Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-3-101
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Petition for incorporation of town - Notice - Contents
Official statutory text
A. A petition for incorporation of a town shall be presented to
the board of county commissioners of the county in which the
proposed town is located, at the time indicated in the notice, as
provided for in subsection C of this section, or as soon thereafter
as the board can receive and consider it. The petition shall be:
1. In writing; and
2. Signed by at least one-third (1/3) of the registered voters
residing in the proposed town as shown by the preceding general
election or by at least twenty-five (25) registered voters residing
in the proposed town, whichever number is greater. The registered
voters signing the petition must be residents of the proposed town
at the time of signing the petition and for the sixty (60) days
immediately preceding the signing of the petition.
B. Each petition shall be on a separate sheet and shall be
authenticated by the affidavit of at least one credible witness that
the signatures are genuine, that the signatures on the petition are
in compliance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of subsection A of
this section, and that the signatures on the petition were not
gathered more than thirty (30) days prior to the petition being
presented to the board. The petition shall include:
1. The name of the proposed town;
2. The survey and plat of the proposed town;
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3. The resident population including names and addresses of
persons residing in the area of the proposed town not more than
sixty (60) days prior to presenting the petition to the board of
county commissioners;
4. The number and boundaries of the proposed town wards or, if
no wards are proposed, the number of positions on the proposed board
of trustees;
5. The appropriate documentation to prove that territory within
five (5) miles of the corporate limits of a municipality having a
population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) has
historically been identified as a community of people residing in
compact form, if applicable; and
6. Affidavits verifying the facts contained in the petition.
C. Not less than thirty (30) days before presenting the
petition to the board of county commissioners, notice of the intent
of the petitioners to apply for incorporation of a town shall be
given by leaving the survey, plat, census, and description of wards,
if any, in some convenient place in the proposed town for
examination by those having an interest in the application.
the board of county commissioners of the county in which the
proposed town is located, at the time indicated in the notice, as
provided for in subsection C of this section, or as soon thereafter
as the board can receive and consider it. The petition shall be:
1. In writing; and
2. Signed by at least one-third (1/3) of the registered voters
residing in the proposed town as shown by the preceding general
election or by at least twenty-five (25) registered voters residing
in the proposed town, whichever number is greater. The registered
voters signing the petition must be residents of the proposed town
at the time of signing the petition and for the sixty (60) days
immediately preceding the signing of the petition.
B. Each petition shall be on a separate sheet and shall be
authenticated by the affidavit of at least one credible witness that
the signatures are genuine, that the signatures on the petition are
in compliance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of subsection A of
this section, and that the signatures on the petition were not
gathered more than thirty (30) days prior to the petition being
presented to the board. The petition shall include:
1. The name of the proposed town;
2. The survey and plat of the proposed town;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 30
3. The resident population including names and addresses of
persons residing in the area of the proposed town not more than
sixty (60) days prior to presenting the petition to the board of
county commissioners;
4. The number and boundaries of the proposed town wards or, if
no wards are proposed, the number of positions on the proposed board
of trustees;
5. The appropriate documentation to prove that territory within
five (5) miles of the corporate limits of a municipality having a
population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) has
historically been identified as a community of people residing in
compact form, if applicable; and
6. Affidavits verifying the facts contained in the petition.
C. Not less than thirty (30) days before presenting the
petition to the board of county commissioners, notice of the intent
of the petitioners to apply for incorporation of a town shall be
given by leaving the survey, plat, census, and description of wards,
if any, in some convenient place in the proposed town for
examination by those having an interest in the application.
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