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Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-2-104: Restrictions on territory included in proposed

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municipality or plat.

A. Except as otherwise provided by subsections B and C of this

section, no territory within five (5) miles of the corporate limits

of a municipality having a population of more than two hundred

thousand (200,000), and no territory within three (3) miles of the

corporate limits of any municipality having a population less than

two hundred thousand (200,000), according to the latest federal

census, shall be included in the survey and plat provided in Section

2-103 of this title or incorporated as a new municipality.

B. Territory within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of a

municipality having a population of more than two hundred thousand

(200,000) may incorporate as a new municipality if it can be proved

to the board of county commissioners by documentation that the

territory has historically been identified as a community of people

residing in compact form. Such territory shall be included in the

survey and plat provided in Section 2-103 of this title or

incorporated as a new municipality.

C. Territory within three (3) miles of the corporate limits of

a municipality having a population of less than two hundred thousand

(200,000) may incorporate as a new municipality if it can be proved

to the board of county commissioners by documentation that the

territory has historically been identified as a community of people

residing in compact form. Such territory shall be included in the

survey and plat provided in Section 2-103 of this title or

incorporated as a new municipality.

D. Upon application of any person or municipality affected, the

district court in the county where such territory is located may

afford appropriate relief for any violation of this section. Urban

areas annexed by a municipality which are completely nonadjacent to

the corporate limits of the municipality are not considered as

within the corporate limits of that municipality for the purposes of

this section.

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