees shall, on the first Mondays in January and July of each year, make a full report to the municipal governing body of all lots sold, interments made, and all moneys received and expended by the board in and about the cemetery.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-110, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-111. Lien on cemetery lots for upkeep charges - Enforcement.

A. Any municipality which owns a cemetery, or any board of cemetery trustees of a cemetery owned by an association incorporated for cemetery purposes under the laws of Oklahoma, shall have a lien on any unused lot when a written contract provides for upkeep payments on such lot and the upkeep payments have been unpaid for a continuous period of five (5) years. Where more than one lot has been purchased in a group of lots, and at least one of the lots has been used in that group of lots, the provisions of this section shall not apply.
B. After filing the lien with the clerk of the district court in the county in which the cemetery lot is situated, the lien may be enforced by civil action. The practice, pleading and proceedings for foreclosure in such action shall conform to the rules prescribed by the code of civil procedure as far as they may be applicable.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-111, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-112. Removal of remains to other gravesites - Unmarked graves.

When the bodily remains of an unknown person are discovered in an unidentified and unmarked grave of a municipally owned and operated cemetery, the remains may be removed to some other gravesite within the cemetery, at the expense of the municipality, if no record exists as to a sale or conveyance of the lot and the municipality is without knowledge that a body had been buried in the gravesite, in the event the lot is sold to another person. An application for approval of the disinterment and removal of the bodily remains shall be first filed with, and approval obtained from, the State Health Department.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-112, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-201. Trusts for special care of specified lots - Perpetual care fund - Use.

Donations, deposits or bequests may be made in trust for the special care of specified lots, monuments or mausoleums in any cemetery. These funds shall be segregated and set aside as a permanent fund to be known as the "Perpetual Care Fund". A separate account shall be kept of each amount so deposited, donated and bequeathed for special care of specified lots. The perpetual care fund may be invested in like manner as the cemetery care fund, and only the interest derived from the fund shall be used in the care, maintenance and repair of such lots, monuments and mausoleums, unless otherwise specified by the donor.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-201, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-202. Trustee of perpetual care fund - Appointment - Duties.

Any municipality which owns a cemetery, or twenty-five of the lot owners in the cemetery, may petition the district court in the county where the cemetery is situated for the appointment of a trustee to be the trustee of the perpetual care fund. The trustee of the fund shall receive the perpetual care funds, as provided in Section 26-201 of this title, and any other funds which may be donated, deposited or bequeathed to the cemetery or any part thereof, as a perpetual care fund. The trustee shall invest, manage and control the fund under the direction of the judge of the district court.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-202, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-203. Perpetual care fund receipts - Cemetery records.

Every trustee of a perpetual care fund shall execute and deliver to the donor a receipt showing the amount of money received, and the use to be made of the net proceeds from the money. The receipts shall be attested by the clerk of the court granting letters of trusteeship and a copy thereof shall be signed by the trustees of the cemetery board. The receipts so attested shall then be filed with and recorded by the court clerk in a book to be known as the "Cemetery Records," in which shall be recorded all reports and other papers, including orders made by the court or judge relative to cemetery matters.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-203, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-204. Perpetual care fund loans - Approval.

The perpetual care fund trustee may loan moneys received by him under the direction and with the approval of the court, but only as such loans may be secured by first mortgages upon Oklahoma real estate. No loan shall be made or approved unless it be made to appear to the court that the real estate is ample security for the loan applied for, and that the title to the real estate is good of record and in fact in the party making application for the loan.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-204, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-205. Bond and oath of perpetual care fund trustee.

The trustee of the perpetual care fund, before entering on the discharge of his duties or at any time thereafter when required by the court or judge, shall give bond in such amount as may be required by the court, to be approved by the court clerk, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties imposed upon the trustee by law. The trustee shall take and subscribe an oath the same in substance as the condition of the bond. The oath and bond shall be filed with the court clerk.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-205, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-206. Clerk to advise court on sufficiency of trustee's bond.

The court clerk, at the time of filing each receipt as provided in Section 26-203 of this title, shall immediately advise the court or judge as to the amount of the principal fund in the hands of the trustee, the amount of bond filed, and whether or not the bond is good and sufficient for the amount given. The court or judge may require, if it seems best, a new and additional bond of the perpetual care fund trustee.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-206, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-207. Payment of trustee's expenses.

The trustee of a perpetual care fund shall not be entitled to receive any compensation for services rendered, but may, out of the income received, pay all proper items of expense incurred in the performance of his duties, including cost of bond, if any.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-207, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-208. Trustee reports.

Every perpetual care fund trustee shall make a full report to the district court of his doings in the matter of his trusteeship in the months of January and July following his appointment, and in January and July of each successive year. In each of the reports he shall apportion the net proceeds received from the sum total of the permanent fund and make proper credit to each of the separate funds assigned to him in trust.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-208, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-26-209. Removal or death of trustee.

A perpetual care fund trustee may be removed by the court or judge thereof at any time for cause. In the event of removal or death, the court or judge must appoint a new trustee and require his predecessor or his personal representative to make full accounting for all the property belonging to the trustee.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-209, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-101. Creation of municipal court not of record.

A municipality may create a Municipal Court, as provided in this article, which shall be a court not of record. This court may be created in addition to a Municipal Criminal Court of Record. References in Sections 27-101 through 27-131 of this title to the municipal court shall mean the municipal court not of record established under the authority of the provisions of this article.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-101, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-102. Resolution of governing body.

Before a municipal court not of record may be put into operation, the municipal governing body shall determine by resolution that the efficient disposition of cases involving the violation of municipal ordinances necessitates putting the court into operation. The governing body shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be filed in the office of the county clerk of each county in which the municipality is located. The resolution and the filing thereof shall be judicially noticed in all courts of this state.
Amended by Laws 1988, c. 21, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. d
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-105. Prohibition on change of venue - Disqualification of judge.

A. No change of venue shall be allowed from any municipal court, but the judge of the municipal court may be disqualified under the same terms and conditions as are now provided by law for courts of record.
B. In the event of an ethical disqualification by a municipal judge, the senior municipal judge may appoint, on a case-by-case basis, a sitting municipal judge in another municipality within the same county or an adjacent county to act as a special judge for the purposes of hearing the case.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-105, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 54, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-106. Acting judge - Alternate judge - Compensation.

In the event of disqualification of the judge in a particular case, or his absence or inability to act, the mayor of the municipality may appoint some person, qualified as provided in Section 27-104 of this title, as acting municipal judge of the court in the place of the judge during his absence or inability to act or in a case wherein the judge is disqualified; or, in its discretion, the municipal governing body may provide by ordinance for the appointment of an alternate judge of the court, in the same manner and for the same term as the judge and possessing the qualifications prescribed by Section 27-104 of this title, who shall sit as acting judge of the court in case of the absence, inability or disqualification of the judge. If both the judge and the alternate judge are unable to sit, the mayor may appoint an acting judge as provided in this section. The municipal governing body, by ordinance, shall provide for the compensation of an acting judge of the court.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-106, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-108. Municipal attorney as prosecutor.

The municipal attorney of each municipality where a municipal court is established may be the prosecutor of the municipal court. The prosecutor shall have full power to prosecute for the violations of any ordinance of the municipality in the municipal court and shall have the power to prosecute and resist appeals and proceedings in error and review from the municipal court.
Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 53, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-109. Clerk of court - Duties.

The municipal clerk of any municipality where a municipal court is established, or a designated deputy shall be the clerk of the municipal court unless the governing body establishes or authorizes a position of chief municipal court officer to serve as court clerk.
The court clerk shall have authority to carry out the duties of the position as required by law; provided, that the person who serves as court clerk may separately perform other duties for the municipality. The clerk of the court shall:
1. Assist the judge in recording the proceedings of the court, preparation of writs, processes, or other papers;
2. Administer oaths required in judicial or other proceedings before the court;
3. Be responsible for the entry of all pleadings, processes, and proceedings in the dockets of the court;
4. Perform such other clerical duties in relation to the proceedings of the court as the judge shall direct; and
5. Receive and give receipt for and disburse or deliver to the municipal treasurer all fines, forfeitures, fees, deposits, and sums of money properly payable to the municipal court. Such funds and sums of money while in the custody of the clerk shall be deposited and disbursed upon vouchers as directed by the municipal governing body.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-109, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 124, § 15, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1995, c. 166, § 2, emerg. eff. May 4, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-110. Court marshal - Duties.

The municipal governing body, upon the recommendation of the judge of the municipal court, may designate any appropriate person who is a resident of the municipality to serve as marshal, and in the absence of such a designation, the chief of police or corresponding officer of the municipality shall be ex officio marshal of the court. The marshal shall execute any writs and other process directed to him, except as herein otherwise provided, and such duty may be performed by any deputy marshal or by any members of the police force of the municipality, as the case may be.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-110, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-111. Bond of clerk and judge - Form.

A. The clerk of each municipal court shall give bond to the governing body of the municipality where the court is established. The bond shall be approved by the governing body and shall be in an amount to be fixed by the governing body. The bond shall be in substance as follows:
I, ___________, clerk of the Municipal Court of ___________, State of Oklahoma, and ___________ and ___________, his sureties, do jointly and severally agree to pay on demand each and every person who may be entitled thereto, all such sums of money as the said clerk may become liable to pay, on account of any moneys which may come into his hands, by virtue of his office.
Dated at ___________, this _____ day of ______, 19__.
_________________________
(Signed)
B. The municipal governing body may provide that the judge, the alternate judge, and an acting judge, or any of them, shall give a bond to the governing body of the municipality where the court is established. If a bond is required, it shall be in an amount to be fixed by the governing body. It shall be conditioned in the same manner as the bond that is required of the clerk of the court, and it shall be approved by the governing body.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-111, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-112. Fees, fines and forfeitures - Dispositions.

All of the fees, fines and forfeitures which come into the municipal court shall be paid by the clerk of the court to the municipal treasurer. The treasurer shall credit such deposits to the fund designated by the municipal governing body. The court clerk shall make a receipt for the fees, fines and forfeitures collected which shall be retained by the municipality together with a detailed statement of all costs, the style of the case in which they were paid, and the name of the defendant. The receipt and detailed statement retained by the municipality may be saved and produced in an electronic format.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-112, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 54, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 2019, c. 104, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-113. Procedure - Judicial notice of statutes and ordinances - Writs and process - Service of arrest warrant.

Except as otherwise provided for by law, the code of procedure in the municipal court shall be the same as is provided for by law for the trial of misdemeanors. The court shall take judicial notice of state statutes and the ordinances of the municipality in which it is located. Writs and processes of the court may be issued by the judge or clerk thereof to any proper officer. All writs and processes of the municipal court in which a violation of a municipal ordinance is charged shall be directed to the chief of police of the municipality, a county sheriff, or to some other appropriate peace officer. A law enforcement officer of the municipality or county sheriff may serve an arrest warrant issued by the municipal court any place within this state. If the warrant is served by a county sheriff, the municipality shall pay the Sheriff's Service Fee Account a fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00).
Amended by Laws 1982, c. 133, § 2; Laws 1984, c. 126, § 55, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1990, c. 259, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-115. Prosecutions by verified complaint - Style.

All prosecutions commenced in the municipal court shall be by complaint which shall be subscribed by the person making the complaint and shall be verified before a judge, the court clerk, a deputy court clerk, or a police officer. No warrant for arrest shall be issued until the complaint has been approved by the judge of the municipal court. All prosecutions for the violation of municipal ordinances shall be styled, "The ________ (City or Town) of ________________ (name the municipality) vs. ________________ (naming the person or persons charged)".
Amended by Laws 1984, c. 126, § 56, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-115.1. Prosecutions by verified complaint - Means of verification.

Notwithstanding other provisions of law, when a law enforcement officer issues a citation or ticket as the basis for a complaint or information, for an offense against a municipal ordinance which is declared to be a misdemeanor, the citation or ticket shall be properly verified if:
1. The issuing officer subscribes the officer's signature on the citation, ticket or complaint to the following statement:
"I, the undersigned issuing officer, hereby certify and
swear that I have read the foregoing information and know
the facts and contents thereof and that the facts supporting
the criminal charge stated therein are true."
Such a subscription by an issuing officer, in all respects, shall constitute a sworn statement, as if sworn to upon an oath administered by an official authorized by law to administer oaths; and
2. The citation or ticket states the specific facts supporting the criminal charge and the ordinance or statute alleged to be violated; or
3. A complainant verifies by oath, subscribed on the citation, ticket or complaint, that he has read the information, knows the facts and contents thereof and that the facts supporting the criminal charge stated therein are true. For purposes of such an oath and subscription, any law enforcement officer of the state, county or municipality of the State of Oklahoma issuing the citation, ticket or complaint shall be authorized to administer the oath to the complainant.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 68, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-116. Arraignment - Fines in lieu of appearance.

The arraignment shall be made by the court. The judge or the prosecuting attorney shall read the complaint to the defendant, inform him of his legal rights and of the consequences of conviction, and ask him whether he pleads guilty or not guilty. The municipal governing body by ordinance may prescribe a schedule of fines which the defendant may pay in lieu of his appearance before the municipal court and such payment shall constitute a final determination of the cause against the defendant.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-116, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-117.1. Arrest for misdemeanor traffic violation other than parking or standing - Bail.

If a resident or nonresident of a municipality having a municipal court is arrested by a law enforcement officer solely for a misdemeanor violation of a traffic ordinance, other than an ordinance pertaining to a parking or standing traffic violation, and the arrested person is eligible to sign a written promise to appear and be released upon personal recognizance as provided for in Section 1115.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, then the procedures provided for in the State and Municipal Traffic Bail Bond Procedure Act as applied to municipalities, shall govern. A municipality, by ordinance, may prescribe a bail bond schedule for this purpose and may provide for bail to be used as payment of the fine and costs upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, as provided for in Section 1115.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Absent such ordinance, the municipal court may prescribe a bail bond schedule for traffic offenses. The amount of bail shall not exceed the maximum fine and costs provided by ordinance for each offense, unless the defendant has a previous history of failing to appear according to the terms or conditions of a bond, in which case the amount of bail shall not exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
Added by Laws 1986, c. 250, § 8, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 15, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 251, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-118. Failure to appear according to terms of bond - Forfeiture.

A. If, without sufficient excuse, a defendant fails to appear according to the terms or conditions of a bond, given by a bail bondsman as defined in Section 1301 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes, either for hearing, arraignment, trial, or judgment, or upon any other occasion when the presence of the defendant in court or before the judge may be lawfully required:
1. The court shall perform the procedures set forth in Section 1332 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes whereby the municipal court clerk shall issue the required notices; or
2.
a.
The municipal judge shall issue an order declaring the bond to be forfeited on the day the defendant failed to appear and stating the reasons therefor, and
b.
Within five (5) days of the order of forfeiture, the municipal court clerk shall file a certified copy of the order with the district court in the county where the municipal government is located. The district court clerk shall treat the certified order of forfeiture as a foreign judgment and proceed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1332 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A surety shall have all remedies available under the provisions of Section 1108 of Title 22 and Sections 1301 through 1340 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Court costs shall be collectible from the proceeds of a forfeited bond.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-118, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 265, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 49, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 166, § 3, emerg. eff. May 4, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-119. Jury trials - Qualifications of jurors.

In all prosecutions in the municipal court for any offense for which the municipality, with the concurrence of the court, seeks imposition of a fine of more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), excluding court costs, or imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment, a jury trial shall be had unless waived by the defendant and the municipality, provided that the municipality has compiled its penal ordinances in accordance with the provisions of Sections 14-109 and 14-110 of this title. If the municipality has not compiled its ordinances as provided by law, the fine shall not exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00). In prosecutions for all other offenses, or in cases wherein a jury trial is waived by the defendant and the municipality, trial shall be to the court. A jury in the municipal court shall consist of six (6) jurors, five of whom may return a verdict. Jurors shall be good and lawful men or women, citizens of the county in which the court sits, having the qualifications of jurors in the district court.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-119, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 157, § 3; Laws 1983, c. 293, § 3, operative Oct. 1, 1983; Laws 1995, c. 61, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 251, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2006, c. 38, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-120. Selection and summons of jurors.

Jurors in the municipal court shall be selected pursuant to this section under the same terms and conditions as are provided for by law for the district courts, or in the alternative, pursuant to Section 18.1 of Title 38 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Upon written request of the judge of the municipal court for a stated number of jurors to the chief judge of the appropriate district court, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the district court to draw from the jury wheel a requested number of jurors in the same manner as is provided by law for the district court until the number requested, who from their addresses appear to reside within the corporate limits of the municipality, is drawn, and to prepare a list of names drawn and certify such list to the judge of the municipal court. On completion of the draw, the clerk shall immediately return to the jury wheel all names drawn which are not placed on the certified list. The judge of the municipal court shall make written request to the chief judge of the district court for a stated number of additional jurors if, after allowance of claimed statutory exemptions, the listed number is found to be insufficient. Summons of the prospective jurors shall be issued as set out by ordinance, and may be served in person by the chief of police or any member of the police force of the municipality, or may be served by the clerk of the municipal court by mail.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-120, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 225, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-121. Fees and mileage of jurors and witnesses.

The municipal governing body shall determine by ordinance the fees and mileage that shall be paid to jurors and witnesses in a municipal court. However, no witness fee shall be paid to any police or peace officer. The jury fee and mileage due jurors and witnesses shall be paid as provided by ordinance.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-121, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-122. Enforcement of payment of fines or costs by imprisonment - Persons unable to pay.

A. If a defendant who is financially able refuses or neglects to pay a fine or costs or both, payment may be enforced:
1. By imprisonment until the same shall be satisfied at the rate of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per day; or
2. In the same manner as is prescribed in subsection B of this section for a defendant who is without means to make such payment.
B. If the defendant is without means to pay the fine or costs, the municipal judge may direct the total amount due to be entered upon the court minutes and to be certified to the district court in the county where the situs of the municipal government is located, where it shall be entered upon the district court judgment docket and shall have the full force and effect of a district court judgment. The same remedies shall be available for the enforcement of the judgment as are available to any other judgment creditor.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-122, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 247, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1980; Laws 1987, c. 173, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 2004, c. 173, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-122.1. Execution of sentences of municipal court.

A. All sentences of imprisonment shall be executed by the chief of police of the municipality, and any person convicted of a violation of any ordinance of the municipality and sentenced to imprisonment shall be confined in the jail, farm, or workhouse of the municipality, in the discretion of the court, for the time specified in the sentence; provided, however, the court may, in lieu of imprisonment, order the defendant to engage in a term of community service without compensation. If the defendant fails to perform the required community service or if the conditions of community service are violated, the judge may impose a sentence of imprisonment, not to exceed the maximum sentence allowable for the violation for which the defendant was convicted.
B. The judge of the municipal court imposing a judgment and sentence, at the judge’s discretion, is empowered to modify, reduce, suspend, or defer the imposition of a sentence or any part thereof and to authorize probation for a period not to exceed six (6) months from the date of sentence under terms or conditions as the judge may specify. Procedures relating to suspension of the judgment or costs or both shall be as provided in Section 27-123 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Upon completion of the terms of probation, the defendant shall be discharged without a court judgment of guilt, and the verdict, judgment of guilty, or plea of guilty shall be expunged from the record and the charge dismissed with prejudice to any further action. Upon a finding of the court that the conditions of probation have been violated, the municipal judge may enter a judgment of guilty.
C. The judge of the municipal court may continue or delay imposing a judgment and sentence for a period of time not to exceed six (6) months from the date of sentence. At the expiration of this period of time the judge may allow the municipal attorney to amend the charge to a lesser offense.
D. If a deferred sentence is imposed, an administrative fee not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) may be imposed as costs in the case, in addition to any deferral fee otherwise authorized by law.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 173, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 69, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1999, c. 412, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2004, c. 173, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-27-122.2. Community service in lieu of fine or in conjunction with imprisonment - Violation of community service conditions.

Whenever any person is convicted in municipal court for violation of a municipal ordinance, the court may order the defendant to a term of community service or remedial action in lieu of fine or in conjunction with imprisonment. If the defendant fails to perform the required community service or if the conditions of community service are violated, the judge may impose a sentence of imprisonment, not to exceed the maximum sentence allowable for the violation for which the defendant was convicted.
Added by Laws 1989, c. 255 § 3, emerg. eff. May 19, 1989. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 69, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.