Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (2008)
Oklahoma Attorney General Reports
Decided August 14, 2008Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Senator Barrington,
This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following questions:
1. What is the meaning of the phrase "residing in compact form" in 110.S. 2001, § 2-101(A), which addresses incorporation of municipalities?
2. Who is authorized to determine whether a community of people seeking incorporation as a municipality is "residing in compact form?"
3. What criteria may be used to determine "residing in compact form?"
Section 2-101(A) of Title 11 is part of the Oklahoma Municipal Code and sets forth the primary…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Davis v. Town of Lake PlacidSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
- In Re De-Annexation of Certain Real PropertySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2004
- In Re Incorporation of Town of Big CabinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928
- City of Center Hill v. McBrydeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
- Town of Pleasant Prairie v. Department of Local Affairs & DevelopmentCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1982