Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-2843
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Unlisted personal property - Discovery and assessment
Official statutory text
A. If any personal property is not listed with the county
assessor on or before March 15th of any year, the county assessor
shall proceed, as soon as the omission is discovered, to ascertain
and estimate from the best information obtainable, the amount and
value of such property, and shall list and assess the same in the
name of the owner thereof if such owner be known. If the owner is
unknown the property may be listed and assessed in the name of the
person in charge of such property as agent, or it may be listed and
assessed to "unknown owner"; and the failure of the county assessor
to ascertain the true owner shall not invalidate the assessment.
B. If any person, firm, association or corporation has any
property belonging to others under his control or charge or in his
possession, as warehouseman, factor, bailee, agent, employee or
otherwise, he shall, upon written request of the county assessor or
county board of equalization, make report, under oath, of the amount
and ownership of such property, and upon refusal, neglect or failure
to make such report, such person, firm, association or corporation
shall be personally liable for the taxes on such property.
C. No assessment of personal property not listed with the
county assessor shall become final until ten (10) days after the
county assessor has mailed to the last-known address of the person,
firm, association, corporation or company he believes to be the
owner, or to the person in charge of such property, a copy of the
assessment sheet upon which such property is listed, and which
assessment sheet shall show a reasonable itemization and description
of the property assessed and the value thereof, and shall show that
the list and assessment was made by the county assessor.
assessor on or before March 15th of any year, the county assessor
shall proceed, as soon as the omission is discovered, to ascertain
and estimate from the best information obtainable, the amount and
value of such property, and shall list and assess the same in the
name of the owner thereof if such owner be known. If the owner is
unknown the property may be listed and assessed in the name of the
person in charge of such property as agent, or it may be listed and
assessed to "unknown owner"; and the failure of the county assessor
to ascertain the true owner shall not invalidate the assessment.
B. If any person, firm, association or corporation has any
property belonging to others under his control or charge or in his
possession, as warehouseman, factor, bailee, agent, employee or
otherwise, he shall, upon written request of the county assessor or
county board of equalization, make report, under oath, of the amount
and ownership of such property, and upon refusal, neglect or failure
to make such report, such person, firm, association or corporation
shall be personally liable for the taxes on such property.
C. No assessment of personal property not listed with the
county assessor shall become final until ten (10) days after the
county assessor has mailed to the last-known address of the person,
firm, association, corporation or company he believes to be the
owner, or to the person in charge of such property, a copy of the
assessment sheet upon which such property is listed, and which
assessment sheet shall show a reasonable itemization and description
of the property assessed and the value thereof, and shall show that
the list and assessment was made by the county assessor.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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