{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-1-1-22","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 1, § 1-22","heading":"Oklahoma Abstractors Board","body":"A. There is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2026,\n\nin accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Oklahoma Abstractors\n\nBoard. Beginning January 1, 2008, the Oklahoma Abstractors Board\n\nshall have the total responsibility of administering and enforcing\n\nthe Oklahoma Abstractors Act.\n\nB. The Board shall have the power and duty to prescribe,\n\npromulgate and implement rules as deemed necessary to implement all\n\nthe provisions of the Oklahoma Abstractors Act.\n\nC. The Board shall have the power and duty to obtain and secure\n\nan office in Oklahoma City, and employ, direct, discharge, and\n\ndefine the duties and set the salaries of employees of the Board,\n\nincluding an executive director, as are necessary to implement the\n\nprovisions of the Oklahoma Abstractors Act.\n\nD. The Board shall consist of nine (9) members who shall be\n\nappointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate:\n\n1. Six of the members shall be residents of this state who are\n\neither a holder of a current valid Certificate of Authority or an\n\nemployee of a holder of a current valid Certificate of Authority for\n\nnot less than five (5) years in a county in the district from which\n\nthe member is appointed prior to appointment. One member shall be\n\nappointed from each of the following districts:\n\nDistrict 1: Alfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey,\n\nEllis, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kingfisher, Major, Roger Mills,\n\nTexas, Woods, and Woodward Counties.\n\nDistrict 2: Beckham, Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin,\n\nGrady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Love, McClain,\n\nMurray, Stephens, Tillman, and Washita Counties.\n\nDistrict 3: Canadian, Cleveland, Logan, and Oklahoma Counties.\n\nDistrict 4: Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Kay, Mayes,\n\nMuskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne,\n\nSequoyah, and Washington Counties.\n\nDistrict 5: Creek, Lincoln, Rogers, Tulsa, and Wagoner Counties.\n\nDistrict 6: Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes,\n\nJohnston, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Marshall, McCurtain, Okfuskee,\n\nPittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, and Seminole\n\nCounties;\n\n2. One member shall be a resident of this state who has been a\n\nlicensed real estate broker in Oklahoma for not less than five (5)\n\nyears;\n\n3. One member shall be an attorney who is a resident of this\n\nstate who has been licensed to practice in Oklahoma for not less\n\nthan five (5) years; and\n\n4. One member shall be a resident of this state who has been an\n\nofficer in a bank in Oklahoma for not less than five (5) years.\n\nE. The Governor shall make the initial appointments to the\n\nBoard within ninety (90) days of July 1, 2007:\n\n1. The initial appointments for the members of the Board shall\n\nbe as follows:\n\na. members appointed from Districts 1 and 3 shall serve\n\nuntil July 1, 2008,\n\nb. members appointed from Districts 2 and 4 shall serve\n\nuntil July 1, 2009,\n\nc. members appointed from Districts 5 and 6 shall serve\n\nuntil July 1, 2010,\n\nd. the real estate broker member shall serve until July\n\n1, 2010,\n\ne. the attorney member shall serve until July 1, 2009,\n\nand\n\nf. the bank officer member shall serve until July 1,\n\n2010; and\n\n2. Thereafter, all members shall serve four-year terms.\n\nF. Each member shall hold office until the expiration of the\n\nterm of office for which appointed or until a successor has been\n\nappointed and confirmed:\n\n1. Vacancies on the Board due to death, resignation, or removal\n\noccurring during a term shall be filled by the Governor for the\n\nunexpired portion of the term in a manner as provided for regular\n\nappointments to the Board;\n\n2. Members filling the remainder of an unexpired term shall\n\nassume office immediately upon appointment by the Governor and shall\n\nserve until confirmation or denial of confirmation by the Senate;\n\nand\n\n3. A member may be reappointed to the Board, but shall not\n\nserve more than two consecutive terms. A member that has previously\nterm in a manner as provided for regular\n\nappointments to the Board;\n\n2. Members filling the remainder of an unexpired term shall\n\nassume office immediately upon appointment by the Governor and shall\n\nserve until confirmation or denial of confirmation by the Senate;\n\nand\n\n3. A member may be reappointed to the Board, but shall not\n\nserve more than two consecutive terms. A member that has previously\n\nserved two consecutive terms may be reappointed after the expiration\n\nof at least one full term.\n\nG. Members of the Board shall receive no salary or compensation\n\nfor service on the Board, but shall be reimbursed for travel\n\nexpenses incurred on behalf of their service on the Board pursuant\n\nto the State Travel Reimbursement Act.\n\nH. Members may be removed from office by the Governor:\n\n1. For inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office\n\nin the manner provided for by law for the removal of officers not\n\nsubject to impeachment;\n\n2. For cause which shall include, but not be limited to:\n\na. the member has ceased to be qualified. A member of\n\nthe Board is no longer qualified to serve if that\n\nmember:\n\n(1) is a member whose Certificate of Authority,\n\nlicense, or permit pursuant to the laws of this\n\nstate has become void or has been revoked or\n\nsuspended, or\n\n(2) is a member who has moved from this state,\n\nb. the member has been convicted, pled guilty or nolo\n\ncontendere to a felony pursuant to the laws of the\n\nUnited States or any jurisdiction,\n\nc. the member has become medically incapacitated as\n\ndetermined in writing by a medical doctor upon request\n\nby the Board, or\n\nd. the member has been absent from three meetings, or is\n\nabsent for more than one-half (1/2) the number of\n\nminutes for which a meeting is conducted of three\n\nmeetings as determined by the Board during any twelve-\n\nmonth period, unless such absence is determined to be\n\nunavoidable in the opinion of a majority of the\n\nremaining members;\n\n3. Upon being found guilty, through due process, of\n\nmalfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in relation to Board duties;\n\nor\n\n4. Upon being found mentally incompetent by a court of\n\ncompetent jurisdiction.\n\nI. Removal pursuant to the provisions of subsection H of this\n\nsection shall be accomplished in the following manner:\n\n1. After a majority vote of the remaining members setting out\n\nthe dates of absences or other grounds for removal and the fact of\n\nthe disqualification of the member, a written notification of the\n\nsaid vote shall be sent to the Governor; and\n\n2. Upon receipt of the written notification, the Governor,\n\nafter a hearing conducted in accordance with the provisions of the\n\nAdministrative Procedures Act, may remove any member of the Board\n\nfor any of the reasons set out in the notice from the Board or for\n\nany other reason specified in this act, provided:\n\na. removal pursuant to the provisions of this subsection\n\nshall occur upon the Governor filing a written\n\nstatement of findings after the hearing as to the\n\nreasons and basis for removal of the member with the\n\nsecretary of the Board, and\n\nb. the Governor shall appoint another member in the\n\nmanner provided for appointments to the Board.","path":["OK Code","Title 1"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os1.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b772e99744d09b6f3220d2481fa9627448987eb3dd4e202dba61f26d561b08c6","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-1-1-21","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-1-1-23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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