{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-68-68-3129","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-3129","heading":"Sale - Property bid off in name of county - County","body":"liability.\n\nA. On the day real estate is advertised for resale, the county\n\ntreasurer shall offer same for sale at the office of the county\n\ntreasurer between the hours of eight a.m. and five p.m., the exact\n\nhours of each sale to be determined by the local county treasurer,\n\nand continue the sale thereafter from day to day between such hours\n\nuntil all of the real estate is sold and is concluded by the\n\ntreasurer. The real estate shall be sold at public auction to the\n\nhighest bidder for cash or certified funds. Online auctions may\n\naccept online payments.\n\nB. The county treasurer may choose to hold the June resale\n\nthrough an online auction instead of the in-person process as\n\nprescribed in subsection A of this section. Such online auctions\n\nshall occur during regular business hours and shall follow all other\n\nrequirements of the resale auction until all of the real estate is\n\nsold and is concluded by the treasurer. The county treasurer may\n\nselect a firm to conduct the online auction with the cost of the\n\nonline auctioneer to be added to the sale of each property.\n\nC. All property must be sold for a sum not less than two-thirds\n\n(2/3) of the assessed value of such real estate as fixed for the\n\ncurrent fiscal year, or for the total amount of taxes, penalties,\n\ninterest and costs due on such property, whichever is the lesser.\n\nNotwithstanding, there shall be a reserve minimum bid placed in an\n\namount covering all taxes, abatement costs, penalties, interest,\n\ncosts due to a municipality if the right to exercise the reserve\n\nminimum bid is noticed to the county treasurer. With the exception\n\nof nuisance property, if there is no bid equal to or greater than\n\nthe sum so required, the county treasurer shall bid off the same in\n\nthe name of the county. However, the property must be bid off in\n\nthe name of the municipality if demand is made in writing by a\n\nmunicipality which has outstanding liens upon the property. In\n\ncases of nuisance property, the county treasurer shall have\n\ndiscretion to not bid off the property in the name of the county and\n\ninstead allow the property to remain under its current ownership,\n\nunless demand is made in writing by a municipality which has\n\noutstanding liens upon the property. \"Nuisance property\" shall be\n\ndefined as property that is deemed unmarketable or unusable due to\n\nthe existence of liens in excess of the property's fair market value\n\nas shown by the county assessor's office or due to environmental\n\nproblems or conditions that exist on the property that would cost\n\nmore to remedy than the fair market value of the property as shown\n\nby the county assessor's office, or property in which abatement\n\nliens have been placed upon the property by a municipality in excess\n\nof twenty-five percent (25%) of the property's fair market value as\n\nshown by the county assessor's office. Greenbelts, common areas,\n\neasements, retention ponds and detention ponds may also be\n\nconsidered nuisance property if transference of ownership to either\n\nthe county or a third party would cause a hardship to the\n\nneighborhood or subdivision these areas were meant to serve or to\n\nthe county or third party. The county treasurer shall make the\n\ndetermination, in conjunction with review and approval of the board\n\nof county commissioners, upon consideration of the above factors, as\n\nto whether or not property constitutes nuisance property. The said\n\nnuisance property determination may be made at any time during the\n\nyear, including before or immediately after the June resale. In the\n\ncase of a nuisance property that has liens from a city or town, if a\n\nminimum bid is not made, the city or town shall be credited a bid on\n\nthe property equal to the amount of the lien of the city or town if\n\nits intention to do so is made known to the county treasurer prior\n\nto the sale or at the sale. In the case of a nuisance property with\nng before or immediately after the June resale. In the\n\ncase of a nuisance property that has liens from a city or town, if a\n\nminimum bid is not made, the city or town shall be credited a bid on\n\nthe property equal to the amount of the lien of the city or town if\n\nits intention to do so is made known to the county treasurer prior\n\nto the sale or at the sale. In the case of a nuisance property with\n\nliens from a city or town, if a minimum bid is not made, the\n\nnuisance property shall be bid off in the name of the city or town\n\nif its intention to do so is made known to the county treasurer\n\nprior to the sale or at the sale. All property bid off in the name\n\nof the county shall be for the amount of all taxes, penalties,\n\ninterest and costs due thereon, and the county treasurer shall issue\n\na deed therefor to the board of county commissioners for the use and\n\nbenefit of the county. All nuisance property bid off in the name of\n\nthe city or town shall be for the amount of any municipal liens due\n\nthereon, and the county treasurer shall issue a deed therefor to the\n\ncity or town for the use and benefit of the city or town.\n\nD. The county treasurers shall provide to the Oklahoma Health\n\nCare Authority (OHCA) a list of properties that will be sold at tax\n\nresales in their respective counties. Using the information\n\nprovided, the OHCA shall produce a list for each county of\n\nproperties on which the OHCA has liens. The county treasurers shall\n\nmake the list of properties with the OHCA liens available to\n\npotential buyers at the tax resales. The OHCA shall file a release\n\nof the liens on properties that fit the definition of blighted\n\nproperties, as defined in Section 38-101 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, in the county records of the county where the property is\n\nlocated upon request of that county's treasurer. The filing of the\n\nlien release shall not extinguish the debt owed to the OHCA which\n\nmay be enforced through any legal means available to the OHCA.\n\nE. The county shall not be liable to the state or any taxing\n\ndistrict thereof for any part of the amount for which any property\n\nmay be sold to such county. All property bid off in the name of the\n\ncounty shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation as long as title is\n\nheld for the county.\n\nF. 1. The county shall not be civilly liable for any\n\nenvironmental problems or conditions on any property which existed\n\non the property prior to the county's involuntary ownership of the\n\nproperty pursuant to this section, or which may result from such\n\nenvironmental problems or conditions on the property. During the\n\nperiod of the county's involuntary ownership of the property, the\n\nperson or persons who would be legally liable for the environmental\n\nproblems or conditions on the property but for the county's\n\nownership shall continue to be liable for such environmental\n\nproblems or conditions.\n\n2. In addition, the county shall not be subject to civil\n\nliability with regard to any actions taken by the county to\n\nremediate any problems or conditions on the property resulting from\n\nthe environmental problems or conditions if the remedial action is\n\nnot performed in a reckless or negligent manner.","path":["OK Code","Title 68"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os68.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"3a60bb8e19319ca2fe3db8644a03e3ee840c7550ccaa32c831b3cac020ad77a2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-68-68-3128","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-68-68-313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}