Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-3206
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Violations - Punishments
Official statutory text
A. Any person who shall willfully fail to purchase and affix
the exact amount of stamps on any deed, instrument, or writing as
required under Section 3201 of this title shall, upon conviction, be
subject to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
or to imprisonment of not more than one (1) year, or to both such
fine and imprisonment for such offense.
B. The willful removal or alteration of the cancellation or
defacing marks with intent to use or cause the same to be used after
a documentary stamp has already been used shall, upon conviction,
subject the guilty person to a fine of not more than One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00) or to imprisonment of not more than one (1)
year, or to both such fine and imprisonment for such offense.
C. Proof of payment of the documentary stamp tax shall be the
exhibiting of the conveyance instrument showing the required stamps
have been affixed. The failure or refusal of any taxpayer to
furnish proof of payment of the documentary stamp tax, upon being so
requested to do so by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, within ninety
(90) days after being notified by registered or certified mail with
return receipt requested shall be prima facie evidence of intent of
the taxpayer to defraud the state and evade the payment of such tax.
Any taxpayer who intends to defraud the state or evade the payment
of the documentary stamp tax, fee, penalty or interest thereon
pursuant to the provisions of Section 217 of this title, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a
fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each
offense.
D. Should the county clerk become aware that the provisions of
the documentary stamp law have or might have been violated, he or
she shall immediately report the facts to the Oklahoma Tax
Commission.
the exact amount of stamps on any deed, instrument, or writing as
required under Section 3201 of this title shall, upon conviction, be
subject to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
or to imprisonment of not more than one (1) year, or to both such
fine and imprisonment for such offense.
B. The willful removal or alteration of the cancellation or
defacing marks with intent to use or cause the same to be used after
a documentary stamp has already been used shall, upon conviction,
subject the guilty person to a fine of not more than One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00) or to imprisonment of not more than one (1)
year, or to both such fine and imprisonment for such offense.
C. Proof of payment of the documentary stamp tax shall be the
exhibiting of the conveyance instrument showing the required stamps
have been affixed. The failure or refusal of any taxpayer to
furnish proof of payment of the documentary stamp tax, upon being so
requested to do so by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, within ninety
(90) days after being notified by registered or certified mail with
return receipt requested shall be prima facie evidence of intent of
the taxpayer to defraud the state and evade the payment of such tax.
Any taxpayer who intends to defraud the state or evade the payment
of the documentary stamp tax, fee, penalty or interest thereon
pursuant to the provisions of Section 217 of this title, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a
fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each
offense.
D. Should the county clerk become aware that the provisions of
the documentary stamp law have or might have been violated, he or
she shall immediately report the facts to the Oklahoma Tax
Commission.
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