Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-1128
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Defective Organization of Corporation as Defense
Official statutory text
DEFECTIVE ORGANIZATION OF CORPORATION AS DEFENSE
A. No corporation of this state and no person sued by any such
organization shall be permitted to assert the want of legal
organization as a defense to any claim.
B. This section shall not be construed to prevent judicial
inquiry into the regularity or validity of the organization of a
corporation, or its lawful possession of any corporate power it may
assert in any other suit or proceeding where its corporate existence
or the power to exercise the corporate rights it asserts is
challenged, and evidence tending to sustain the challenge shall be
admissible in any such suit or proceeding.
A. No corporation of this state and no person sued by any such
organization shall be permitted to assert the want of legal
organization as a defense to any claim.
B. This section shall not be construed to prevent judicial
inquiry into the regularity or validity of the organization of a
corporation, or its lawful possession of any corporate power it may
assert in any other suit or proceeding where its corporate existence
or the power to exercise the corporate rights it asserts is
challenged, and evidence tending to sustain the challenge shall be
admissible in any such suit or proceeding.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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