How We Verify Sources
Every source on this site carries one of four status labels, shown next to the citation so you can judge it for yourself.
The four levels
- Verified, primary authority
- The Constitution, a statute, a court decision, or enacted legislation. This is controlling law.
- Official agency guidance
- An agency explaining a program it administers, forms, eligibility, procedure. Authoritative for how the agency operates, but it does not override the statute.
- Research resource
- Useful for navigation or context, maps, data tools, Tribal government pages, university extension material. Not a determination of your rights.
- Hold, conflict
- Sources disagree and we have not resolved it. We show you the disagreement rather than picking a side.
Where statutes come from
We cite the Official Oklahoma Statutes published for the Oklahoma State Courts Network. That service carries a currency stamp on every section, telling you which legislative session the text reflects, which is exactly what a reader needs and what most free statute sites do not provide.
Maps and data tools
Where an official government map or database exists, we link it rather than copying it. A map is a research and planning resource. It does not by itself establish ownership, permit validity, priority, Tribal rights, or the scope of any particular right.
Things that change on a schedule
Some figures go stale predictably, so we link rather than print them: quarterly headright payments, open lease bids, annual program windows, and county-specific income thresholds. If you find one of those hardcoded on a page here, that is a bug, please report it.
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