Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-17-17
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Contracts as condition of membership - Title to products
Official statutory text
- Withdrawal of members - Filing of contracts - Fees - Termination
certificate.
A. 1. Members may be required to execute contracts as a
condition of admission to the association, whereby the members agree
to:
a. patronize the facilities created by the association,
b. sell all or a specified part of their products to or
through, or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 629
c. buy all or a specified part of their supplies from or
through, the association or any facilities created by
it.
2. If the members in the association contract a sale to or
through the association the fact that for certain purposes the
relation between the association and its members may be one of
agency shall not prevent the passage from the member to the
association of absolute and exclusive title to the products which
are the subject matter of the contract. The title shall pass to the
association upon delivery of the product or at any other specified
time which may be expressly and distinctly agreed upon in the
contract, subject to previously existing liens.
3. In the case of contracts with members who are natural
persons, if the period of the contract exceeds three (3) years, the
contracts executed thereunder shall specify a reasonable period in
each year during which the member by giving to the association
reasonable notice as may be prescribed in the contract may withdraw
and be released from the obligations under the contract, subject to
liability already incurred by the member as a member of the
association.
4. In the absence of a provision for notice or withdrawal in
the contract a member who is a natural person may withdraw at any
time after three (3) years subject to liabilities already incurred.
B. 1. The association may cause the original of a contract or
an authenticated copy of the contract to be filed in the office of
the county clerk of the county in which the products described in
the contract, or any part of the contract, are or will at some
future time be situated. The contracts shall describe the property
or services affected, the manner in which they are affected, and the
time for which they are affected and shall state the names and
residences of the parties to the contract.
2. The fees for filing the contracts shall be twenty-five cents
($0.25) for each contract, except that when an association files
more than one contract in a county which are substantially the same
except for the signature of one of the parties the filing fee shall
be twenty-five cents ($0.25) for the first contract and five cents
($0.05) for each similar contract.
C. Whenever a contract terminates, the association shall on
demand give to the member a certificate to that effect. The
certificate may be filed with the county clerk. The county clerk
shall be entitled to the same filing fees pursuant to this
subsection as in the case of chattel mortgages.
certificate.
A. 1. Members may be required to execute contracts as a
condition of admission to the association, whereby the members agree
to:
a. patronize the facilities created by the association,
b. sell all or a specified part of their products to or
through, or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 629
c. buy all or a specified part of their supplies from or
through, the association or any facilities created by
it.
2. If the members in the association contract a sale to or
through the association the fact that for certain purposes the
relation between the association and its members may be one of
agency shall not prevent the passage from the member to the
association of absolute and exclusive title to the products which
are the subject matter of the contract. The title shall pass to the
association upon delivery of the product or at any other specified
time which may be expressly and distinctly agreed upon in the
contract, subject to previously existing liens.
3. In the case of contracts with members who are natural
persons, if the period of the contract exceeds three (3) years, the
contracts executed thereunder shall specify a reasonable period in
each year during which the member by giving to the association
reasonable notice as may be prescribed in the contract may withdraw
and be released from the obligations under the contract, subject to
liability already incurred by the member as a member of the
association.
4. In the absence of a provision for notice or withdrawal in
the contract a member who is a natural person may withdraw at any
time after three (3) years subject to liabilities already incurred.
B. 1. The association may cause the original of a contract or
an authenticated copy of the contract to be filed in the office of
the county clerk of the county in which the products described in
the contract, or any part of the contract, are or will at some
future time be situated. The contracts shall describe the property
or services affected, the manner in which they are affected, and the
time for which they are affected and shall state the names and
residences of the parties to the contract.
2. The fees for filing the contracts shall be twenty-five cents
($0.25) for each contract, except that when an association files
more than one contract in a county which are substantially the same
except for the signature of one of the parties the filing fee shall
be twenty-five cents ($0.25) for the first contract and five cents
($0.05) for each similar contract.
C. Whenever a contract terminates, the association shall on
demand give to the member a certificate to that effect. The
certificate may be filed with the county clerk. The county clerk
shall be entitled to the same filing fees pursuant to this
subsection as in the case of chattel mortgages.
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