Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 60-666
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Periods of limitation - Effect - Application
Official statutory text
A. The expiration after September 1, 1991, of any period of
time specified by contract, statute, or court order, during which a
claim for money or property can be made or during which an action or
proceeding may be commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim
for money or to recover property, does not prevent the money or
property from being presumed abandoned property or affect any duty
to file a report or to pay or deliver abandoned property to the
State Treasurer as required by the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
B. No action or proceeding may be commenced by the State
Treasurer with respect to any duty of a holder under the Uniform
Unclaimed Property Act more than four (4) years after the holder
files the report pursuant to Section 661 of this title or ten (10)
years after the duty arose, whichever is earlier.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B of this
section or any other provision of law, the expiration of any period
of time specified by law during which an action or proceeding may be
commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim for money or
recovery of property shall not serve as a defense in any action or
proceeding brought by or on behalf of the State Treasurer against
any federal, state or local government or governmental subdivision,
agency, entity, officer or appointee thereof, for the payment or
delivery of any abandoned property to the State Treasurer pursuant
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to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act or to enforce or collect any
penalty provided by the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
D. The provisions of subsection C of this section shall apply
to all abandoned property held by any federal, state or local
government or governmental subdivision, agency, entity, officer or
appointee thereof, at the time of enactment, or at any time
thereafter, regardless of when such property became or becomes
presumptively abandoned.
time specified by contract, statute, or court order, during which a
claim for money or property can be made or during which an action or
proceeding may be commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim
for money or to recover property, does not prevent the money or
property from being presumed abandoned property or affect any duty
to file a report or to pay or deliver abandoned property to the
State Treasurer as required by the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
B. No action or proceeding may be commenced by the State
Treasurer with respect to any duty of a holder under the Uniform
Unclaimed Property Act more than four (4) years after the holder
files the report pursuant to Section 661 of this title or ten (10)
years after the duty arose, whichever is earlier.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B of this
section or any other provision of law, the expiration of any period
of time specified by law during which an action or proceeding may be
commenced or enforced to obtain payment of a claim for money or
recovery of property shall not serve as a defense in any action or
proceeding brought by or on behalf of the State Treasurer against
any federal, state or local government or governmental subdivision,
agency, entity, officer or appointee thereof, for the payment or
delivery of any abandoned property to the State Treasurer pursuant
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 60. Property Page 219
to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act or to enforce or collect any
penalty provided by the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
D. The provisions of subsection C of this section shall apply
to all abandoned property held by any federal, state or local
government or governmental subdivision, agency, entity, officer or
appointee thereof, at the time of enactment, or at any time
thereafter, regardless of when such property became or becomes
presumptively abandoned.
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