Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-437.18
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Filing of articles - Certificate of incorporation -
Official statutory text
Filing.
Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger or
conversion, as the case may be, when executed and acknowledged and
accompanied by such affidavits as may be required by applicable
provisions of this act, shall be presented to the Secretary of State
for filing in the records of his office. If the Secretary of State
shall find that the articles presented conform to the requirements
of this act, he shall, upon the payment of the fees as in this act
provided, file the articles so presented in the records of his
office and shall issue over the Great Seal of the state an
appropriate certificate of incorporation, amendment, consolidation,
merger or conversion, as the case may be, and thereupon the
incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger or conversion
provided for therein shall be in effect.
Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger or
conversion, as the case may be, when executed and acknowledged and
accompanied by such affidavits as may be required by applicable
provisions of this act, shall be presented to the Secretary of State
for filing in the records of his office. If the Secretary of State
shall find that the articles presented conform to the requirements
of this act, he shall, upon the payment of the fees as in this act
provided, file the articles so presented in the records of his
office and shall issue over the Great Seal of the state an
appropriate certificate of incorporation, amendment, consolidation,
merger or conversion, as the case may be, and thereupon the
incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger or conversion
provided for therein shall be in effect.
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