{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-18-18-581","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-581","heading":"Benevolent and charitable corporations - Purposes","body":"The following associations for charitable purposes may become\n\nincorporated, as provided in this article, as follows:\n\n1. To establish and maintain hospitals and infirmaries for the\n\ncure of the sick and support of the aged and indigent, and asylums\n\nfor orphans;\n\n2. For the mutual assistance of the members in time of sickness\n\nor necessity, and to provide a fund for this purpose by\n\ncontributions of the members thereof from time to time, and for the\n\nlike incidental charitable purposes;\n\n3. To establish and maintain lodges, chapters and encampments,\n\nof fraternities or associations commonly known as Free Masons, the\n\nIndependent Order of Odd Fellows, Good Templars, Sons of Temperance,\n\nand other like charitable orders or societies;\n\n4. To establish and maintain fire companies in any incorporated\n\ncity or town; and\n\n5. To establish and maintain youth organizations to promote the\n\nideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage and\n\nreverence by providing supervised competitive athletic games.","path":["OK Code","Title 18"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os18.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"85d9c12d08ac85fbecb1c28b74c9e1e6f4ea7ce401585eec698b7478f7e192f8","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-18-18-575","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-18-18-582"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}