Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-381.3
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Conformity of existing associations
Official statutory text
The certificate of incorporation and certificate of authority to
transact business as an association, of every association heretofore
organized under the laws of this state and existing as of January 1,
2000, shall continue in full force and effect, and the same shall be
deemed as modified to conform with this act without the adoption of
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a new certificate of incorporation or issuance of a new certificate
of authority. The contracts, obligations and liabilities of every
such association, and the contracts, notes, mortgages, investments
and other assets and rights of every kind and nature held by it, as
well as its bylaws and resolutions, shall continue in full force and
effect. Every such association and every association hereafter
incorporated shall have perpetual existence, subject to merger,
conversion or liquidation pursuant to the provisions of this act.
transact business as an association, of every association heretofore
organized under the laws of this state and existing as of January 1,
2000, shall continue in full force and effect, and the same shall be
deemed as modified to conform with this act without the adoption of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 21
a new certificate of incorporation or issuance of a new certificate
of authority. The contracts, obligations and liabilities of every
such association, and the contracts, notes, mortgages, investments
and other assets and rights of every kind and nature held by it, as
well as its bylaws and resolutions, shall continue in full force and
effect. Every such association and every association hereafter
incorporated shall have perpetual existence, subject to merger,
conversion or liquidation pursuant to the provisions of this act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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