{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-37-103","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-37-103","heading":"Appropriation of land and water rights","body":"A. The municipal governing body may dam any river or stream\n\nwhich is not navigable, and condemn, appropriate and divert the\n\nwater from such river or stream, or so much thereof, as may be\n\ndeemed necessary; and may condemn and appropriate in the name of and\n\nfor the use of the municipality any land located in or outside of\n\nthe corporate limits of the municipality as may be necessary for the\n\nconstruction and operation of waterworks. The appropriation of land\n\nor of water rights by any municipality shall be governed by the\n\nprocedure prescribed for the condemnation of land for railway\n\npurposes. The water and the right to divert the water may be\n\ndescribed, at the option of the municipality, in capacity by a given\n\nnumber of gallons daily, or as a quantity sufficient for the\n\npurposes. Upon the payment made or deposit of the award of the\n\ncommissioners to the clerk of the district court, the municipality\n\nshall be vested with the perpetual right to use the land so\n\ncondemned and the right to divert the water so condemned for the\n\npurposes mentioned herein. The exercise of this power shall be a\n\ncontinuing right and not exhausted by one or more exercises thereof.\n\nB. The provisions of this section and Sections 37-104 and 37-105 of\n\nthis title shall be construed as cumulative to the rights and powers\n\nalready possessed by municipalities to purchase, take and condemn\n\nland for public uses.","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":"eec6b2d1cbfbb1078b3f4a7653f0c104907190f09fa470b7dc20d210d022cf1a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-37-102","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-37-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}