{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-12.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-12.1","heading":"Deceased officer's spouse - Eligibility for appointment","body":"If any officer of the state, district, county, city, town or\n\nother governmental subdivision of this state shall die while in\n\noffice, and shall leave a surviving spouse, the said surviving\n\nspouse shall be eligible (if otherwise qualified) to be appointed to\n\nand to hold said office during the term for which the said officer\n\nwas elected or appointed, regardless of the degree of relationship\n\nby either affinity or consanguinity to the appointing officer or to\n\nany member of the appointing board, commission, or other appointing\n\nauthority, and it shall not be unlawful for any officer, board,\n\ncommission, appointing authority, or member thereof to appoint or\n\nvote for the appointment of said surviving spouse to said office\n\nduring said term, regardless of any such relationship.","path":["OK Code","Title 51"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os51.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"da119ccd0496bbda297340125bca9b5b150f5ffcfd18c95432f43fe1c5f2cc1d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-11","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}