Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 15-768
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District attorney to receive copy of application -
Official statutory text
Objections - Grounds for denying application.
Upon receipt of an application, the clerk shall forward a copy
of the application to the district attorney of the same district the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 15. Contracts Page 156
court clerk is located in who may cause an investigation as deemed
necessary for the facts contained therein. No license shall be
issued by the clerk before ten (10) days has elapsed from the filing
of the application within which period the district attorney may
file an objection to the application, setting forth one or more of
the following facts or circumstances, any one which shall be grounds
for denying the application for a license:
1. That the applicant has been granted more than one license
for a "closing out sale" within thirty-six (36) months preceding the
date of the filing of the application;
2. That the inventory includes goods, wares or merchandise on
consignment or purchased by the applicant or added to the stock in
contemplation of a closing out sale and for the purpose of selling
the same at such sale. For the purpose of this paragraph, any
unusual addition to the stock of goods, wares and merchandise made
within ninety (90) days prior to the filing of an application,
unless so stated and explained in the application, shall be prima
facie evidence that such addition was made in contemplation of a
closing out sale and for the purpose of selling such stock at the
sale;
3. That the applicant, in the ticketing of the goods, wares and
merchandise to be offered at the sale, has misrepresented the value
and original retail price of the goods; or
4. That any representation made in the application is false.
Upon receipt of an application, the clerk shall forward a copy
of the application to the district attorney of the same district the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 15. Contracts Page 156
court clerk is located in who may cause an investigation as deemed
necessary for the facts contained therein. No license shall be
issued by the clerk before ten (10) days has elapsed from the filing
of the application within which period the district attorney may
file an objection to the application, setting forth one or more of
the following facts or circumstances, any one which shall be grounds
for denying the application for a license:
1. That the applicant has been granted more than one license
for a "closing out sale" within thirty-six (36) months preceding the
date of the filing of the application;
2. That the inventory includes goods, wares or merchandise on
consignment or purchased by the applicant or added to the stock in
contemplation of a closing out sale and for the purpose of selling
the same at such sale. For the purpose of this paragraph, any
unusual addition to the stock of goods, wares and merchandise made
within ninety (90) days prior to the filing of an application,
unless so stated and explained in the application, shall be prima
facie evidence that such addition was made in contemplation of a
closing out sale and for the purpose of selling such stock at the
sale;
3. That the applicant, in the ticketing of the goods, wares and
merchandise to be offered at the sale, has misrepresented the value
and original retail price of the goods; or
4. That any representation made in the application is false.
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