Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-12.1
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Deceased officer's spouse - Eligibility for appointment
Official statutory text
If any officer of the state, district, county, city, town or
other governmental subdivision of this state shall die while in
office, and shall leave a surviving spouse, the said surviving
spouse shall be eligible (if otherwise qualified) to be appointed to
and to hold said office during the term for which the said officer
was elected or appointed, regardless of the degree of relationship
by either affinity or consanguinity to the appointing officer or to
any member of the appointing board, commission, or other appointing
authority, and it shall not be unlawful for any officer, board,
commission, appointing authority, or member thereof to appoint or
vote for the appointment of said surviving spouse to said office
during said term, regardless of any such relationship.
other governmental subdivision of this state shall die while in
office, and shall leave a surviving spouse, the said surviving
spouse shall be eligible (if otherwise qualified) to be appointed to
and to hold said office during the term for which the said officer
was elected or appointed, regardless of the degree of relationship
by either affinity or consanguinity to the appointing officer or to
any member of the appointing board, commission, or other appointing
authority, and it shall not be unlawful for any officer, board,
commission, appointing authority, or member thereof to appoint or
vote for the appointment of said surviving spouse to said office
during said term, regardless of any such relationship.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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