OSCN Found Document:Fire Departments for Unincorporated Areas - Authority to Incorporate
Title 18. Corporations

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
  Title 18. Corporations
    Chapter 14 - Religious, Charitable, and Educational Corporations
        Section 592 - Fire Departments for Unincorporated Areas - Authority to Incorporate
Cite as: 18 O.S. § 592 (OSCN 2026)


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 shall have authority to provide fire protective service both to its members and to nonmembers, either within or without the unincorporated area wherein it is situated.

Historical Data


Laws 1957, SB 437, p. 142, § 1; Amended by Laws 1983, SB 173, c. 100, § 17, emerg. eff. May 9, 1983.

Citationizer® Summary of Documents Citing This Document
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Oklahoma Attorney General's Opinions
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 2007 OK AG 15, Question Submitted by: The Honorable Mary Easley, State Senator, District 18Discussed
 2014 OK AG 5, Question Submitted by: The Honorable Wade Roussellot, State Representative, District 12Cited
 1989 OK AG 65, Question Submitted by: The Honorable Lewis Long, Oklahoma State SenateDiscussed at Length
Title 18. Corporations
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 18 O.S. 595, Volunteer or a Full-time Fire Department - Activity ReportsCited
 18 O.S. 594, No Liability in Tort While Engaged in Fire ProtectionCited
Title 19. Counties and County Officers
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 19 O.S. 1501, Duties of County Purchasing AgentCited
Title 47. Motor Vehicles
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 47 O.S. 1113, Certificate of Registration, License Plates and Decals - Permanent Plates - RequirementsCited
Title 51. Officers
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 51 O.S. 152, DefinitionsDiscussed
Title 68. Revenue and Taxation
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 68 O.S. 1356, Exemptions - Governmental and Nonprofit EntitiesDiscussed
 68 O.S. 1356, Exemptions - Governmental and Nonprofit EntitiesCited
 68 O.S. 2105, ExemptionsCited
Title 74. State Government
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 74 O.S. 85.58B, Risk Management Administrator - Duties - Insurance CoverageCited
 74 O.S. 85.70, Volunteer Firefighter Group Insurance Pool - Transferred to Comprehensive Professional Risk Management Program - Premiums - Annual ReportsCited
Title 85. Workers' Compensation
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 85 O.S. 132a, Volunteer Fire DepartmentsCited
 85 O.S. 380, RenumberedCited
Citationizer: Table of Authority
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