{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-18-57","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-18-57","heading":"Assessments - Refunds - Liens","body":"A. There is hereby levied an assessment of Four Dollars ($4.00)\n\nper net ton of peanuts on a farmer's stock basis marketed in\n\nOklahoma. Such assessment shall be levied and assessed to the\n\ngrower at the time of sale, and shall be shown as a deduction by the\n\nfirst purchaser from the price paid in settlement to the grower;\n\nprovided that within sixty (60) days after any sale the grower may\n\nupon submission of a written request therefor to the executive\n\ndirector obtain a refund in the amount of the assessment deducted by\n\nthe first purchaser. The refund to the grower who has requested\n\nsuch refund shall be made within sixty (60) days following the\n\nrequest. Such request shall be accompanied by the producer's\n\nmarketing settlement forms which shall be evidence of the payment of\n\nthe assessment which need not be verified.\n\nB. The availability of a refund and instructions describing the\n\nprocess of obtaining a refund shall be posted in a conspicuous\n\npublic location at all places where the fees are required to be\n\ncollected.\n\nC. The Oklahoma Peanut Commission shall keep complete records\n\nof all refunds made under the provisions of this section. Records\n\nof refunds may be destroyed two (2) years after the refund is made.\n\nD. All funds expended in the administration of the Oklahoma\n\nPeanut Act and for the payment of all claims whatsoever growing out\n\nof the performance of any duties or activities pursuant to the\n\nOklahoma Peanut Act shall be paid from the proceeds derived from\n\nsubsection A of this section. In the case of a lienholder who is a\n\nfirst purchaser, the assessment shall be deducted by the lienholder\n\nfrom the proceeds of the claim secured by such lien at the time the\n\npeanuts are pledged or mortgaged. The assessment shall constitute a\n\npreferred lien and shall have priority over all other liens and\n\nencumbrances upon such peanuts. The assessment shall be deducted\n\nand paid as herein provided whether such peanuts are stored in this\n\nor any other state.","path":["OK Code","Title 2"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os2.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"91a7e4bb54afb9f1a40ae1ae46b95681caee5cdb3b66d1a0a11b774eba4147fb","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-18-51","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-18-58"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}