{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-6-280.13","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-280.13","heading":"Violations - Notice - Hearing - Orders - Service of","body":"process.\n\nA. Whenever the Board determines there are reasonable grounds\n\nto believe that there has been a violation of any of the provisions\n\nof the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act, any rule\n\nor regulation promulgated thereto, or any order of the Board, it\n\nshall give written notice to the alleged violator specifying the\n\ncause of complaint. Such notice shall require that the matters\n\ncomplained of be corrected or that the alleged violator appear\n\nbefore the Board at a time and place within the affected area or in\n\na mutually agreeable location specified in the notice and answer the\n\ncharges. The notice shall be delivered to the alleged violator or\n\nviolators in accordance with the provisions of subsection D of this\n\nsection not less than twenty (20) days before the time set for the\n\nhearing.\n\nB. The Board shall afford the alleged violator or violators an\n\nopportunity for a fair hearing in accordance with the provisions of\n\nsubsection E of this section. On the basis of the evidence produced\n\nat the hearing, the Board shall make findings of fact and\n\nconclusions of law and enter an order thereon. The Board shall give\n\nwritten notice of such order to the alleged violator and to such\n\nother persons as shall have appeared at the hearing and made written\n\nrequest for notice of the order. If the hearing is held before any\n\nperson other than the Board itself, such person shall transmit the\n\nrecord of the hearing together with recommendations for findings of\n\nfact and conclusions of law to the Board which shall thereupon enter\n\nits order. The Board may, in its discretion, enter its order on the\n\nbasis of such record or, before issuing its order, require\n\nadditional hearings or further evidence to be presented. The order\n\nof the Board shall become final and binding on all parties unless\n\nappealed to the district court as provided in Article II of the\n\nAdministrative Procedures Act within thirty (30) days after notice\n\nhas been sent to the parties.\n\nC. Whenever the Board finds that an emergency exists requiring\n\nimmediate action to protect the public health or welfare it may\n\nwithout notice or hearing issue an order reciting the existence of\n\nsuch an emergency and requiring that such action be taken as it\n\ndeems necessary to meet the emergency. Notwithstanding the\n\nprovisions of subsection B of this section, such order shall be\n\neffective immediately. Any person to whom such an order is directed\n\nshall comply therewith immediately but on application to the Board\n\nshall be afforded a hearing within ten (10) days. On the basis of\n\nsuch hearing, the Board shall continue such order in effect, revoke\n\nit or modify it; provided, that any person aggrieved by such order\n\ncontinued after the hearing provided in this subsection may appeal\n\nto the district court of the area affected within thirty (30) days.\n\nSuch appeal when docketed shall have priority over all cases pending\n\non said docket, except criminal.\n\nD. Except as otherwise expressly provided, any notice, order or\n\nother instrument issued by or under authority of the Board may be\n\nserved on any person affected thereby personally or by publication.\n\nProof of such service shall be made as in case of service of a\n\nsummons or by publication in a civil action, such proof to be filed\n\nin the office of the Board; or such service may be made by mailing a\n\ncopy of the notice, order or other instrument by registered mail\n\ndirected to the person affected at his last-known post office\n\naddress as shown by the files or records of the Board, and proof\n\nthereof may be made by the affidavit of the person who did the\n\nmailing, filed in the office of the Board.\n\nEvery certificate or affidavit of service made and filed as\n\nherein provided shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein\n\nstated, and a certified copy thereof shall have like force and\n\neffect.\n\nE. The hearings herein provided may be conducted by the Board\nrds of the Board, and proof\n\nthereof may be made by the affidavit of the person who did the\n\nmailing, filed in the office of the Board.\n\nEvery certificate or affidavit of service made and filed as\n\nherein provided shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein\n\nstated, and a certified copy thereof shall have like force and\n\neffect.\n\nE. The hearings herein provided may be conducted by the Board\n\nitself at a regular or special meeting of the Board, or the Board\n\nmay designate hearing officers who shall have the power and\n\nauthority to conduct such hearings in the name of the Board at any\n\ntime and place. Such hearings shall be conducted in conformity with\n\nand records made thereof as provided in the Administrative\n\nProcedures Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 2"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os2.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"197b5fe684221ed6e5dd0a910abca10d2551e3e1ce0f75ff08daab22b13b97e4","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-6-280.12","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-6-280.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}