Oklahoma Statutes
Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions

§25-82.1. Designation and dates of holidays - Executive Order - Acts to be performed on next succeeding business day - State employees authorized to observe certain holidays - "Holiday" defined. - A. The designation and dates of holidays in Oklahoma shall...

§25-82.2. Additional holidays - Acts performable - Optional closing by banks and offices. - The following additional days are designated as holidays: Jefferson Day...

§25-82.3. Place and time for celebration of Oklahoma Day. - The city of Guthrie, in the county of Logan, is...

§25-82.4. Juneteenth National Freedom Day. - The third Saturday in June of each year is hereby...

§25-83. Flag week - Observance and display of flag. - The Governor is hereby authorized and requested to proclaim June...

§25-84. Oklahoma Historical Day. - Now, Therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives...

§25-85. Citizenship Recognition Day - Setting aside and proclaiming. - That the Governor of the State of Oklahoma be, and...

§25-86. Will Rogers Day. - The fourth day of November each year is hereby declared...

§25-87. Bird day. - May 1st of each year is hereby established as "Bird...

§25-88. Oklahoma week. - That the week beginning with November 11th through November 16th...

§25-89. Official day for Indian tribes. - The Governor of the State of Oklahoma shall declare an...

§25-90.1. Oklahoma Heritage Week. - The week in each year in which November 16 falls...

§25-90.2. Oklahoma Heritage Association - Duties. - The Oklahoma Heritage Association, aforementioned herein, is hereby designated as...

§25-90.3. Shut-In Day. - The first Sunday in June each year is hereby established...

§25-90.4. Prisoners of War Remembrance Day in Oklahoma. - April ninth of each year is hereby established as "Prisoners...

§25-90.5. Bill of Rights Day. - The 15th day of December of each year is hereby...

§25-90.6. Bill of Responsibilities Day. - The 16th day of December of each year is hereby...

§25-90.7. Purple Heart Day. - Purple Heart Day. The seventh day of August of each...

§25-90.8. Jim Thorpe Day. - The 22nd day of May of each year is hereby...

§25-90.9. Oklahoma City Bombing Remembrance Day. - April nineteenth of each year is hereby established as "Oklahoma...

§25-90.10. Oklahoma Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. - December 7 of each year is designated as "Oklahoma Pearl...

§25-90.11. Vietnam Veterans Day. - The third Thursday of March of each year is hereby...

§25-90.12. Oklahoma Native American Day. - The second Monday in October of each year is designated...

§25-90.13. POW/MIA Recognition Day. - The third Friday of September of each year is hereby...

§25-90.14. Injury Prevention Month. - May of each year is hereby established as "Injury Prevention...

§25-90.15. Senator Keith Leftwich Day. - The first Tuesday in February in a presidential election year...

§25-90.16. Motorcycle Safety Month. - The month of May of each year is hereby designated...

§25-90.17. President Ronald Reagan Day. - The sixth day of February of each year is hereby...

§25-90.18. Medal of Honor Day. - The twenty-fifth of March of each year is hereby designated...

§25-90.19. Legislative Findings - Flying flags at half-staff for service member memorial services. - A. The Legislature finds that: 1. The Congress of the...

§25-90.20. Second Amendment Day. - A. It is the intent of the Legislature to commemorate...

§25-90.21. Oklahoma Aviation and Aerospace Day. - The 19th day of August of each year is hereby...

§25-90.22. Oklahoma Women in Aviation and Aerospace Day. - The 9th day of December of each year is hereby...

§25-90.23. A Day of Remembrance. - The second Saturday of December of each year is hereby...

§25-90.24. Oklahoma Overdose Awareness Day. - The eleventh day of May each year is hereby designated...

§25-90.25. Golf Day. - The third Wednesday of June each year shall be known...

§25-91. State flag - Design. - A. The banner, or flag, of the design prescribed by...

§25-91.1. Public institutions - Display of state flag. - Every officer, board or person having jurisdiction over the main...

§25-91.2. Public schools - Display of state flag. - It shall be the duty of the district boards or...

§25-91.3. State Flag Day. - Statehood Day, the 16th day of November of each year,...

§25-91a. State agencies and boards of education - Display of state flag. - It shall be the duty of all state agencies and...

§25-92. State floral emblem and official flower. - A. The mistletoe shall be the floral emblem of the...

§25-92.1. State wild flower - Indian Blanket. - The official state wild flower of the State of Oklahoma...

§25-93. State colors. - The said colors of green and white be adopted as...

§25-93.1. Governor's flag. - The flag of the Governor of the State of Oklahoma...

§25-93.2. Alfred P. Murrah Federal building commemorative flag. - In memory of the April 19, 1995, bombing of the...

§25-93.3. 9/11 Remembrance Freedom Flag. - In memory of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on...

§25-94.1. Official state song. - The official song and anthem of the State of Oklahoma...

§25-94.2. Official depository of state song. - The State Library shall be the official depository of the...

§25-94.3. Words of state song. - "Brand new state, Brand new state, gonna treat you great!...

§25-94.5. Official state children's song. - The official children's song of the State of Oklahoma is...

§25-94.6. Official depository of state children's song. - The State Library, maintained by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries,...

§25-94.7. Words of the state children's song. - The words of the official state children's song are: "As...

§25-94.8. State Folk Song. - The official Oklahoma State Folk Song is hereby declared to...

§25-94.9. Official depository of the state folk song. - The State Library shall be the official depository of the...

§25-94.10. Lyrics to state folk song. - The words to the Oklahoma State Folk Song, "Oklahoma Hills",...

§25-94.11. Official state gospel song. - The official state gospel song of the State of Oklahoma...

§25-94.12. Official depository of state gospel song. - The State Library shall be the official depository of the...

§25-94.13. Words to official state gospel song. - The words to the Oklahoma State Gospel Song, “Swing Low,...

§25-94.14. Official inspirational song of the State of Oklahoma. - The official inspirational song of the State of Oklahoma is...

§25-94.15. Official depository for the official inspirational song of the State of Oklahoma. - The State Library shall be the official depository of the...

§25-94.16. Words to the official inspirational song of the State of Oklahoma. - The words to the official inspirational song for the State...

§25-94.17. State horse. - The American Quarter Horse is hereby designated and adopted as...

§25-98. State bird. - The scissor-tailed flycatcher, Muscivora Forficata, is hereby designated and adopted...

§25-98.1. State rock. - The Barite Rose, commonly known and referred to as the...

§25-98.2. State fish. - The white bass, Morone chrysops, sometimes known as sand bass,...

§25-98.3. State percussive musical instrument. - The drum is hereby designated and adopted as the percussive...

§25-98.4. State Poet Laureate. - There is hereby designated the honorary position of State Poet...

§25-98.5. State butterfly. - The black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes, is hereby designated and adopted...

§25-98.6. State fossil. - Because of the extraordinarily rich paleontological heritage of the State...

§25-98.7. Official state drink. - Milk is hereby designated and adopted as the official drink...

§25-98.8. Official state crystal. - The hourglass selenite crystal is hereby designated and adopted as...

§25-98.9. State cartoon character. - GUSTY® is hereby designated and adopted as the state cartoon...

§25-98.10. Official state fruit. - The strawberry is hereby designated and adopted as the official...

§25-98.11. Official state flying mammal. - The Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis, is hereby designated and...

§25-98.13. State game bird. - The wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo is hereby designated and adopted...

§25-98.14. State dinosaur. - The dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus atokensis is hereby designated and adopted as...

§25-98.15. Official state vegetable. - The watermelon is hereby designated and adopted as the official...

§25-98.16. National Day of the Cowboy. - The fourth Saturday of July of each year shall be...

§25-98.17. State raptor. - The red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, is hereby designated and adopted...

§25-98.18. State astronomical object. - The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237, is hereby designated and adopted...

§25-98.19. Official state steak. - The ribeye steak is hereby designated and adopted as the...

§25-98.20. Short title – Cali's Law – State pet of Oklahoma. - This act shall be known and may be cited as...

§25-98.25. Official state theatre. - The Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma is hereby recognized and designated...

§25-101. Daily paper defined. - Any newspaper which is regularly published as often as five...

§25-103. Sufficiency of publication of legal notices. - It shall not be necessary to publish a legal notice,...

§25-104. Change of name of newspaper. - It shall be lawful for any legal newspaper now published...

§25-105. Designation of newspaper by party or attorney. - In all cases provided by law for the publication of...

§25-106. Newspapers for publication of legal notices. - No legal notice, advertisement, or publication of any kind required...

§25-107. Honest Mistake Act - Papers within provisions. - Only such newspapers as are defined in Section 1 hereof...

§25-108. Proof of publication. - A. Any publisher or any authorized employee of any newspaper...

§25-109. Suspension of publication because of induction or enlistment. - From and after the effective date of this act all...

§25-110. Affidavit as to suspension - Resumption of publication. - When the owner or principal owner of any newspaper in...

§25-111. Owners to whom act applicable. - The provisions of this act shall be applicable to any...

§25-112. Change in frequency of publication - Status as legal newspaper. - Any newspaper qualified to publish legal notices and advertisements as...

§25-113. Publication in newspaper published in county, but not at county seat. - In all cases under the statutes of this state where...

§25-114. Validation of publication elsewhere than at county seat. - All publications of notices or advertisements, required by law to...

§25-115. Minutes of school board and municipal meetings to be furnished to legal newspapers upon request – Business day defined. - A. It shall be the mandatory duty of the minute...

§25-151. Flag day - Proclamation by Governor. - The Governor of this state shall, on or before the...

§25-152. Administration buildings - Display of flag daily. - Every officer, board or person having jurisdiction of the main...

§25-153. Schools to display flag daily. - It shall be the duty of the district boards or...

§25-154. Election polling places - Display of flag. - Every person in this state charged with the duty of...

§25-155. Printing or lettering on flag prohibited. - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation...

§25-156. Parades - Carrying flag without color guards prohibited. - It shall be unlawful for any lodge, fraternity, association, or...

§25-157. Violation of act a misdemeanor - Fine. - Any person, firm, association, lodge, fraternity, or club who shall...

§25-158. Purchase of flags manufactured in United States. - All state agencies and political subdivisions shall only purchase flags...

§25-221. Use of certified mail with return receipt requested in place of registered mail. - It is hereby declared and directed that use of "certified...

§25-301. Citation. - This act shall be known as the Oklahoma Open Meeting...

§25-302. Public policy. - It is the public policy of the State of Oklahoma...

§25-303. Times and places - Advance notice. - All meetings of public bodies, as defined hereinafter, shall be...

§25-304. Definitions. - As used in the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act: 1. "Public...

§25-305. Recording of votes. - In all meetings of public bodies, the vote of each...

§25-306. Circumvention of act – Teleconferences and videoconferences excepted. - No informal gatherings or any electronic or telephonic communications, except...

§25-307. Executive sessions. - A. No public body shall hold executive sessions unless otherwise...

§25-307.1. Videoconferences and teleconferences. - A. Except as provided in subsections C and D of...

§25-308. Meeting between Governor and majority members of public body. - Any meeting between the governor and a majority of members...

§25-309. Legislature. - The Legislature shall conduct open meetings in accordance with rules...

§25-310. Legislative committee members attending executive sessions. - Any member of the Legislature appointed as a member of...

§25-311. Public bodies - Notice. - A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all regularly scheduled,...

§25-312. Minutes of meetings - Recording of proceedings. - A. The proceedings of a public body shall be kept...

§25-313. Actions taken in willful violation of act. - Any action taken in willful violation of this act shall...

§25-314. Violations - Misdemeanor - Penalty - Civil suit. - A. Any person or persons willfully violating any of the...

§25-1101. Purposes - Construction. - A. This act provides for exclusive remedies within the state...

§25-1201. Definitions. - In Section 1101 et seq. of this title, unless the...

§25-1301. Definitions. - As used in Section 1101 et seq. of this title:...

§25-1302. Discriminatory practices - Employers. - A. It is a discriminatory practice for an employer: 1....

§25-1303. Discriminatory practices - Employment agencies. - It is a discriminatory practice for an employment agency to...

§25-1304. Discriminatory practices - Labor organizations. - It is a discriminatory practice for a labor organization: 1....

§25-1305. Discriminatory practices - Training programs. - It is a discriminatory practice for an employer, labor organization,...

§25-1306. Other discriminatory practices. - It is a discriminatory practice for an employer, labor organization,...

§25-1307. Exemptions. - This chapter does not apply to a religious corporation, association,...

§25-1308. Exceptions. - It is not a discriminatory practice: 1. For an employer...

§25-1309. Seniority and merit systems - Compulsory retirement. - Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 1101 et seq. of...

§25-1310. Imbalance. - Nothing contained in Section 1101 et seq. of this title...

§25-1311. Male and female employees. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it shall not...

§25-1312. Status Verification System - Definitions. - As used in Sections 6 and 7 of this act:...

§25-1313. Status Verification System - Registration and use by public employers - Discriminatory discharge of citizens or permanent resident aliens. - A. Every public employer shall register with and utilize a...

§25-1350. Employment based discrimination - Cause of action - Remedies - Procedure. - A. A cause of action for employment-based discrimination is hereby...

§25-1401. Definitions. - As used in this act unless the context requires otherwise:...

§25-1402. Discriminatory practice. - It is a discriminatory practice for a person to deny...

§25-1451. Definitions. - A. As used in Sections 1451 through 1453 of this...

§25-1452. Discriminatory housing practices - Categories or classes of persons protected - Jurisdiction of Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement. - A. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory housing practice for...

§25-1453. Exempt practices and acts. - A. Nothing provided for in Sections 1451 through 1453 of...

§25-1501. Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights Enforcement - Powers. - A. Within the limitations provided by law, the Attorney General's...

§25-1502. Proceedings after complaint. - A. A person claiming to be aggrieved by a discriminatory...

§25-1502.1. Temporary injunction or restraining order. - If, at any time after the receipt of a verified...

§25-1502.2. Investigations - Complaint - Limitation - Filing by Attorney General - Amendment of complaint - Notice to respondent. - A. The Attorney General shall investigate alleged discriminatory housing practices....

§25-1502.3. Answer to complaint - Amendment - Effect of investigation. - A. Not later than the 10th day after receipt of...

§25-1502.4. Referral of complaint from federal government - Investigations - Administrative proceedings - Time limits - Delays. - If the federal government has referred a complaint to the...

§25-1502.5. Joinder of additional or substitute respondent - Notice - Explanation. - A. The Commission may join a person not named in...

§25-1502.6. Conciliation - Time period - Conciliation agreement - Provisions - Disclosure. - A. The Attorney General may, during the period beginning with...

§25-1502.7. Civil action for temporary or preliminary relief - Filing by Attorney General - Effects on administrative hearing. - A. If the Attorney General concludes at any time following...

§25-1502.15. Civil action on behalf of aggrieved person - Venue - Intervention - Relief - Compliance with discovery orders. - A. The Attorney General may file a civil action on...

§25-1505.1. Determination of housing discrimination. - If the Attorney General upon final determination finds that an...

§25-1506.1. Civil action - Time period - Tolling - Restrictions. - A. An aggrieved person may file a civil action in...

§25-1506.2. Court-appointed attorney. - On application by a person alleging a discriminatory housing practice...

§25-1506.3. Remedies. - In an action pursuant to Section 1101 et seq. of...

§25-1506.4. Effect of relief granted upon contracts, sales, encumbrances, or leases. - Relief granted pursuant to Section 1506.3 of this title does...

§25-1506.6. Civil action relating to pattern of discrimination or issue of general public importance - Remedies - Persons who may intervene. - A. On request of the Commission, the Attorney General may...

§25-1506.7. Subpoenas - Enforcement. - The Attorney General may issue subpoenas pursuant to Section 1101...

§25-1506.8. Attorney fees. - A court in a civil action brought pursuant to Section...

§25-1506.9. Violations - Misdemeanor. - A. A person commits an offense if the person, whether...

§25-1507. Inspection - Records. - A. In connection with an investigation of a complaint filed...

§25-1508. Subpoenas - Witnesses. - A. Subpoenas shall issue in proceedings under Section 1101 et...

§25-1601. Other discriminatory practices. - It is a discriminatory practice for a person, or for...

§25-1602. Conciliation agreements. - It is a discriminatory practice for a party to a...

§25-1603. Attempts. - An attempt to commit, directly or indirectly, a discriminatory practice...

§25-1604. Public contractors. - In the case of a respondent who is found by...

§25-1605. Prima facie evidence. - In a proceeding under this act a written, printed, or...

§25-1701. Definitions. - In this chapter (1) "political subdivision" means a city, incorporated...

§25-1702. Local ordinances. - A political subdivision may adopt and enforce an ordinance prohibiting...

§25-1703. Local commissions. - A political subdivision, or two or more political subdivisions acting...

§25-1704. Powers of local commissions. - A local commission may have the following powers in addition...

§25-1705. Referral to local commission. - A. The Attorney General: 1. Whether or not a complaint...

§25-1706. Transfer to Attorney General. - A. A local commission may refer a matter under its...

§25-2001. Short title - Parents' Bill of Rights – Scope of rights. - A. This act shall be known and may be cited...

§25-2002. Parental rights. - A. All parental rights are reserved to a parent of...

§25-2003. School district policy on parental involvement – Information to provide to parents. - A. The board of education of a school district, in...

§25-2004. Written consent required for medical treatment of minors – Exceptions - Penalties. - A. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person, corporation,...

§25-2005. Written consent required for mental health treatment of minors – Exceptions - Penalties. - A. Except as otherwise provided by law or a court...

§25-2101. Display of replicas of historical documents on public grounds. - A. Every county, municipality, city, town, school or any other...

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Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions