Title 18 — Title 18 — Corporations

The Oklahoma Solicitation of Charitable Contributions Act shall not be construed to limit or to restrict the exercise of the powers or the performance of the duties of the Attorney General or of any district attorney of this state which they otherwise are authorized to exercise o…

18 O.S. § 552.17 Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 460, § 15, eff. July 1, 2011

18 O.S. § 552.18 Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 460, § 15, eff. July 1, 2011

registration. A. The Secretary of State shall make available on the Secretary of State’s website all pertinent information related to the entities that are required to register under this act including information included in the entity’s registration. The Secretary of State shal…

The Oklahoma Solicitation of Charitable Contributions Act is enacted for the purpose of promoting integrity and accountability in the charitable solicitation process; protecting donors and prospective donors who may be solicited for charitable contributions; educating the public,…

As used in the Oklahoma Solicitation of Charitable Contributions Act: 1. "Person" means any individual, organization, group, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust, or other entity, except as otherwise provided in Section 552.1 et seq. of this tit…

Fund. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of the Secretary of State to be designated the "Secretary of State Charitable Solicitations Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall …

Revolving Fund. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of the Attorney General to be designated the "Attorney General Charitable Solicitations Enforcement Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limit…

All registrations, unless otherwise terminated pursuant to this act, made prior to the effective date of this act shall remain effective until they expire and any registrations occurring after the effective date of this act shall be made with the Office of the Secretary of State …

requirements on organizations. A. Except as required or authorized by federal law, no state agency or official shall impose any annual filing or reporting requirement on an organization regulated or specifically exempted from regulation under the Oklahoma Solicitation of Charitab…

Notice to charitable organizations of objections by Attorney General. A. The requirements of this section shall only apply to a charitable organization that: 1. Is incorporated, organized, or has its principal place of business in this state, or has assets located in this state w…

state organizations. A. No charitable organization that is either located within this state or that is soliciting contributions from any person in this state, except those specifically exempt under Section 552.4 of this title, shall solicit contributions until the charitable orga…

18 O.S. § 552.3a Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 460, § 15, eff. July 1, 2011

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Oklahoma Solicitation of Charitable Contributions Act, the provisions of Sections 552.3 of this title shall not apply to the following persons: 1. Organizations incorporated for religious purposes and actually engaged in bona fide …

18 O.S. § 552.5 Repealed by Laws 2010, c. 460, § 15, eff. July 1, 2011

Every charitable organization shall keep and maintain a full and true record of the documents and information required for disclosure pursuant to Section 552.3 of this title for five (5) calendar years in such form as will enable such charitable organization to accurately provide…

and address changes. A. No person shall act as a professional fundraiser for any charitable organization until the person has first registered with the Office of the Secretary of State. Applications for registration, signed and acknowledged by a party duly authorized to act on be…

A. All contracts entered into by a charitable organization with a professional fundraiser or professional fundraising counsel for charitable solicitations or fundraising services shall be in writing. The charitable organization and the professional fundraiser or professional fund…

A. Every professional solicitor employed or retained by a professional fundraiser required to register pursuant to this act, shall, before engaging in any solicitation of contributions by the professional fundraiser, register with the Office of the Secretary of State. An applicat…

It shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D1 felony offense for any person, organization, group, association, partnership, corporation, or combination thereof, to conduct or carry on any drive for, or to solicit or invite, contributions of funds for the purpose of or under the guis…

Provided that nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit solicitations or other activity by any organization whose activities are regulated by any law or laws of the federal government or any professional organization of the State of Oklahoma. Laws 1959, p. 221, § 2.

Any violation of the provisions of Sections 553.1 and 553.2 of this title shall constitute a Class D1 felony offense and any person guilty thereof shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) , or be confined as provided for in subsections B th…

The board of trustees, or other officers of any religious corporation, may be chosen at such times and in such manner as may be in conformity to the rules, usage or general discipline of such corporation. R.L.1910, § 1467.

- Powers. The members of any church or religious society, not less than three, who by its rules, usage and general discipline, or otherwise, do not desire to organize and become incorporated under the foregoing provisions relating to corporations may organize and become corporate…

All grants or deeds from private individuals, or acts of legislative bodies, transferring, conveying or granting real estate in this state to any bishop, dean, rector, vestryman, deacon, director, minister or any other officer or officers of any church or organized religious soci…

Preservation and protection of property. The property, both real and personal, belonging to or held in trust by or for any church, religious corporation, association, organization, or society, that has or shall become extinct, or that has or shall cease to function and use its pr…

jurisdiction. If there is no superior body, presbytery, synod, conference, diocese, convention, or other ecclesiastical body having jurisdiction to take charge of, protect and preserve such property, then, any statewide religious association, organization, society, or corporation…

title and possession. When the condition of being extinct or of ceasing to function and use its property has existed for two (2) years or longer, and there is no superior body having jurisdiction, the district court of any county where any such property is located, upon petition …

Notice of hearing of said petition shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in the town or city where the church or religious organization was located if there be one, and if there be none, then in a newspaper at the county seat of the county, for two (2) consecutiv…

This act shall not affect or impair any valid lien or any reversionary interest. Laws 1943, p. 39, § 5.

Any corporation formed for the purpose of establishing an institution of learning shall hold the property of the institution solely for the purpose of education, and not for the individual benefit of itself or any contributor to the endowment thereof. R.L.1910, § 1470.

The trustees or directors of any such corporation shall faithfully apply all the funds collected, or the proceeds of the property belonging to the institution, according to their best judgment, in erecting, completing or repairing suitable buildings, in supporting necessary offic…

Such corporation has power to appoint a president or principal for the institution, and such professors, tutors and other agents and officers, as may be necessary, and to displace any of them as the interests of the institutions may require; to fill vacancies, to prescribe and di…

Every such corporation having the rank of a college or university, has power to confer, on the recommendation of the faculty, all such degrees or honors as are usually conferred by colleges and universities in the United States, and such others, having reference to the course of …

Such corporation may connect with its institution, to be used as a part of its course of education, any mechanical shops or machinery, or lands for agricultural purposes, not exceeding three hundred and twenty (320) acres, to which may be attached all necessary buildings for carr…

The following associations for charitable purposes may become incorporated, as provided in this article, as follows: 1. To establish and maintain hospitals and infirmaries for the cure of the sick and support of the aged and indigent, and asylums for orphans; 2. For the mutual as…

Any regularly incorporated fraternal beneficiary society shall, on application of its governing body, be permitted to transfer its membership to any other society doing business in this state, and such membership may be accepted without restriction, upon age limit and without new…

Any fraternal beneficiary society incorporated under the laws of this state may change its corporate name on application by its governing body to the Insurance Commissioner of the state. The name selected shall not be such as will appear to be so near the name of any other associ…

No person, society, association or corporation shall assume, adopt or use the name of a humane, fraternal or charitable organization, incorporated under the laws of this or of any other state of the United States, or a name so nearly resembling the name of such incorporated organ…

membership. No person shall wear or exhibit the badge, button, emblem, decoration, insignia or charm or shall assume or use the name of any humane, fraternal or charitable corporation, incorporated under the laws of this or any other state or of the United States or shall assume …

Whenever there shall be an actual or threatened violation of Sections 584 and 585 of this title, an application may be made to the court or judge having jurisdiction, to issue an injunction upon notice to the defendant of not less than five (5) days, for an injunction so restrain…

Any person violating the provisions of Sections 1478 and 1479 of this article, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days, or may b…

Any charitable corporation, including chartered fraternal, grand and subordinate lodges and societies, are hereby empowered to receive, either by way of gift, purchase, grant, devise or by will, real or personal property, and to hold the same, and to dispose of the same in the ca…

Before being competent to so receive such property, such society shall obtain a charter as a charitable corporation in the manner provided by law from the Secretary of State, and elect trustees, who may be the same trustees already elected under their fraternal rules, and whose b…

- Quorum. Any corporation organized under the laws of this state as a community fund or community chest, or that may hereafter be so organized, may give notice of the time and place of any regular or special meeting of its members by publication for not less than two (2) weeks pr…

articles of incorporation. Any community fund or community chest corporation organized under the laws of this state for which a charter has been issued may amend its articles of incorporation in any particular competent to have been embodied or inserted in the original articles o…

The authority of persons associated together to become incorporated as a charitable corporation for the purpose of providing either a volunteer or full-time fire department for an unincorporated area or place is hereby ratified and confirmed. Such a corporate fire department shal…

Insurance. A. Any charitable corporation formed for the purpose of providing either a volunteer or a full-time fire department, pursuant to Section 592 of this title, shall have authority to establish a reasonable schedule of fees to be charged for its services in extinguishing f…

state agency - Nonliability for tort. Any charitable corporation formed in an unincorporated area for the purpose of providing either a volunteer or a full-time fire department, such as is mentioned in Section 592 of this title, shall be considered an agency of the State of Oklah…

Any charitable corporation formed in an unincorporated area for the purpose of providing either a volunteer or a full-time fire department, such as mentioned in Section 592 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be required to file the appropriate activity reports utilizing …