Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-2502
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Designation as corporators; articles of agreement;
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contents; approval by insurance commissioner; filing and recording.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 36. Insurance Page 676
The persons mentioned in Section 2501 shall be designated as
corporators, and such persons shall associate themselves by articles
of agreement in writing, duly signed and acknowledged, setting
forth:
First: The corporate name of the proposed corporation, which
shall not be the name of any corporation heretofore incorporated or
doing business in this state for similar purposes, or any such
imitation of such name calculated to mislead the public.
Second: The name of the city, town or county in which the
principal office is located.
Third: The amount of the capital stock of the corporation,
which shall not be less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00),
the number of shares into which it is divided, and the par value
thereof, that the same has been bona fide subscribed, and actually
paid up in lawful money of the United States, and is in the custody
of persons named as the first board of directors, the name and place
of the several shareholders and the number of shares subscribed by
each.
Fourth: The number of the board of directors or managers, which
shall be not less than five, their powers and duties, and the names
agreed upon for the first year.
Fifth: The number of years the corporation is to continue.
Sixth: A statement that the company is formed for the purpose
of carrying on the business of insurance under the provisions of
this article. Said articles of agreement shall be submitted to the
Insurance Commissioner, and if they are found to comply with the
provisions of this article, he shall approve the same. When
approved they shall be filed and recorded in the office of the
Secretary of State, who shall issue a certificate of incorporation,
upon the receipt of which such persons shall be a body corporate and
politic, under the laws of this state.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 36. Insurance Page 676
The persons mentioned in Section 2501 shall be designated as
corporators, and such persons shall associate themselves by articles
of agreement in writing, duly signed and acknowledged, setting
forth:
First: The corporate name of the proposed corporation, which
shall not be the name of any corporation heretofore incorporated or
doing business in this state for similar purposes, or any such
imitation of such name calculated to mislead the public.
Second: The name of the city, town or county in which the
principal office is located.
Third: The amount of the capital stock of the corporation,
which shall not be less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00),
the number of shares into which it is divided, and the par value
thereof, that the same has been bona fide subscribed, and actually
paid up in lawful money of the United States, and is in the custody
of persons named as the first board of directors, the name and place
of the several shareholders and the number of shares subscribed by
each.
Fourth: The number of the board of directors or managers, which
shall be not less than five, their powers and duties, and the names
agreed upon for the first year.
Fifth: The number of years the corporation is to continue.
Sixth: A statement that the company is formed for the purpose
of carrying on the business of insurance under the provisions of
this article. Said articles of agreement shall be submitted to the
Insurance Commissioner, and if they are found to comply with the
provisions of this article, he shall approve the same. When
approved they shall be filed and recorded in the office of the
Secretary of State, who shall issue a certificate of incorporation,
upon the receipt of which such persons shall be a body corporate and
politic, under the laws of this state.
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