{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-171","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-171","heading":"Disclosure of property and income - Overpayments or","body":"payments resulting from misrepresentation or concealment - Notice of\n\nsale or encumbrance.\n\nAny applicant for assistance under this act shall set forth upon\n\nthe form prescribed by the Department of Human Services all his real\n\nand personal property and income from whatever sources. If the\n\nrecipient of assistance under this act thereafter becomes possessed\n\nof real property, or if such recipient comes into possession of\n\npersonal property or money in excess of that given in the\n\napplication for assistance and in such amount as would materially\n\naffect his right to assistance, it shall be the duty of the\n\nrecipient immediately to notify the Department of the receipt and\n\npossession of such property, real or personal, or money. Provided,\n\nhowever, when assistance grants available are insufficient to meet\n\nthe needs of a recipient as determined by the Department, such\n\nrecipient may earn or receive the difference between such assistance\n\ngrant and the budgetary needs of the recipient subject to\n\navailability of funds appropriated for this purpose. If any\n\nrecipient receives overpayment of assistance under this act, or\n\nreceives assistance while ineligible therefor under this act,\n\nthrough misrepresentation or concealment of material facts, either\n\nin his original application or thereafter, materially affecting the\n\namount of assistance, the Department may, upon investigation, either\n\ncancel the assistance or reduce the amount thereof in accordance\n\nwith the circumstances.\n\nIf any recipient conceals any resource, either in his original\n\napplication or thereafter, which would render the recipient\n\nineligible for public assistance, such recipient shall be liable for\n\nthe entire amount of assistance paid during the period of\n\nineligibility. If, during the continuance of assistance, a\n\nrecipient comes into possession of any money or resource which does\n\nnot render him completely ineligible for assistance but which, if\n\nreported, would have reduced the amount of his assistance grant,\n\nsuch recipient shall be liable for the excess paid by the Department\n\nover the amount which the Department would have paid had the money\n\nor resources been reported. The Department may bring an action in a\n\ncourt of competent jurisdiction for the amount paid an ineligible\n\nrecipient or the amount of the overpayment, as the case may be,\n\nunless the recipient voluntarily acknowledges the indebtedness,\n\nvoluntarily gives a lien upon his property or voluntarily makes\n\nrepayment. Providing, however, that the Department of Human\n\nServices shall credit any recipient who has received assistance\n\nwhile ineligible by reason of such fraud, misrepresentation and\n\nconcealment of facts for the time he has been held off the rolls\n\naccording to the budgetary requirements in effect during the time he\n\nhas remained off the rolls and such amount shall be deducted from\n\nthe amount found to have been received ineligibly, by means of such\n\nfraud and misrepresentation. After the fact and amount of\n\nindebtedness has been established by a court of competent\n\njurisdiction, the Department shall proceed to collect said judgment\n\nas other judgments for money are collected and all sums recovered\n\nunder such judgments shall be paid into the State Treasury to the\n\ncredit of the Human Services Medical and Assistance Fund; provided,\n\nhowever, that an action to establish the fact and amount of\n\noverpayment under the provisions of this act must be brought within\n\none (1) year from the date of the discovery of the overpayment,\n\nmisrepresentation or concealment of material facts by the recipient.\n\nSuch judgment shall be a lien upon all assets, except the homestead\n\nand exempt personal property of such recipient, while the same are\n\nexempt from execution under the laws of the State of Oklahoma. Any\n\nfunds received through the voluntary action of the recipient shall\n\nbe paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Human Services\nntation or concealment of material facts by the recipient.\n\nSuch judgment shall be a lien upon all assets, except the homestead\n\nand exempt personal property of such recipient, while the same are\n\nexempt from execution under the laws of the State of Oklahoma. Any\n\nfunds received through the voluntary action of the recipient shall\n\nbe paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Human Services\n\nMedical and Assistance Fund.\n\nAny recipient hereunder who sells, conveys or encumbers any real\n\nproperty belonging to him, or any interest therein, shall\n\nimmediately notify the Department of same, giving the legal\n\ndescription of said property and nature and amount of consideration.\n\nFailure to make the report shall be cause for forfeiture of a\n\nrecipient's right to assistance, in the discretion of the\n\nDepartment.\n\nAdded by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 11,\n\nadopted July 7, 1936. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 90, § 10, emerg.\n\neff. May 9, 1939; Laws 1951, p. 158, § 4, emerg. eff. June 1, 1951;","path":["OK Code","Title 56"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os56.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"829cedc27663308c5a627bc018bd8e52c29770837748fe9e077a8f7d27c7185d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-169","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-172"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}