Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 16-16.1
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Filing of special improvement district assessment in
Official statutory text
office of county clerk.
Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this act or
after the formation of a new special improvement, protection, or
conservancy district, the clerks and secretaries of all such
districts shall record in the office of the county clerk of the
county in which any part of the district is located a certified copy
of the ordinance, resolution, or order of the court creating the
district, and a plat of all parcels or tracts of land included in
said district. If thereafter the boundaries of the district are
enlarged or diminished by the creating authority, the clerk shall
record a certified copy of the ordinance, resolution, or order of
the court so enacted in the office of the county clerk within thirty
(30) days after said enactment. The county clerk shall record the
plat of the special district at such fees as provided by law for
recording plats, and indicate the land affected on the numerical
index. Liens for assessments levied thereafter by any such district
shall not attach to the lands within the district until such
ordinance, resolution, or order of the court is recorded. Provided
that nothing herein shall be construed as affecting any liens or
assessments existing prior to the effective date of this act.
Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this act or
after the formation of a new special improvement, protection, or
conservancy district, the clerks and secretaries of all such
districts shall record in the office of the county clerk of the
county in which any part of the district is located a certified copy
of the ordinance, resolution, or order of the court creating the
district, and a plat of all parcels or tracts of land included in
said district. If thereafter the boundaries of the district are
enlarged or diminished by the creating authority, the clerk shall
record a certified copy of the ordinance, resolution, or order of
the court so enacted in the office of the county clerk within thirty
(30) days after said enactment. The county clerk shall record the
plat of the special district at such fees as provided by law for
recording plats, and indicate the land affected on the numerical
index. Liens for assessments levied thereafter by any such district
shall not attach to the lands within the district until such
ordinance, resolution, or order of the court is recorded. Provided
that nothing herein shall be construed as affecting any liens or
assessments existing prior to the effective date of this act.
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