{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-62","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-62","heading":"Method of division - Agreements as to division","body":"For the purpose of this article, the property, assets and\n\nliabilities of the counties, as referred to in the preceding\n\nsection, at the time of the admission of the state into the Union,\n\nshall be deemed the property, assets and liabilities of the original\n\ncounty or counties in Oklahoma Territory, and the new county or\n\ncounties created, in whole or in part out of such original county or\n\ncounties; and the decree of the Supreme Court in all such actions\n\nshall be based, as near as may be, upon the fair and reasonable\n\nvalue of such of the property and assets belonging to such counties,\n\nand the taxable value of the property in the counties, or parts of\n\ncounties, affected by such divisions or distribution, so that each\n\ncounty shall be charged with liability and awarded assets in the\n\nproportion which the taxable value of its property bears to the\n\ntaxable value of other counties affected by and interested with it\n\nin the divisions and distribution of property, assets and\n\nliabilities, as shown by the tax rolls for the year 1907; and such\n\ndecree shall be so framed as to fix and describe the assets awarded\n\nto each county and the liabilities which shall be borne by it, and\n\ndetermine whether such liabilities shall be borne by any such county\n\nseparately or jointly with another county, and determine the amount\n\nand proportion of liabilities. All property of a permanent and\n\nfixed nature, as mentioned herein, shall be decreed to and the title\n\nthereto be vested in the county in which the same shall be situated:\n\nProvided, however, that the board of county commissioners in any\n\nsuch county are hereby authorized to confer and agree upon such a\n\ndivision of any and all such property, assets and liabilities as may\n\nto them seem just and equitable, and when such agreement shall have\n\nbeen reached it shall be reduced to writing, subscribed by a\n\nmajority of the members of the board of county commissioners of each\n\nof the counties that is a party to such agreement; and the same\n\nshall be entered at length upon the records of the proceedings of\n\nthe board of county commissioners of the respective counties; a\n\ncertified copy of such agreement shall thereupon be transmitted by\n\none or more of the county clerks of any such county or counties to\n\nthe Clerk of the Supreme Court, within thirty days of the date of\n\nsuch agreement; and the Supreme Court shall, thereupon, render a\n\nfinal judgment decreeing the division and distribution of any and\n\nall such assets and the apportionment of such liabilities according\n\nto the terms of such agreement, and vesting the title to any\n\nproperty mentioned in such agreement as therein provided; and such\n\njudgment shall be final and conclusive in law and equity, and no\n\nrehearing shall ever be allowed in any such case.","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":"b366a884a1af35e4a24ef1378c298dda114ff4f4c2735d6e28f0294faf7bdb1b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-61","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-622"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}