{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-39-108","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-39-108","heading":"Hearings on creation of district - Protests and","body":"objections.\n\nA. At the hearing of the governing body on the proposed\n\nresolution creating a district, any interested person or owner of\n\nproperty to be assessed for the improvement may file a written\n\nprotest or objection questioning the:\n\n1. Propriety and advisability of constructing the improvement;\n\n2. Estimated cost of the improvement;\n\n3. Manner of paying for the improvement; and\n\n4. Amount to be assessed against the individual tract or parcel\n\nof land.\n\nB. The governing body may recess the hearing from time to time\n\nso that all protestants may be heard.\n\nC. At the hearing, the governing body may:\n\n1. Correct any mistake or irregularity in any proceeding\n\nrelating to the improvement;\n\n2. Correct an assessment made against any tract or parcel of\n\nland;\n\n3. In case of any invalidity, reassess the cost of the\n\nimprovement against an abutting tract or parcel of land;\n\n4. Delete any tract or parcel of land, protested by the owner,\n\nfrom the district; and\n\n5. Recess the hearing from time to time.\n\nD. Within thirty (30) days after the governing body has\n\nconcluded the hearing; determined the advisability of constructing\n\nthe improvement and the type and character of the improvement; and\n\ncreated the improvement district, any person who, during the\n\nhearing, filed a written protest with the governing body protesting\n\nthe construction of the improvement may commence an action in\n\ndistrict court to correct or set aside the determination of the\n\ngoverning body. After the lapse of thirty (30) days succeeding the\n\ndetermination of the governing body, any action attacking the\n\nvalidity of the proceedings and the amount of benefit to be derived\n\nfrom the improvement is perpetually barred. Provided, however, if\n\nthe owners of fifty percent (50%) or more in area of the tracts or\n\nparcels within the district or a majority of the owners of record of\n\nproperty in the assessment area protest, in writing, the creation of\n\nthe district, the district shall not be created.","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":"c5466b9ba4ca87700b1559e6fcf7d4ec48e0f6787fd38455dffa493b7abbc5bf","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-39-107","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-11-11-39-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}