Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-41-105
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Certificate as to payment of taxes required before plat
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is recorded.
A. No plat or map may be accepted for record or be recorded by
the county clerk unless it bears the certificate of the county
treasurer of the county in which the tract or parcel of land is
located, certifying that:
1. All taxes for all previous years, which taxes have been
levied against the tract or parcel of land involving the plat,
including improvements thereon, have been paid; and
2. All taxes for the year during which the plat or map is
offered for record, which taxes shall be levied against the land to
be platted, excluding improvements thereon, have been paid;
provided, if the plat to be certified is a replat, or a plat within
a plat, the requirement set forth herein shall only apply to the
extent that the boundaries of the tracts or parcels of land which
are the subject of the replat or plat vary from the original plat.
B. The county assessor of the county in which the land to be
platted is located shall determine the taxes due for the year during
which the plat is offered for record based on the assessed value of
the land to be platted, excluding all improvements thereon; shall
place the tax so determined on the tax rolls for that year; and
shall notify the county treasurer of such taxes due. In the event
the taxes due have not been determined by the county assessor as
required in this section or the county treasurer has not been
notified of the taxes due on the land to be platted, excluding all
improvements thereon, then the owner of the property to be platted,
whether in whole or in part, or his agent submitting the plat for
record, shall make a security deposit in cash with the county
treasurer or a bond executed by a bonding company authorized to do
business in the State of Oklahoma. The security deposit or bond
shall be in an amount equal to:
1. The sum charged upon the last tax rolls in the office of the
county treasurer against the tract or parcel of land involving the
plat, whether in whole or in part, excluding all improvements
thereon; and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 455
2. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the sum of such taxes as
assurance against increase of tax charges for the taxable year in
which the plat is offered.
The security deposit or bond shall be held by the county treasurer
until the tax rolls for the county have been made up for the taxable
year and the tax charge against the tract, excluding all
improvements thereon, has become fixed. Upon the payment of all the
tax so charged, or applied thereto out of the cash deposit, the
remainder of the deposit shall be refunded or the bond released.
A. No plat or map may be accepted for record or be recorded by
the county clerk unless it bears the certificate of the county
treasurer of the county in which the tract or parcel of land is
located, certifying that:
1. All taxes for all previous years, which taxes have been
levied against the tract or parcel of land involving the plat,
including improvements thereon, have been paid; and
2. All taxes for the year during which the plat or map is
offered for record, which taxes shall be levied against the land to
be platted, excluding improvements thereon, have been paid;
provided, if the plat to be certified is a replat, or a plat within
a plat, the requirement set forth herein shall only apply to the
extent that the boundaries of the tracts or parcels of land which
are the subject of the replat or plat vary from the original plat.
B. The county assessor of the county in which the land to be
platted is located shall determine the taxes due for the year during
which the plat is offered for record based on the assessed value of
the land to be platted, excluding all improvements thereon; shall
place the tax so determined on the tax rolls for that year; and
shall notify the county treasurer of such taxes due. In the event
the taxes due have not been determined by the county assessor as
required in this section or the county treasurer has not been
notified of the taxes due on the land to be platted, excluding all
improvements thereon, then the owner of the property to be platted,
whether in whole or in part, or his agent submitting the plat for
record, shall make a security deposit in cash with the county
treasurer or a bond executed by a bonding company authorized to do
business in the State of Oklahoma. The security deposit or bond
shall be in an amount equal to:
1. The sum charged upon the last tax rolls in the office of the
county treasurer against the tract or parcel of land involving the
plat, whether in whole or in part, excluding all improvements
thereon; and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 455
2. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the sum of such taxes as
assurance against increase of tax charges for the taxable year in
which the plat is offered.
The security deposit or bond shall be held by the county treasurer
until the tax rolls for the county have been made up for the taxable
year and the tax charge against the tract, excluding all
improvements thereon, has become fixed. Upon the payment of all the
tax so charged, or applied thereto out of the cash deposit, the
remainder of the deposit shall be refunded or the bond released.
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