Oklahoma § 62-57.56 - Certificate of Attorney General - Signatures and seals
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§ 62-57.56. Certificate of Attorney General - Signatures and seals
Within ten (10) days after the sale or sales of said bonds, the
Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma shall examine all of the
proceedings of the Commission and all resolutions passed and actions
taken by it in connection with the authorization and issuance and
sale of such bonds and shall, if he finds such bond proceedings and
sale to be constitutional and lawful, execute his certificate and
file the same of record in the office of the Secretary of State of
the State of Oklahoma, which said certificate shall read
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 62. Public Finance
substantially as follows: "I have examined all proceedings had in
connection with the issuance of the State of Oklahoma Building Bonds
of 1965 in the aggregate principal amount of Seven Million Dollars
($7,000,000.00) dated ____, authorized and sold pursuant to Section
36, Article X, Constitution of Oklahoma, and laws of the State of
Oklahoma enacted pursuant thereto, and find said proceedings and
sale to be constitutional, lawful and regular in all particulars and
that said bonds will be valid legal general obligations of the State
of Oklahoma. Unless suit thereon shall be brought in the Supreme
Court of the State of Oklahoma within thirty (30) days from the date
of this certificate, said bonds shall be incontestable for all
purposes. Date ____, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma".
Upon the filing of such certificate, bonds issued pursuant to
proceedings so examined by the Attorney General, shall be
incontestable for all purposes upon the expiration of thirty (30)
days from the date of such certificate, unless suit be brought in
the Supreme Court of Oklahoma prior to the expiration of said period
as provided herein.
A facsimile of such Attorney General's certificate shall appear
on each bond so issued. The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is hereby
vested with exclusive jurisdiction over any litigation involving the
validity of any bonds issued under this act.
All bonds shall bear
the signature of the Governor and of the Secretary of State and
shall bear the certificate required by Section 29, Article X, of the
Constitution of Oklahoma. Such bonds shall also be registered by
the Treasurer of the State of Oklahoma and a statement of such
registration shall appear on the back of each bond. The Commission
may, by resolution, prescribe that the seal of the State of
Oklahoma, or the seals of any of the officers thereof, and any or
all signatures required to appear on the bonds or coupons, with the
exception of the Governor's signature on the bonds, may be facsimile
seals and signatures.
Laws 1965, c. 293, § 6, emerg. eff. June 24, 1965.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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