Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1326
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Collection of assessments
Official statutory text
(a) The assessments provided for and levied under the provisions
of this article shall be payable in cash as the several installments
become due, together with the interest thereon, to the clerk of such
city or the county treasurer, as appropriate, who shall give proper
receipts for such payments and credit the same upon the "limited
access assessment record."
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 159
(b) The city clerk shall be required to execute a good and
sufficient bond, with sureties, in an amount to be approved by the
governing body, payable to the city, conditioned for the faithful
performance of the duties enjoined upon him by this article as
collector of the assessments.
(c) It shall be the duty of the city clerk to keep an accurate
account of all such collections made by him and to pay to the city
treasurer daily the amounts of the assessments collected by him. The
amounts so collected and paid to the city treasurer shall constitute
a separate special fund to be used and applied to the payment of
such bonds and the interest thereon, as herein provided.
(d) It shall be the duty of the city clerk promptly after the
date of maturity of such installment or interest and on or before
the fifteenth day of September in each year to certify the
installment and interest then due to the county treasurer of the
county in which the city is located. All installments, together
with interest, so certified to the county treasurer and all
installments, together with interest, of all assessments levied by
the board of county commissioners shall be by the county treasurer
placed upon the November delinquent tax list of the same year
prepared by the treasurer of such county, and collected as other
delinquent taxes are collected.
(e) It shall be the duty of the county treasurer to collect such
installments of assessment, together with interest and penalty, as
herein provided, but any taxpayer shall have the right to pay his ad
valorem taxes to the county treasurer regardless of the delinquency
of such assessments; and within thirty (30) days from the receipt of
such delinquent assessments, interest and penalty, so certified to
the city and so collected by the county treasurer, the same shall be
paid by the county treasurer to the city treasurer for disbursement
in accordance with the provisions of this article. Upon the receipt
of installments, together with interest or penalty, or both, of
those assessments levied by the board of county commissioners the
county treasurer shall retain the same in a special fund for
disbursement in accordance with the provisions of this article.
of this article shall be payable in cash as the several installments
become due, together with the interest thereon, to the clerk of such
city or the county treasurer, as appropriate, who shall give proper
receipts for such payments and credit the same upon the "limited
access assessment record."
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 69. Roads, Bridges, and Ferries Page 159
(b) The city clerk shall be required to execute a good and
sufficient bond, with sureties, in an amount to be approved by the
governing body, payable to the city, conditioned for the faithful
performance of the duties enjoined upon him by this article as
collector of the assessments.
(c) It shall be the duty of the city clerk to keep an accurate
account of all such collections made by him and to pay to the city
treasurer daily the amounts of the assessments collected by him. The
amounts so collected and paid to the city treasurer shall constitute
a separate special fund to be used and applied to the payment of
such bonds and the interest thereon, as herein provided.
(d) It shall be the duty of the city clerk promptly after the
date of maturity of such installment or interest and on or before
the fifteenth day of September in each year to certify the
installment and interest then due to the county treasurer of the
county in which the city is located. All installments, together
with interest, so certified to the county treasurer and all
installments, together with interest, of all assessments levied by
the board of county commissioners shall be by the county treasurer
placed upon the November delinquent tax list of the same year
prepared by the treasurer of such county, and collected as other
delinquent taxes are collected.
(e) It shall be the duty of the county treasurer to collect such
installments of assessment, together with interest and penalty, as
herein provided, but any taxpayer shall have the right to pay his ad
valorem taxes to the county treasurer regardless of the delinquency
of such assessments; and within thirty (30) days from the receipt of
such delinquent assessments, interest and penalty, so certified to
the city and so collected by the county treasurer, the same shall be
paid by the county treasurer to the city treasurer for disbursement
in accordance with the provisions of this article. Upon the receipt
of installments, together with interest or penalty, or both, of
those assessments levied by the board of county commissioners the
county treasurer shall retain the same in a special fund for
disbursement in accordance with the provisions of this article.
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