Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-22-140.1

As used in this act:

1. "Code enforcement director" means an employee of a

municipality who is tasked by the municipal governing body with the

enforcement of state law or local ordinances related to the

condition of real property within the jurisdiction of the

municipality;

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2. "Interested party" means:

a. the person who last appears as owner of the real

property in the county records,

b. the current mortgagee of record of the property or

assignee of record of the mortgagee,

c. the current holder of a beneficial interest in a deed

of trust recorded against the real property,

d. a tax certificate holder, or

e. any party having an interest in the real property, or

in any part thereof, legal or equitable, in severalty

or as tenant in common, whose identity and address are

reasonably ascertainable from the records of the

municipality or records maintained in the county

records or as revealed by a full title search,

consisting of fifty (50) years or more.

An interested party shall not include the holder of the benefit

of an easement which burdens the real property, the holder of the

benefit or burden of a real covenant which burdens the real

property, or the holder of the benefit of a utility easement which

burdens the real property;

3. "Minimum bid price" means the price that equals the

redemption amount;

4. "Municipal code lien" means any lien that has been levied

against real property by a municipality that is the result of the

nonpayment of any fine, penalty, abatement cost, or enforcement cost

incurred by a municipality related to the enforcement of state or

local housing and building codes. Such lien shall include only

those liens which arise out of a failure to comply with any law of

the State of Oklahoma, or from the failure to comply with a

municipality's ordinances or resolutions.

A municipal code lien shall not include any lien that has

previously been certified to the tax collector of the county for

inclusion on the property tax bill associated with the real

property;

5. "Municipal code lien payoff" means the principal amount of a

municipal code lien, interest accrued at the rate of seven and one-

half percent (7.5%) per annum from the date the municipal code lien

was filed in the office of the county clerk, any fees or costs

incurred in the collection of such a lien under this act including,

without limitations, the cost of title examinations and publication

of notices, and any other penalties allowable under either the laws

of the State of Oklahoma or under an ordinance or resolution enacted

by the municipality;

6. "Owner-occupied" means real property that is lawfully

occupied as a principal residence that is any of the following:

a. a homestead as described in Section 2888 of Title 68

of the Oklahoma Statutes,

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b. exempt from ad valorem taxation under Sections 2904

through 2911 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and

c. eligible for the designations listed in subparagraph a

or b or this paragraph, but which has not yet been

granted such designation and which is lawfully

occupied by the family of a deceased individual;

7. "Redemption amount" means the sum of:

a. the full amount of the municipal code lien payoff for

each municipal code lien on which the municipality is

seeking to foreclose under this act, and

b. any tax payoff that may be applicable to the property

on which the municipality is seeking to foreclose

under this act;

8. "Taxes" means those taxes assessed against real property by

either the State of Oklahoma, the county in which the real property

is situated, or the municipality that are delinquent as of the date

a proceeding under this act is commenced or at any time before final

resolution of the same, and shall also include any taxes assessed

against real property that are unpaid from any previous year and any
es" means those taxes assessed against real property by

either the State of Oklahoma, the county in which the real property

is situated, or the municipality that are delinquent as of the date

a proceeding under this act is commenced or at any time before final

resolution of the same, and shall also include any taxes assessed

against real property that are unpaid from any previous year and any

amounts required for redemption. As provided in Section 3103 of

Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a lien for taxes shall be

superior to all other liens, including municipal code liens;

9. "Tax certificate holder" means any of the following:

a. a tax sale purchaser who holds a certificate of

purchase,

b. the state, where it has accepted and recorded a

certificate of purchase obtained at a tax sale,

c. any party to which a certificate of purchase obtained

at a tax sale has been assigned, or

d. the purchaser or assignee of a tax lien certificate;

and

10. "Tax payoff" means all amounts necessary to satisfy any

claims for delinquent taxes assessed against the real property on

which the municipality is seeking foreclosure under this act. Those

amounts shall include:

a. if the taxes associated with the property are

delinquent, but the property has not yet been sold for

taxes, the full amount of delinquent taxes, costs,

fees, and charges due to the county tax collector,

b. if the property has been sold for taxes to either the

state or to a party other than the state, those

amounts required for redemption, except for when a

municipality is the prevailing bidder, the tax payoff

amount shall be the lesser of these amounts, and

c. if a tax lien has been sold by a county, the amount

required for redemption.