Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-1: Powers in general

Each organized county within the state shall be a body corporate

and politic and as such shall be empowered for the following

purposes:

1. To sue and be sued;

2. To purchase and hold real and personal estate for the use of

the county, and lands sold for taxes as provided by law;

3. To sell and convey any real or personal estate owned by the

county, and make such order respecting the same as may be deemed

conducive to the interests of the inhabitants;

4. To execute leases of real property owned by the county to

nonprofit corporations organized for the general purpose of

historical preservation;

5. To make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to

the property and concerns of the county necessary to the exercise of

corporate or administrative power; and

6. To exercise such other and further powers as may be

especially provided for by law.

R.L. 1910, § 1497. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 135, § 1, emerg. eff.

April 17, 1986.