Okla. Stat. tit. 1, § 1-40
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Censure, revocation or suspension of abstract license
Official statutory text
Upon good cause shown and after a hearing, the Oklahoma
Abstractors Board may censure a licensee or revoke or suspend his
abstract license for any of the following acts:
1. Making of a materially fraudulent statement in an
application for an abstract license; or
2. Having been convicted and exhausted all appellate remedies
in a court of competent jurisdiction in this or any other state or a
federal court of the crime of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money
under false pretenses, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, fraud, or
any similar offense, or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to any
such offense; or
3. Destroying or secreting public records, or failing to return
said records within the designated time; or
4. Any other conduct which constitutes untrustworthy or
improper, fraudulent, or dishonest activities; or
5. Disregarding or violating any provision of the Oklahoma
Abstractors Act; or
6. Continued violation after notice from the Board of engaging
in a practice of charging excessive abstracting fees.
Abstractors Board may censure a licensee or revoke or suspend his
abstract license for any of the following acts:
1. Making of a materially fraudulent statement in an
application for an abstract license; or
2. Having been convicted and exhausted all appellate remedies
in a court of competent jurisdiction in this or any other state or a
federal court of the crime of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money
under false pretenses, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, fraud, or
any similar offense, or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to any
such offense; or
3. Destroying or secreting public records, or failing to return
said records within the designated time; or
4. Any other conduct which constitutes untrustworthy or
improper, fraudulent, or dishonest activities; or
5. Disregarding or violating any provision of the Oklahoma
Abstractors Act; or
6. Continued violation after notice from the Board of engaging
in a practice of charging excessive abstracting fees.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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