Okla. Stat. tit. 64, § 64-1032
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Acquisition of title to land – Certification to county
Official statutory text
treasurer - Removal from tax list – Cancellation of taxes.
Upon the acquirement of the legal title of any lands by the
Commissioners of the Land Office, either by cancellation of the
certificate of purchase, foreclosure of mortgage, warranty deeds, or
otherwise, the Secretary of the Land Office shall certify such fact
to the county treasurer of the county in which the lands are
situated, and upon certification it shall be the mandatory duty of
the county treasurer of the county to remove the lands from the
taxable property list, and to strike from the record or make proper
notation upon the books and records of the county treasurer that all
delinquent taxes assessed and charged against the lands, and all tax
certificates and tax deeds based upon delinquent taxes, are canceled
and nullified. The recordation in the office of the proper county
clerk of any sheriff's deed to the State of Oklahoma as grantee or
of any warranty deed given to the State of Oklahoma in settlement of
mortgage indebtedness, or the cancellation of any certificate of
purchase, when certified by the Secretary of the Land Office to the
proper county treasurer, shall ipso facto cancel all delinquent
taxes on the real estate involved, and shall likewise cancel all
outstanding tax certificates or tax deeds based upon taxes levied
subsequent to the recordation of the mortgage to the Commissioners
of the Land Office, or subsequent to the issuance of the canceled
certificate of purchase by the Commissioners of the Land Office.
Upon the acquirement of the legal title of any lands by the
Commissioners of the Land Office, either by cancellation of the
certificate of purchase, foreclosure of mortgage, warranty deeds, or
otherwise, the Secretary of the Land Office shall certify such fact
to the county treasurer of the county in which the lands are
situated, and upon certification it shall be the mandatory duty of
the county treasurer of the county to remove the lands from the
taxable property list, and to strike from the record or make proper
notation upon the books and records of the county treasurer that all
delinquent taxes assessed and charged against the lands, and all tax
certificates and tax deeds based upon delinquent taxes, are canceled
and nullified. The recordation in the office of the proper county
clerk of any sheriff's deed to the State of Oklahoma as grantee or
of any warranty deed given to the State of Oklahoma in settlement of
mortgage indebtedness, or the cancellation of any certificate of
purchase, when certified by the Secretary of the Land Office to the
proper county treasurer, shall ipso facto cancel all delinquent
taxes on the real estate involved, and shall likewise cancel all
outstanding tax certificates or tax deeds based upon taxes levied
subsequent to the recordation of the mortgage to the Commissioners
of the Land Office, or subsequent to the issuance of the canceled
certificate of purchase by the Commissioners of the Land Office.
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