{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-2-101","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-2-101","heading":"Incorporation of a municipality","body":"A. Any community of people residing in compact form may become\n\nincorporated as a town in the manner provided in Sections 3-101\n\nthrough 3-107 of this title. If the resident population is one\n\nthousand (1,000) or more, a town or community of people residing in\n\ncompact form may become incorporated as a city in the manner\n\nprovided in Sections 4-101 through 4-107 of this title.\n\nB. Any community which has operated as an incorporated\n\nmunicipality for twenty-five (25) years or more but which does not\n\nhave any evidence of its articles of incorporation shall be presumed\n\nto have incorporated as the statutory form of municipal government\n\nunder which it has operated. Such community may file with the\n\nSecretary of State any historical evidence of its incorporation.\n\nNotice of said filing shall be published one time. If no action\n\nchallenging the presumption of incorporation is brought within sixty\n\n(60) days after publication of the notice of filing, the presumption\n\nof incorporation shall be conclusive.","path":["OK Code","Title 11"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os11.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ebe93c551be8bd6f552244e3a0ba8bbd78549544d3e1eb329f2174b3db8e5bda","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-19-104","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-2-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}