{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1533","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1533","heading":"Persons who may bring action - Expenses - Petition by","body":"Attorney General or district attorney - Recovery of damages.\n\nWhen the action is brought by the Attorney General or the\n\ndistrict attorney of any county of his own motion, or when directed\n\nto do so by competent authority, it shall be prosecuted in the name\n\nof the state, but where the action is brought by a person claiming\n\nan interest in the office, franchise or corporation, or claiming any\n\ninterest adverse to the franchise, gift or grant, which is the\n\nsubject of the action, it shall be prosecuted in the name and under\n\nthe direction, and at the expense of such persons; whenever the\n\naction is brought against a person for usurping an office by the\n\nAttorney General or the district attorney, he shall set forth in the\n\npetition the name of the person rightfully (entitled) to the office\n\nand his right or title thereto; when the action in such case is\n\nbrought by the person claiming title, he may claim and recover any\n\ndamage he may have sustained.","path":["OK Code","Title 12"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os12.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0bed2c98ec8626a31b03883119d091cd75ac00f9751739dce429a73c53cbaf22","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1532","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1534"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}