Oklahoma § 69-1312 - Appeals to district court

§ 69-1312. Appeals to district court

(a) From the action of the governing body or the board of county

commissioners there shall be allowed an appeal to the district court

by any person owning lands in the assessment area, upon filing a

bond with sufficient penalty, not less than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), with two or more sureties to be approved by the city or

county clerk, as the case may be, conditioned that the appellant

will prosecute his appeal without delay and pay all costs and

damages that he may be adjudged to pay in the district court.

(b) The appeal shall be taken within ten (10) days after the

order awarding the contract by serving a written notice on the city

clerk or county clerk, as the case may be, which notice shall set

out in detail, in numbered paragraphs, the grounds on which the

appellant will rely on the appeal. A copy of the notice, together

with a certified transcript of the proceedings before the board,

shall be immediately transmitted by the clerk to the clerk of the

district court, who shall docket it as other cases and set the same

for speedy trial.

(c) The remedy herein provided shall be exclusive. No action or

suit to question the jurisdiction of the governing body or board of

county commissioners or their action in awarding the contract, or

any part of their proceedings, shall be commenced and no appeal

taken after the expiration of the ten-day period herein provided.

Laws 1968, c. 415, § 1312, operative July 1, 1968.