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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