Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-230
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Certificate of indebtedness to state - Recording and
Official statutory text
indexing - Lien status.
The Oklahoma Tax Commission may issue to the county clerk of any
county of the state a certificate certifying that the person therein
named is indebted to the state for a specified state tax in the
amount stated. The county clerk shall immediately record and index
such certificate using the name of the delinquent taxpayer, the
amount certified as being due, a short name of the tax, and the date
and time of the filing for record. Such recording shall have the
same force and effect as a judgment and shall constitute and be
evidence and notice of the state's lien upon the title to any
interest in any real property of the taxpayer named in such
certificate. Such lien shall be in addition to any and all other
liens existing in favor of the state to secure the payment of such
unpaid tax, penalty, interest and costs, and such lien shall be
paramount and superior to all other liens of whatsoever kind or
character attaching to any of said property subsequent to the date
of such recording and shall be in addition to any lien provided by
Section 234 of this title. Such lien is hereby released and
extinguished upon the payment of the tax, penalty, interest and
costs, or, except as otherwise provided herein, upon the expiration
of ten (10) years after the date upon which such certificate was
recorded and indexed by the county clerk; provided, the Tax
Commission may, prior to the release and extinguishment of such
lien, reissue the certificate of indebtedness to the county clerk.
A certificate so reissued shall continue the lien until payment of
the tax, penalty, interest and costs, or upon the expiration of ten
(10) years after the date upon which the certificate was re-recorded
and indexed by the county clerk. All active liens evidenced by a
certificate of indebtedness filed with a county clerk’s office prior
to November 1, 1989, shall be released and extinguished if the
certificate of indebtedness is not refiled prior to November 1,
2001.
The Oklahoma Tax Commission may issue to the county clerk of any
county of the state a certificate certifying that the person therein
named is indebted to the state for a specified state tax in the
amount stated. The county clerk shall immediately record and index
such certificate using the name of the delinquent taxpayer, the
amount certified as being due, a short name of the tax, and the date
and time of the filing for record. Such recording shall have the
same force and effect as a judgment and shall constitute and be
evidence and notice of the state's lien upon the title to any
interest in any real property of the taxpayer named in such
certificate. Such lien shall be in addition to any and all other
liens existing in favor of the state to secure the payment of such
unpaid tax, penalty, interest and costs, and such lien shall be
paramount and superior to all other liens of whatsoever kind or
character attaching to any of said property subsequent to the date
of such recording and shall be in addition to any lien provided by
Section 234 of this title. Such lien is hereby released and
extinguished upon the payment of the tax, penalty, interest and
costs, or, except as otherwise provided herein, upon the expiration
of ten (10) years after the date upon which such certificate was
recorded and indexed by the county clerk; provided, the Tax
Commission may, prior to the release and extinguishment of such
lien, reissue the certificate of indebtedness to the county clerk.
A certificate so reissued shall continue the lien until payment of
the tax, penalty, interest and costs, or upon the expiration of ten
(10) years after the date upon which the certificate was re-recorded
and indexed by the county clerk. All active liens evidenced by a
certificate of indebtedness filed with a county clerk’s office prior
to November 1, 1989, shall be released and extinguished if the
certificate of indebtedness is not refiled prior to November 1,
2001.
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