Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1312
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Appeals to district court
Official statutory text
(a) From the action of the governing body or the board of county
commissioners there shall be allowed an appeal to the district court
by any person owning lands in the assessment area, upon filing a
bond with sufficient penalty, not less than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), with two or more sureties to be approved by the city or
county clerk, as the case may be, conditioned that the appellant
will prosecute his appeal without delay and pay all costs and
damages that he may be adjudged to pay in the district court.
(b) The appeal shall be taken within ten (10) days after the
order awarding the contract by serving a written notice on the city
clerk or county clerk, as the case may be, which notice shall set
out in detail, in numbered paragraphs, the grounds on which the
appellant will rely on the appeal. A copy of the notice, together
with a certified transcript of the proceedings before the board,
shall be immediately transmitted by the clerk to the clerk of the
district court, who shall docket it as other cases and set the same
for speedy trial.
(c) The remedy herein provided shall be exclusive. No action or
suit to question the jurisdiction of the governing body or board of
county commissioners or their action in awarding the contract, or
any part of their proceedings, shall be commenced and no appeal
taken after the expiration of the ten-day period herein provided.
commissioners there shall be allowed an appeal to the district court
by any person owning lands in the assessment area, upon filing a
bond with sufficient penalty, not less than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), with two or more sureties to be approved by the city or
county clerk, as the case may be, conditioned that the appellant
will prosecute his appeal without delay and pay all costs and
damages that he may be adjudged to pay in the district court.
(b) The appeal shall be taken within ten (10) days after the
order awarding the contract by serving a written notice on the city
clerk or county clerk, as the case may be, which notice shall set
out in detail, in numbered paragraphs, the grounds on which the
appellant will rely on the appeal. A copy of the notice, together
with a certified transcript of the proceedings before the board,
shall be immediately transmitted by the clerk to the clerk of the
district court, who shall docket it as other cases and set the same
for speedy trial.
(c) The remedy herein provided shall be exclusive. No action or
suit to question the jurisdiction of the governing body or board of
county commissioners or their action in awarding the contract, or
any part of their proceedings, shall be commenced and no appeal
taken after the expiration of the ten-day period herein provided.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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