{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-60-60-524","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 60-524","heading":"Liens for unpaid share of common expenses - Priorities -","body":"Enforcement.\n\n(a) All sums assessed by the council of unit owners for the\n\nshare of the common expenses chargeable to any unit which sums\n\nremain unpaid shall constitute a lien on such unit prior to all\n\nother liens except the following:\n\n1. Assessments, liens, and charges for taxes past due and\n\nunpaid on the unit,\n\n2. Judgments entered in a court of record prior to the date of\n\ncommon expense assessment,\n\n3. Mortgage instruments of encumbrance duly recorded prior to\n\nthe date of such assessment,\n\n4. Mechanic's and materialmen's liens arising from labor\n\nperformed or materials furnished upon a unit prior to the date of\n\nsuch assessment, and\n\n5. Mechanic's and materialmen's liens for labor performed or\n\nmaterial furnished upon the common elements to the extent (sic) of\n\nthe proportionate part chargeable to the unit owners which\n\nconstitute a part of an assessable charge for common expenses\n\nsatisfaction of which shall discharge the assessment to the extent\n\nof the payment made.\n\n(b) The assessment lien may be foreclosed by suit instituted by\n\nthe council of unit owners or a duly authorized agent thereof in\n\nlike manner as an action for foreclosure of a mortgage upon real\n\nproperty. In any such foreclosure proceedings, the unit owner shall\n\nbe required to pay a reasonable rental for the use of his unit, if\n\nso provided in the bylaws and the plaintiff in such foreclosure\n\nshall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver to collect the\n\nsame. The council of unit owners, or their authorized agent, shall\n\nhave power, unless prohibited by the declaration, to bid in at the\n\nforeclosure sale and to acquire and hold, lease, mortgage and convey\n\nthe unit ownership estate acquired at the foreclosure sale. Suit to\n\nrecover money judgment for unpaid common expenses shall be\n\nmaintainable without foreclosing or waiving the lien securing the\n\nsame.\n\n(c) Upon sale or conveyance of a unit encumbered by an\n\nassessment lien, such lien shall be paid first, out of the sale\n\nproceeds or by the grantee, subject only as aforesaid.\n\n(d) Where the holder of a first mortgage of record or other\n\npurchaser obtains title to the unit ownership estate as a result of\n\nforeclosure of the first mortgage, such acquirer of title shall not\n\nbe liable for the share of the common expenses or assessments by the\n\ncouncil of unit owners chargeable to such unit which became due\n\nprior to acquisition of title to such unit by such acquirer. Such\n\nunpaid share of common expenses or assessments shall be deemed to be\n\ncommon expenses collectible from all the unit owners, including such\n\nacquirer.","path":["OK Code","Title 60"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os60.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"c3d390eafe274d862a77fd2144b549170b78009ec138b2427a2a9de9d8030f1a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-60-60-523","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-60-60-525"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}