{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3-3-111","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 3, § 3-111","heading":"Judicial review","body":"(1) Any person aggrieved, or taxpayer affected, by any decision\n\nof a Board of Adjustment, or any governing body of a political\n\nsubdivision or any Joint Airport Zoning Board who is of the opinion\n\nthat a decision of a Board of Adjustment is illegal, may present to\n\nthe district court a verified petition setting forth that the\n\ndecision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds\n\nof the illegality. Such petition shall be presented to the court\n\nwithin thirty (30) days after the decision is filed in the office of\n\nthe Board.\n\n(2) Upon presentation of such petition, the court may review\n\nsuch decision of the Board. The allowance of an appeal shall not\n\nstay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court may,\n\non application, and with notice to the Board and on due cause shown,\n\ngrant a restraining order.\n\n(3) The Board of Adjustment shall not be required to return the\n\noriginal papers acted upon by it, but it shall be sufficient to\n\nreturn certified or sworn copies thereof or of such portions thereof\n\nas may be called for by the court. The return shall concisely set\n\nforth such other facts as may be pertinent and material to show the\n\ngrounds of the decision appealed from and shall be verified.\n\n(4) The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to affirm,\n\nmodify, or set aside the decision brought up for review, in whole or\n\nin part, and if need be, to order further proceedings by the Board\n\nof Adjustment. The findings of fact of the Board, if supported by\n\nsubstantial evidence, shall be accepted by the court as conclusive,\n\nand no objection to a decision of the Board shall be considered by\n\nthe court unless such objection shall have been urged before the\n\nBoard, or, if it was not so urged, unless there were reasonable\n\nground for failure to do so.\n\n(5) Costs shall not be allowed against the Board of Adjustment\n\nunless it appears to the court that it acted with gross negligence,\n\nin bad faith, or with malice, in making the decision appealed from.\n\n(6) In any case in which airport zoning regulations adopted\n\nunder this act, although generally reasonable, are held by a court\n\nto interfere with the use or enjoyment of a particular structure or\n\nparcel of land to such an extent, or to be so onerous in their\n\napplication to such a structure or parcel of land, as to constitute\n\na taking or deprivation of that property in violation of the\n\nConstitution of this state or the Constitution of the United States,\n\nsuch holding shall not affect the application of such regulations to\n\nother structures and parcels of land.","path":["OK Code","Title 3"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os3.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"6157e4da00dd7cc788ab4047802787780140b640793ad25197f478314786747f","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3-3-110","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3-3-112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}