Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-5-105
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School district - Body corporate - Powers
Official statutory text
Every school district shall be a body corporate and shall
possess the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes by the
name and style of "Independent (or Elementary, if it is an
elementary school district) School District Number ________________
(such number as may be designated by the State Board of Education)
of __________________________ (the name of the county in which the
district is located, or if lying in more than one county the name of
the county where supervision is located) County, Oklahoma," and in
that name may sue and be sued and be capable of contracting and
being contracted with and holding such real and personal estate as
it may come into possession of or by will or otherwise and as
authorized by law.
possess the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes by the
name and style of "Independent (or Elementary, if it is an
elementary school district) School District Number ________________
(such number as may be designated by the State Board of Education)
of __________________________ (the name of the county in which the
district is located, or if lying in more than one county the name of
the county where supervision is located) County, Oklahoma," and in
that name may sue and be sued and be capable of contracting and
being contracted with and holding such real and personal estate as
it may come into possession of or by will or otherwise and as
authorized by law.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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