{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-61-61-327","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 61, § 61-327","heading":"Procedures for disposal or lease of certain state-owned","body":"real property.\n\nA. Unless procedures for state agency real property\n\ntransactions are otherwise specifically provided for by law, no\n\nstate agency shall sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of\n\nsuch real property subject to its jurisdiction, or lease, purchase\n\nor otherwise acquire real property subject to its jurisdiction,\n\nexcept as authorized by subsection L of this section and as\n\notherwise provided for in this section. As used in this section,\n\n\"state agency\" means any department, board, commission, institution,\n\nagency or entity of state government.\n\nB. 1. Every state agency shall request the Office of\n\nManagement and Enterprise Services to dispose of real property upon:\n\na. legislative authorization,\n\nb. authorization by the Long-Range Capital Planning\n\nCommission, or\n\nc. a determination, in writing, by the Office of\n\nManagement and Enterprise Services or the state agency\n\nthat a parcel of real property subject to its\n\njurisdiction is no longer needed.\n\n2. Upon the request of the state agency to dispose of real\n\nproperty, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall\n\nestimate the value of the property, and:\n\na. for properties with an estimated value of greater than\n\nTwenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), obtain at\n\nleast one complete appraisal made by a person\n\ncertified by the Real Estate Appraiser Board of the\n\nOklahoma Insurance Department, who shall ascertain:\n\n(1) the present fair value of the property,\n\n(2) the present value of the improvements on such\n\nproperty, and\n\n(3) the actual condition of the improvements on the\n\nproperty,\n\nb. after completion of the provisions of subsection L of\n\nthis section, cause notice of such sale to be\n\npublished for at least one (1) day in a newspaper of\n\ngeneral statewide circulation authorized to publish\n\nlegal notices, and weekly for three (3) consecutive\n\nweeks in a newspaper of general circulation published\n\nin the county or counties in which the property is\n\nlocated. The notice shall contain the legal\n\ndescription of each parcel of real property to be\n\noffered for sale, the appraised value thereof, the\n\ntime and location of the sale or opening of the bids,\n\nand terms of the sale including the fact that no\n\nparcel of property shall be sold for less than ninety\n\npercent (90%) of the appraised value of the real\n\nproperty; provided, in lieu of such procedure, the\n\ninformation may be published electronically on the\n\nOffice of Management and Enterprise Services' website\n\nif the notice of sale and instructions on accessing\n\nthe public information are published in a newspaper of\n\ngeneral circulation in the county or counties in which\n\nthe property is located weekly for three (3)\n\nconsecutive weeks,\n\nc. offer the property through electronic auction, public\n\nauction or sealed bids within three (3) weeks after\n\nthe last publication of the notice. The property\n\nshall be sold to the highest bidder. The Office of\n\nManagement and Enterprise Services shall not accept a\n\nbid of less than ninety percent (90%) of the average\n\nappraised fair value of the property and the\n\nimprovements on such property,\n\nd. if the property is being disposed of in compliance\n\nwith Section 908 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nthe Office may auction the property at public or\n\nelectronic auction provided proper public notice is\n\ngiven in compliance with this section and the property\n\nhas been approved for liquidation by the Long-Range\n\nCapital Planning Commission. The Office of Management\n\nand Enterprise Services is authorized to reject all\n\nbids,\n\ne. if the property has an estimated value of less than\n\nTwenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), the Office\n\nof Management and Enterprise Services may establish\n\nthe value through market comparison and may dispose of\n\nthe property based on estimated value without\nby the Long-Range\n\nCapital Planning Commission. The Office of Management\n\nand Enterprise Services is authorized to reject all\n\nbids,\n\ne. if the property has an estimated value of less than\n\nTwenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), the Office\n\nof Management and Enterprise Services may establish\n\nthe value through market comparison and may dispose of\n\nthe property based on estimated value without\n\nobtaining a certified appraisal; provided, however,\n\nthe sale shall comply with all other requirements of\n\nstatute, and\n\nf. if the property is landlocked, the Office of\n\nManagement and Enterprise Services may offer the\n\nproperty through indirect sale to the adjacent\n\nproperty owner for not less than ninety percent (90%)\n\nof fair market value, as determined in compliance with\n\nthis section. All sales costs, including any required\n\nsurveys and appraisals, shall be at the expense of the\n\nbuyer.\n\n3. The cost of the appraisal required by the provisions of this\n\nsection, together with other necessary expenses incurred pursuant to\n\nthis section, shall be paid by the state agency for which the real\n\nproperty is to be sold from funds available to the state agency for\n\nsuch expenditure. All monies received from the sale or disposal of\n\nthe property, except those monies necessary to pay the expenses\n\nincurred pursuant to this section, shall be deposited in the\n\nMaintenance of State Buildings Revolving Fund unless otherwise\n\nprovided by law.\n\n4. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services may dismiss\n\nfrom consideration any appraisal found to be incomplete or flawed.\n\nC. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Office of Management\n\nand Enterprise Services shall review and approve state agency real\n\nproperty transactions. A state agency shall not lease or acquire\n\nreal property, or lease, dispose of or transfer state-owned real\n\nproperty until the Office provides notice of transaction approval to\n\nthe state agency. Prior to approval, a state agency shall provide\n\ndocuments to the Office and provide reference to statutory or other\n\nlegal authority of the state agency to lease or acquire real\n\nproperty, or lease, dispose of or transfer state-owned real\n\nproperty. If the state agency intends to lease or acquire real\n\nproperty, the state agency shall state the intended use of the real\n\nproperty, and shall provide the Office with required telework\n\ndocumentation. Within thirty (30) days of receipt, the Office shall\n\nprovide notice of transaction approval or disapproval to the state\n\nagency.\n\nD. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the lease\n\nof office space or real property subject to supervision of the\n\nCommissioners of the Land Office or district boards of education.\n\nE. 1. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall\n\nmaintain a comprehensive inventory of state-owned real property and\n\nits use excluding property of the public schools and property\n\nsubject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of the Land Office.\n\n2. Each state agency shall, within thirty (30) days of the\n\nclosing date for lands newly acquired, provide to the Office a list\n\nof records, deeds, abstracts and other title instruments showing the\n\ndescription of and relating to any and all such lands or interests\n\ntherein.\n\n3. The provisions of paragraph 2 of this subsection shall apply\n\nto all lands of public trusts having a state agency as the primary\n\nbeneficiary, but shall not apply to lands of municipalities,\n\ncounties, school districts, or agencies thereof, or Department of\n\nTransportation rights-of-way.\n\n4. A state agency that sells or otherwise disposes of land\n\nshall notify the Office within thirty (30) days of the disposition\n\nclosing date.\n\nF. This section shall not be construed to authorize any state\n\nagency, not otherwise authorized by law, to sell, lease, or\n\notherwise dispose of any real property owned by the state.\ncts, or agencies thereof, or Department of\n\nTransportation rights-of-way.\n\n4. A state agency that sells or otherwise disposes of land\n\nshall notify the Office within thirty (30) days of the disposition\n\nclosing date.\n\nF. This section shall not be construed to authorize any state\n\nagency, not otherwise authorized by law, to sell, lease, or\n\notherwise dispose of any real property owned by the state.\n\nG. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the\n\nSecretary of the Commissioners of the Land Office, or designee, as\n\nprovided in subsection L of this section may provide services to\n\nsell, transfer, trade or purchase real property for other state\n\nagencies.\n\nH. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise\n\nServices shall, pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act,\n\npromulgate rules to effect procedures necessary to the fulfillment\n\nof its responsibilities under this section.\n\nI. The Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority and its lands, and the\n\nNortheast Oklahoma Public Facilities Authority, the Oklahoma\n\nHistorical Society, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, the\n\nOklahoma Turnpike Authority and the Department of Wildlife managed\n\nlands shall be exempt from the application of this section. The\n\nGrand River Dam Authority and its lands shall be exempt from the\n\napplication of this section for any real property disposed of prior\n\nto November 1, 2006.\n\nJ. Unless otherwise provided for by law, the procedures\n\nestablished pursuant to this section for the sale or exchange of\n\nreal estate or personal property as authorized pursuant to Sections\n\n2222 and 2223 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be followed\n\nunless the sale is to an entity of state government.\n\nK. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise\n\nServices shall contract with experts, professionals or consultants\n\nas necessary to perform the duties of the Office. Selections shall\n\nbe made using the qualifications-based procedures established in\n\nSection 62 of this title and the rules promulgated by the Director\n\nfor the selection of construction managers and design consultants.\n\nL. 1. No state agency shall sell, lease, exchange, or\n\notherwise dispose of such real property subject to its jurisdiction,\n\nor lease, purchase or otherwise acquire real property subject to its\n\njurisdiction, until such agency or the Office of Management and\n\nEnterprise Services acting on the agency's behalf has presented to\n\nthe Secretary of the Commissioners of the Land Office, or designee,\n\nall information collected pursuant to subparagraph a of paragraph 2\n\nof subsection B of this section, and provided the Secretary of the\n\nCommissioners of the Land Office or designee a twenty-calendar-day\n\nperiod to provide a proposal for the acquisition or disposal of\n\napplicable real property.\n\n2. The Secretary of the Commissioners of the Land Office or\n\ndesignee may decline to provide such a proposal; provided such\n\nnotice of decline is communicated to the Office of Management and\n\nEnterprise Services in written or electronic form. Upon the\n\nreception of such notice of decline by the Office of Management and\n\nEnterprise Services, the twenty-calendar-day period otherwise\n\nrequired by this subsection shall be deemed to have expired.","path":["OK Code","Title 61"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os61.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"20534561d7f26784ece3f4a2494d1bff39aa8e943c19769450af716e2a077aa4","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-61-61-326","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-61-61-327.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}