OSCN Found Document:Incorporation of a Municipality
Title 11. Cities and Towns

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
  Title 11. Cities and Towns
    Chapter 1 - Oklahoma Municipal Code
        Article Article II - Incorporation and General Provisions
        Section 2-101 - Incorporation of a Municipality
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A. Any community of people residing in compact form may become incorporated as a town in the manner provided in Sections 3-101 through 3-107 of this title. If the resident population is one thousand (1,000) or more, a town or community of people residing in compact form may become incorporated as a city in the manner provided in Sections 4-101 through 4-107 of this title.

B. Any community which has operated as an incorporated municipality for twenty-five (25) years or more but which does not have any evidence of its articles of incorporation shall be presumed to have incorporated as the statutory form of municipal government under which it has operated. Such community may file with the Secretary of State any historical evidence of its incorporation. Notice of said filing shall be published one time. If no action challenging the presumption of incorporation is brought within sixty (60) days after publication of the notice of filing, the presumption of incorporation shall be conclusive.

Historical Data


Laws 1977, HB 1100, c. 256, § 2-101, eff. July 1, 1978; Amended by Laws 1984, HB 1669, c. 126, § 2, eff. November 1, 1984.

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Oklahoma Attorney General's Opinions
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  2002 OK AG 15, Question Submitted by: The Honorable Bob Plunk , State Representative, District 25 Cited
  2005 OK AG 9, Question Submitted by: The Honorable James E. Covey, State Representative, District 57 Cited
  2008 OK AG 23, Question Submitted by: The Honorable Don Barrington, State Senator District 31 Discussed
  2013 OK AG 5, Question Submitted by: The Honorable Charles Wyrick, State Senator, District 1 Discussed
  1999 OK AG 7, Question Submitted by: The Honorable Bill Paulk, State Representative, District 92 Cited
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  2006 OK 16, 133 P.3d 281, CITY OF ENID v. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS BOARD Cited
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  11 O.S. 3-101, Petition for Incorporation of a Town - Notice - Contents Cited
  11 O.S. 3-107, Officers to be Elected Cited
  11 O.S. 4-101, Petition for Incorporation of City - Contents Cited
  11 O.S. 4-107, Officers to be Elected Cited