Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-9-103

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Qualifications of governing body members

Official statutory text

The governing body members shall be residents and registered

voters of the city, and the councilmembers from wards shall be

actual residents of their respective wards at the time of their

respective candidacies and elections. Removal of a councilmember

from a ward to another ward within the municipality after his or her

election, or a change in ward boundaries, shall not disqualify the

councilmember from completing the term for which he or she was

elected.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 48

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