Oklahoma § 40-80 - School attendance certificate to be presented - Duplicate

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§ 40-80. School attendance certificate to be presented - Duplicate

of schooling certificate - Blank form - Form of certificate.

The age and schooling certificate shall not be approved until

the parent or guardian of such child shall present a school

attendance certificate as hereinafter prescribed. A duplicate of

such age and schooling certificate shall be filled out and sent by

the school officer, before whom the same is made, to the

Commissioner of Labor. The blank forms for school attendance

certificate and for the age and schooling certificate shall be

supplied to the principal, headmaster, or equivalent administrative

officer of the school or to one of the child's parents if the child

is being schooled at home by the State Superintendent of Public

Instruction as hereinafter indicated.

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATE.

.................. (Name of School).

.................. (City and County).

....................... (Date).

This certifies that ................ (name of child) can read

and write and that according to the records of this school and in my

belief is now ............. (number of years and months) old, and

has attended school during the full school term of the preceding

year.

.................. (Name of parent or guardian).

.................. (Residence).

................. (Signature of teacher).

AGE AND SCHOOLING CERTIFICATE.

This certifies that I am .............. (father, mother or

guardian) of ........... (name of child) s.s.# ..............., and

that he (or she) was born at ............. (town or city),

.......... (county), .............. (state or country), on the

........ (day, month and year of birth), and is now ...............

(number of years and months old).

.....................................

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor

(Signature of parent or guardian).

.......................... (Date).

.................... (City or town or county).

Personally appeared before me the above-mentioned ............

(name of person signing), and made oath that the foregoing

certificate is true to the best of his (or her) knowledge and

belief.

I hereby approve the foregoing certificate of .............

(name of child), height ............. (feet and inches), weight

........... (pounds), complexion ........... (fair or dark), hair

............. (color), eyes .......... (color), having no

sufficient reason to doubt that he (or she) is of the age therein

certified.

OWNER OF CERTIFICATE.

This certificate belongs to ............. (name of child), and

is to be surrendered to him (or her) whenever he (or she) leaves the

service of the employer holding the same, but if not claimed by said

child within thirty days after leaving said service, shall be sent

to the Commissioner of Labor.

..................................,

(Signature of officer, with name of city,

town or county, and date.)

R.L.1910, § 3738; Laws 1991, c. 172, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 40-80 ("School attendance certificate to be presented - Duplicate") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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