{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-23","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-23","heading":"Selection of permanent county seats","body":"In all new counties, created since the admission of the State of\n\nOklahoma into the Union, and to be hereafter created, wherein\n\ntemporary, or original county seat, has been, or will be, located or\n\ndesignated, other than by a vote of the people, an election shall be\n\ncalled and held to locate the permanent county seat, which election\n\nshall be called and held under the laws now in force governing the\n\npermanent location of county seats, included in Chapter Thirty-one,\n\nArticle Four, of the Session Laws of 1907 and 1908; provided, that a\n\nmajority of all the votes cast in the county, at such county seat\n\nelection, shall be in favor of any town, such town shall thereafter\n\nbe the county seat; provided, however, that where the temporary\n\ncounty seat theretofore designated, is within six (6) miles of the\n\ngeographical center of the county (said geographical center to be\n\ndetermined by certificate from the Secretary of State, and said\n\ndistance to be determined by measurement from said geographical\n\ncenter to the nearest corporate limits of such county seat) it shall\n\nrequire sixty percent (60%) of the total vote cast at such election\n\nby the competing town to effect the designation of such county seat,\n\nand unless such competing town be within six (6) miles of the\n\ngeographical center of said county, in which event a majority vote\n\nshall suffice; provided, further, that those portions of Section 14,\n\nof Article Four of Chapter 31 of the Session Laws of 1907-1908 in\n\nconflict herewith, applying to counties created by the Constitution,\n\nshall have no force and effect with reference to elections to locate\n\nthe permanent county seat of counties created since the adoption of\n\nthe Constitution and since the admission of the State of Oklahoma\n\ninto the Union.","path":["OK Code","Title 19"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os19.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"fb087fc50002ac608b95882dd5e64effce91c451233b173e1f48a63fec41ac4d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-225","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}