Title 11, Title 11 — Cities and Towns

A. The governing body of a municipality, by ordinance, may establish a municipal energy district authority for the municipality. The authority shall be a public trust as provided for in Sections 176 through 180.3 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes. B. The authority shall consis…

The trustees of a municipal energy district authority shall establish a time and place for regular meetings and may hold special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. Three trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and upon a…

A. The trustees of a municipal energy district authority shall be authorized to: 1. Manage and conduct the business and affairs of the authority; 2. Make and execute all necessary contracts; 3. Secure funding through sources which may include: a. issuance of notes or bonds, b. pu…

A. The Oklahoma Municipal Energy Independence Act shall apply to developed property located within the borders of the municipality on which property taxes are paid and on which the owners of the property are current in the payment of the property taxes. B. The trustees of a munic…

A municipal energy district authority may make grants to nonprofit organizations to perform energy-efficiency audits or retrofits on tax-exempt property. Added by Laws 2011, c. 103, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.

A municipal energy district authority shall require those property owners participating in the program to: 1. Have an energy audit conducted on the property to be improved to demonstrate the value of the project; and 2. Submit proof that the improvements at a minimum meet “Energy…

A municipal governing body shall have the power to purchase, lay out and regulate cemeteries. The powers over cemeteries which are granted to a municipal governing body in this section include, but are not limited to, cemeteries used or dedicated for interment of animal remains. …

A municipal governing body may acquire, by purchase, donation or otherwise, and control lots or parcels of land within and without the limits of the municipality as the governing body deems necessary for cemetery purposes. When lots or parcels are so acquired, the title shall ves…

A. As used in this section, “lot” means a tract of land as defined in Section 1 of this act. B. Lots in a municipal cemetery shall be conveyed by certificate signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk, under the seal of the municipality. The certificate shall show the pri…

A. As used in this section, “lot” means a tract of land as defined in Section 1 of this act. B. Any burial lot in any cemetery owned by a municipality, or by an association incorporated for cemetery purposes under the laws of Oklahoma, may be conveyed or devised by the owner back…

The governing body may pass rules and ordinances to regulate, protect, and govern the cemetery, the owners of the lots therein, visitors therein, and to punish trespassers therein. The governing body may limit the number of lots which may be owned by one person, corporation or as…

Where a cemetery is owned by a municipality, the governing body may provide by ordinance for the creation and appointment of a board of cemetery trustees. The board of cemetery trustees shall consist of three (3) members. The term of each member shall be six (6) years, except tha…

The board of cemetery trustees shall have charge of and control of the municipal cemetery, and shall be authorized to: 1. Make rules and regulations governing the management, improvement and establishment of the cemetery; 2. Fix the price for which lots shall be sold or for which…

All monies received by the board of cemetery trustees from the sale of lots or from interments or from any other source shall be paid daily to the municipal treasurer, who shall deposit the same in the municipal treasury. Expenses incurred for the upkeep, repair, and adornment of…

fund. In all municipally owned cemeteries where lots are sold or charges made for interments, not less than twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of all monies received from the sale of lots and interments shall be segregated and set aside as a permanent fund to be known as the "Ce…

The board of cemetery trustees shall, on the first Mondays in January and July of each year, make a full report to the municipal governing body of all lots sold, interments made, and all moneys received and expended by the board in and about the cemetery. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-…

A. Any municipality which owns a cemetery, or any board of cemetery trustees of a cemetery owned by an association incorporated for cemetery purposes under the laws of Oklahoma, shall have a lien on any unused lot when a written contract provides for upkeep payments on such lot a…

graves. When the bodily remains of an unknown person are discovered in an unidentified and unmarked grave of a municipally owned and operated cemetery, the remains may be removed to some other gravesite within the cemetery, at the expense of the municipality, if no record exists …

care fund - Use. Donations, deposits or bequests may be made in trust for the special care of specified lots, monuments or mausoleums in any cemetery. These funds shall be segregated and set aside as a permanent fund to be known as the "Perpetual Care Fund". A separate account sh…

Any municipality which owns a cemetery, or twenty-five of the lot owners in the cemetery, may petition the district court in the county where the cemetery is situated for the appointment of a trustee to be the trustee of the perpetual care fund. The trustee of the fund shall rece…

Every trustee of a perpetual care fund shall execute and deliver to the donor a receipt showing the amount of money received, and the use to be made of the net proceeds from the money. The receipts shall be attested by the clerk of the court granting letters of trusteeship and a …

The perpetual care fund trustee may loan moneys received by him under the direction and with the approval of the court, but only as such loans may be secured by first mortgages upon Oklahoma real estate. No loan shall be made or approved unless it be made to appear to the court t…

The trustee of the perpetual care fund, before entering on the discharge of his duties or at any time thereafter when required by the court or judge, shall give bond in such amount as may be required by the court, to be approved by the court clerk, conditioned for the faithful di…

The court clerk, at the time of filing each receipt as provided in Section 26-203 of this title, shall immediately advise the court or judge as to the amount of the principal fund in the hands of the trustee, the amount of bond filed, and whether or not the bond is good and suffi…

The trustee of a perpetual care fund shall not be entitled to receive any compensation for services rendered, but may, out of the income received, pay all proper items of expense incurred in the performance of his duties, including cost of bond, if any. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 26-20…

Every perpetual care fund trustee shall make a full report to the district court of his doings in the matter of his trusteeship in the months of January and July following his appointment, and in January and July of each successive year. In each of the reports he shall apportion …

A perpetual care fund trustee may be removed by the court or judge thereof at any time for cause. In the event of removal or death, the court or judge must appoint a new trustee and require his predecessor or his personal representative to make full accounting for all the propert…

A municipality may create a Municipal Court, as provided in this article, which shall be a court not of record. This court may be created in addition to a Municipal Criminal Court of Record. References in Sections 27-101 through 27-131 of this title to the municipal court shall m…

Before a municipal court not of record may be put into operation, the municipal governing body shall determine by resolution that the efficient disposition of cases involving the violation of municipal ordinances necessitates putting the court into operation. The governing body s…

The municipal court shall have original jurisdiction to hear and determine all prosecutions wherein a violation of any ordinance of the municipality where the court is established is charged. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-103, eff. July 1, 1978.

A. The number of judges for each municipal court shall be determined by the governing body of the municipality where the court is established. The judge of each municipal court shall be appointed by the mayor of the municipality where the court is established, with the consent of…

judge. A. No change of venue shall be allowed from any municipal court, but the judge of the municipal court may be disqualified under the same terms and conditions as are now provided by law for courts of record. B. In the event of an ethical disqualification by a municipal judg…

In the event of disqualification of the judge in a particular case, or his absence or inability to act, the mayor of the municipality may appoint some person, qualified as provided in Section 27-104 of this title, as acting municipal judge of the court in the place of the judge d…

Vacancies in the office of the judge of any municipal court shall be filled in the same manner as provided for the appointment of the judge in the first instance. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-107, eff. July 1, 1978.

The municipal attorney of each municipality where a municipal court is established may be the prosecutor of the municipal court. The prosecutor shall have full power to prosecute for the violations of any ordinance of the municipality in the municipal court and shall have the pow…

The municipal clerk of any municipality where a municipal court is established, or a designated deputy shall be the clerk of the municipal court unless the governing body establishes or authorizes a position of chief municipal court officer to serve as court clerk. The court cler…

The municipal governing body, upon the recommendation of the judge of the municipal court, may designate any appropriate person who is a resident of the municipality to serve as marshal, and in the absence of such a designation, the chief of police or corresponding officer of the…

A. The clerk of each municipal court shall give bond to the governing body of the municipality where the court is established. The bond shall be approved by the governing body and shall be in an amount to be fixed by the governing body. The bond shall be in substance as follows: …

All of the fees, fines and forfeitures which come into the municipal court shall be paid by the clerk of the court to the municipal treasurer. The treasurer shall credit such deposits to the fund designated by the municipal governing body. The court clerk shall make a receipt for…

- Writs and process - Service of arrest warrant. Except as otherwise provided for by law, the code of procedure in the municipal court shall be the same as is provided for by law for the trial of misdemeanors. The court shall take judicial notice of state statutes and the ordinan…

The judge of each municipal court may prescribe rules, consistent with the provisions of this article, for the proper conduct of the business of the municipal court. Laws 1977, c. 256, § 27-114, eff. July 1, 1978.

All prosecutions commenced in the municipal court shall be by complaint which shall be subscribed by the person making the complaint and shall be verified before a judge, the court clerk, a deputy court clerk, or a police officer. No warrant for arrest shall be issued until the c…

verification. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, when a law enforcement officer issues a citation or ticket as the basis for a complaint or information, for an offense against a municipal ordinance which is declared to be a misdemeanor, the citation or ticket shall be prope…

The arraignment shall be made by the court. The judge or the prosecuting attorney shall read the complaint to the defendant, inform him of his legal rights and of the consequences of conviction, and ask him whether he pleads guilty or not guilty. The municipal governing body by o…

and conditions - Temporary cash bond. A. If a resident of a municipality served by a municipal court is arrested by a law enforcement officer for the violation of any traffic ordinance for which Section 27-117.1 of this title does not apply, or is arrested for the violation of a …

parking or standing - Bail. If a resident or nonresident of a municipality having a municipal court is arrested by a law enforcement officer solely for a misdemeanor violation of a traffic ordinance, other than an ordinance pertaining to a parking or standing traffic violation, a…

Forfeiture. A. If, without sufficient excuse, a defendant fails to appear according to the terms or conditions of a bond, given by a bail bondsman as defined in Section 1301 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes, either for hearing, arraignment, trial, or judgment, or upon any oth…

In all prosecutions in the municipal court for any offense for which the municipality, with the concurrence of the court, seeks imposition of a fine of more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), excluding court costs, or imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment, a jury tri…

Jurors in the municipal court shall be selected pursuant to this section under the same terms and conditions as are provided for by law for the district courts, or in the alternative, pursuant to Section 18.1 of Title 38 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Upon written request of the judge…

The municipal governing body shall determine by ordinance the fees and mileage that shall be paid to jurors and witnesses in a municipal court. However, no witness fee shall be paid to any police or peace officer. The jury fee and mileage due jurors and witnesses shall be paid as…