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Opinion No. (2009)

Oklahoma Attorney General Reports

Decided June 1, 2009Published

1Opinion of the Court

Dear Representative Roan:

This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you have asked, in effect, the following question:

Under what conditions, if any, may county equipment be used or county expenditures made for the upkeep of rural cemeteries (i.e., cemeteries in unincorporated areas), which are exempt from ad valorem taxes?

GENERAL

You ask whether or under what conditions county funds or equipment may be used in the upkeep of rural cemeteries in unincorporated areas1 where such cemeteries are exempt from ad valorem taxation. Public cemeteries are…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Marley v. CannonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
  2. Tulsa Exposition & Fair Corp. v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1970
  3. Shipp v. Southeastern Oklahoma Industries AuthoritySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1972
  4. Heiligman v. ChambersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1959
  5. Staggs v. PorterCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995

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