Oklahoma Code § 62-57.23

Title 62. Public Finance: Attorney General's certificate - Registration -
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Signatures and seals.
Within ten (10) days after the sale or sales of said bonds, the
Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma shall examine all of the
proceedings of the Commission and all resolutions passed and actions
taken by it in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale
of such bonds and shall, if he finds such bond proceedings and sale
to be constitutional and lawful, execute his certificate and file
the same of record in the office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Oklahoma, which said certificate shall read substantially
as follows: "I have examined all proceedings had in connection with
the issuance of the State of Oklahoma Building Bonds of 1955 in the
aggregate principal amount of $...  Dated ......., authorized and

sold pursuant to Section 33, Article X, Constitution of Oklahoma,
and laws of the State of Oklahoma enacted pursuant thereto, and find
said proceedings and sale to be constitutional, lawful and regular
in all particulars and that said bonds will be valid legal general
obligations of the State of Oklahoma.  Unless suit thereon shall be
brought in the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma within thirty
(30) days from the date of this certificate, said bonds shall be
incontestable for all purposes.  Date ....... Attorney General of
the State of Oklahoma".  Upon the filing of such certificate, bonds
issued pursuant to proceedings so examined by the Attorney General,
shall be incontestable for all purposes upon the expiration of
thirty (30) days from the date of such certificate, unless suit be
brought in the Supreme Court of Oklahoma prior to the expiration of
said period as provided herein.
A facsimile of such Attorney General's certificate shall appear
on each bond so issued.  The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is hereby
vested with exclusive jurisdiction over any litigation involving the
validity of any bonds issued under this Act.  All bonds shall bear
the signature of the Governor and of the Secretary of State and
shall bear the certificate required by Section 29, Article X, of the
Constitution of Oklahoma.  Such bonds shall also be registered by
the Treasurer of the State of Oklahoma and a statement of such
registration shall appear on the back of each bond.  The Commission
may, by resolution, prescribe that the seal of the State of
Oklahoma, or the seals of any of the officers thereof, and any or
all signatures required to appear on the bonds or coupons, with the
exception of the Governor's signature on the bonds, may be facsimile
seals and signatures.

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