Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-372: Fraudulent claims - Liability of public officers

Every officer of the state and of any county, city, town or

school district, who shall hereafter order or direct the payment of

any money or transfer of any property belonging to the state or to

such county, city, town or school district, in settlement of any

claim or in pursuance of any unauthorized, unlawful or fraudulent

contract or agreement made, for the state or any such county, city,

town or school district, by any officer thereof, known to such

officer to be fraudulent or void, and every person, having notice of

the facts, with whom such unauthorized, unlawful or fraudulent

contract shall have been made, or to whom, or for whose benefit such

money shall be paid or such transfer of property shall be made,

shall be jointly and severally liable to the state, county, city,

town or school district affected, for triple the amount of all such

sums of money so paid, or triple the value of property so

transferred, as a penalty, to be recovered at the suit of the proper

officers of the state or such county, city, town or school district,

or of any resident taxpayer thereof, pursuant to Section 373 of this

title; provided, however, no action for personal liability shall lie

against any such officer for a transaction approved in good-faith

reliance on advice of legal counsel for the public entity

authorizing the transaction or which has been submitted to a court

of competent jurisdiction for determination of legality.