{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-68-68-3140","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-3140","heading":"Procedure to cancel deed","body":"\n\nTo defeat the deed, the person desiring to set the same aside\n\nand recover the land, or to resist the recovery of possession by the\n\nholder of the deed, in addition to showing clearly the entire\n\nfailure to do some one or all the things of which the tax deed is\n\nmade presumptive evidence, must show that he or the person under\n\nwhom he claims had the right to redeem the land from tax sale at the\n\ntime the deed was made, and must, when his action to set aside the\n\ntax deed is brought, or a defense to a recovery of possession is\n\npleaded, tender in open court for the use of the holder of the tax\n\ndeed, all taxes, penalties, interests and costs, which the party\n\nseeking to redeem would be bound to pay if he was then redeeming the\n\nland from tax sale, and on failure so to do, his action or defense,\n\nas the case may be, shall be dismissed. The rule that tax\n\nproceedings are to be strictly construed as against the tax\n\npurchaser, shall not apply to proceedings under this article, but in\n\nall courts its provisions shall be liberally construed, to the end\n\nthat its provisions and all proceedings thereunder shall be\n\nsustained.","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":"9205ae5580b27e82c16c214edb95a5aac59e143bd7f63d54f38ad3bb4e37b501","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-68-68-314","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-68-68-3141"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}