OSCN Found Document:Right to Enter Private Property Adjoining County Roads
Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
  Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries
    Chapter 1 - Oklahoma Highway Code of 1968
        Article Article 6 - County Road System
        Section 601.5 - Right to Enter Private Property Adjoining County Roads
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In order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the children of this state, the board of county commissioners shall be authorized to enter onto private property adjoining county roads in order to perform maintenance or improvements to an existing private road when:

1. The private road is used by a school bus to turn around,

2. The available right-of-way does not provide enough space for the school bus to turn around without endangering the occupants of the school bus; and

3. The owner of the private road agrees in writing to the necessary maintenance or improvements.

The maintenance or improvements to the private road shall be limited to the area necessary for the school bus to adequately turn around.

Historical Data


Laws 1999, HB 1471, c. 341, § 8, eff. November 1, 1999.

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Oklahoma Attorney General's Opinions
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 2009 OK AG 20, Question Submitted by: The Honorable Bill Brown, State Senator, District 36; The Honorable Mary Easley, State Senator, District 18Discussed
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals Cases
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 2007 OK CIV APP 57, 164 P.3d 1155, BOWEN v. TUCKERCited
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