Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-1009
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Certificate of Incorporation and Other Certificates -
Official statutory text
Evidence.
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND OTHER CERTIFICATES; EVIDENCE
A copy of a certificate of incorporation, or of a restated
certificate of incorporation, or of any other certificate which has
been filed in the Office of the Secretary of State as required by
any provision of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, when duly
certified by the Secretary of State, shall be received in all
courts, public offices, and official bodies as prima facie evidence
of:
1. Due execution, acknowledgment and filing of the instrument;
2. Observance and performance of all acts and conditions
necessary to have been observed and performed precedent to the
instrument becoming effective; and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 315
3. Of any other facts required or permitted by law to be stated
in the instrument.
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND OTHER CERTIFICATES; EVIDENCE
A copy of a certificate of incorporation, or of a restated
certificate of incorporation, or of any other certificate which has
been filed in the Office of the Secretary of State as required by
any provision of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, when duly
certified by the Secretary of State, shall be received in all
courts, public offices, and official bodies as prima facie evidence
of:
1. Due execution, acknowledgment and filing of the instrument;
2. Observance and performance of all acts and conditions
necessary to have been observed and performed precedent to the
instrument becoming effective; and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 315
3. Of any other facts required or permitted by law to be stated
in the instrument.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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