Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-422
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Articles of incorporation
Official statutory text
The incorporators shall sign and acknowledge, in the manner
required for the signing and acknowledgment of deeds, a certificate
of incorporation showing the following facts:
(1) The corporate name.
(2) The purpose of corporation.
(3) The amount of capital stock.
(4) The number of shares, and the par value of the shares into
which the capital stock is divided.
(5) The term of the corporate existence.
(6) The number of directors, not less than five and the names
and addresses of the incorporating directors who shall manage the
concerns of the corporation for the first corporate year.
(7) The name of the town or post office and the county where the
principal office or place of business of the corporation shall be
located.
(8) Any further provision, not inconsistent with law, which the
incorporators may deem expedient to be embodied in such certificate.
required for the signing and acknowledgment of deeds, a certificate
of incorporation showing the following facts:
(1) The corporate name.
(2) The purpose of corporation.
(3) The amount of capital stock.
(4) The number of shares, and the par value of the shares into
which the capital stock is divided.
(5) The term of the corporate existence.
(6) The number of directors, not less than five and the names
and addresses of the incorporating directors who shall manage the
concerns of the corporation for the first corporate year.
(7) The name of the town or post office and the county where the
principal office or place of business of the corporation shall be
located.
(8) Any further provision, not inconsistent with law, which the
incorporators may deem expedient to be embodied in such certificate.
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