{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-65","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-65","heading":"Penalty for refusing to pay over monies","body":"If any officer, person, firm or corporation having custody,\n\ncontrol or possession of any money belonging to any school district,\n\nroad district, municipal township, city or town in any such\n\ncounties, shall withhold and fail to pay over the same after lawful\n\ndemand shall have been made therefor, such officer, person, firm or\n\ncorporation shall be liable to a penalty equal to twenty-five\n\npercent (25%) of the money wrongfully withheld, which shall belong\n\nto such county, school district, road district, municipal township,\n\ncity or village, and which penalty may be recovered in any action\n\nbrought to recover such money.","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":"4509e96489fe5e2b6440b132080a047064d89ca22400a9b60929c379476e40e1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-646","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-681"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}