Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-36-412: Compensation to owner - How ascertained - Exempting

land from assessment.

A. No compensation shall be paid to the state, county, school

district or board of education for taking land for street purposes

as provided in Sections 36-410 and 36-411 of this title, unless the

property taken was acquired by purchase or condemnation or is held

in a private and not a governmental capacity. If the land taken for

street purposes was acquired by purchase or condemnation or is held

in a private or proprietary capacity and not in a governmental

capacity, then compensation shall be paid in accordance with the

method for ascertaining damages in eminent domain proceedings for

the taking of private property.

B. If the land taken for street purposes was not acquired by

purchase or eminent domain proceedings and is not owned and held in

a private or proprietary capacity, no expense, special assessment,

or other charge shall be levied or assessed against the land so

taken or any part thereof by reason of the opening, widening,

extending, laying out, curbing, guttering, or paving of the street

or avenue. The exemption from all such paving, special assessments

and other expenses shall be in lieu of any compensation for the

taking of the land for public streets.