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64 OK Stat § 64-1036 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1036. Accounts and records of Land Office – Audits – Filing copies of audits.

|The accounts and records of the Land Office shall annually have an audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in the "Government Auditing Standards", issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, by an independent Oklahoma certified public accountant. The Secretary of the Land Office is authorized to contract for the audits required pursuant to this section. Copies of the audits shall be filed with the Governor, the Commissioners of the Land Office, the State Senate, the House of Representatives, the State Auditor and Inspector, and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services in accordance with the requirements set forth for financial statement audits in Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1933, c. 91, p. 168, § 12. Amended by Laws 1937, p. 133, § 1, emerg. eff. May 14, 1937; Laws 1996, c. 290, § 11, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 27, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 156 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 88, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 526.
64 OK Stat § 64-1037 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1037. Partial invalidity.

|The provisions of this title are severable, and if any section, part or portion of a section shall be held unconstitutional, void, invalid or inoperative the invalidity of the section, part or portion shall not affect or impair any of the remaining sections, parts or portions. |Added by Laws 1935, p. 117, § 34, emerg. eff. May 14, 1935. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 28, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 158 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 89, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1038 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1038. Power of Commissioners to sue and be sued – Attorney General to represent.

|The Commissioners of the Land Office are hereby authorized to employ attorneys or to engage private attorneys to bring or defend suits in the name of the Commissioners of the Land Office and on behalf of the State of Oklahoma in all matters affecting the public lands of the state, and in all matters affecting the loaning, investing or collecting of school land and state land monies, of, and belonging to the state. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the state, when requested by the Commissioners of the Land Office, to represent the Commissioners, and the state in the prosecution or defense of any suit or action so instituted, brought or defended. |Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 44, p. 88, § 4, emerg. eff. March 4, 1911. Amended by Laws 1923, c. 27, p. 38, § 1, emerg. eff. March 28, 1923; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 29, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 160 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 90, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1039 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1039. Checks, warrants or vouchers - Remaining unpaid for three years.

|All checks, vouchers or warrants heretofore or hereafter issued by the Commissioners of the Land Office in payment of any obligation of the state which shall for any cause remain unpaid and outstanding for a period of three (3) years shall be canceled. Where the identity of the account originally charged cannot now be ascertained, the amount of such cancellation shall revert to and be credited to the common school fund of the state. Where the account originally charged can be identified the cancellation shall have the effect of restoring to the account the amount theretofore charged. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 437, § 1, emerg. eff. June 2, 1949. Renumbered from § 162.1 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 91, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1040 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1040. Certain lands to be sold.

|A. The Commissioners of the Land Office shall dispose of, sell and convey, subject to the limitations, exceptions, conditions, rules, regulations and instructions, provided by law, except where the land is embraced in any reservation specifically reserved from sale for any special purpose, all the following enumerated and described school and public lands of this state: |1. All lands owned by this state, reserved, granted, and taken in lieu of sections numbered sixteen, thirty-six, thirteen and thirty-three and known as indemnity lands. When the lands as described in this paragraph or any part of the lands are sold and conveyed, the proceeds derived therefrom shall be prorated among the several funds as their interest may appear, and used as provided by law;2. All lands embraced in sections numbered thirty-three in that part of the state formerly known as Oklahoma Territory, and granted to the state for charitable and penal institutions and public buildings. All the money derived from the sale of any or all of the lands described in this paragraph shall be apportioned and disposed of as may be provided by law; and3. All lands granted to this state by the United States under and by virtue of Section 12 of the Enabling Act for the following purposes, namely:a.for the benefit of the Oklahoma University, two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) acres,b.for the benefit of Oklahoma State University, two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) acres,c.for the benefit of the University Preparatory School, one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) acres,d.for the benefit of Langston University, one hundred thousand (100,000) acres, ande.for the benefit of the normal schools now established or which may be established, three hundred thousand (300,000) acres. All money derived from the sale of any of the lands described in this paragraph shall be invested for the state in trust, and interest thereon shall be used exclusively and as above apportioned in the support and maintenance of the schools.B. If any tract, part or parcel of any of the land enumerated and described in this section, was or shall be returned to the Commissioners of the Land Office by a board of appraisers, including those tracts of land embraced in sections numbered thirteen, sixteen and thirty-six, and otherwise herein reserved from sale, that are now platted and occupied and leased directly from the State of Oklahoma for townsite purposes, as being more valuable for townsite than for agricultural purposes, then the tract, part or parcel of the land shall be reserved by the Commissioners of the Land Office from sale and disposed of subject to the conditions of this title.R.L. 1910, § 7144. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 28, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 30, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 181 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 92, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1041 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1041. Disposition of proceeds.

|All proceeds of the sale of such land described in the preceding section shall be sacredly preserved for the use and benefit of the several funds, institutions, and purposes for which said land was granted by the United States to the State of Oklahoma, under the provisions of the Enabling Act, and of any other Acts of Congress, and by the Constitution, for the uses and purposes, and upon the conditions and under the limitations for which the same was granted and the money resulting from such sale shall be handled, disposed of and used by the state in like manner as the other monies belonging to the said several funds under the laws of this state. |R.L. 1910, § 7145. Renumbered from § 182 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 93, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1042 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1042. Limitations of purchase.

|No person shall be permitted to purchase more than one quarter section of land under the provisions of this article, except as provided by the terms of the Enabling Act: Provided, however, that the land granted to the state under and by virtue of Section 12, of the Enabling Act, commonly called "new college lands" shall be classified by the Commissioners of the Land Office from the appraisement heretofore made as agricultural and grazing lands. All of said land which has of its surface twelve and one-half percent (12 1/2%) or more and less than thirty-seven and one-half percent (37 1/2%) that is tillable, productive and suitable for farming purposes, shall be classified as Class A, and said class of grazing lands shall be sold in tracts not to exceed one section; and all land having less than twelve and one-half percent (12 1/2%) of its surface that is tillable, productive and suitable for farming purposes, or that is rough, mountainous or barren, shall be classified as Class B, and sold in tracts not to exceed two (2) sections, if in the opinion of the Commissioners of the Land Office it is deemed best and proper. |R.L. 1910, § 7146. Renumbered from § 183 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 94, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1043 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1043. Preference right of lessees.

|Any lessee holding a preference right lease on any of the public lands of this state shall have the preference right to purchase all of the lands so leased by the lessee at the highest bid at the time of the sale, or in case of no bid, then to take the same at the appraised value. |R.L. 1910, § 7147. Amended by Laws 1915, c. 210, § 5, emerg. eff. April 2, 1915; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 31, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 184 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 95, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1044 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1044. Record for taxation - Tax sales.

|The Commissioners of the Land Office shall, as soon as possible, after the sale of lands, transmit to the clerk of each county in which any lands mentioned in this article have been sold, a detailed description of each parcel of the land so sold and the names of the purchaser, and the clerk shall extend the same upon the tax rolls for the purpose of taxation, and the same shall thereupon become subject to taxation the same as other lands and the taxes assessed thereon collected and enforced in like manner as against other lands: Provided, however, that the purchaser, at a tax sale of any such lands sold for delinquent taxes shall acquire, by virtue of such purchase only such rights and interest as belong to the holder and owner of the certificate of sale issued by the Commissioners of the Land Office under the provisions of this article and the right to be substituted in the place of the holder and owner of such certificate of sale as the assignee thereof; and upon a production to the proper officer of a tax certificate given upon such tax sale, in case such lands have been redeemed, such tax purchaser shall have the right to make any payment of principal or interest then in default upon such certificate of sale as the assignee thereof. But no tax deed shall be issued upon any tax certificate procured under the provisions of this article, while legal title of said lands remains in the State of Oklahoma. |R.L. 1910, § 7148. Renumbered from § 185 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 96, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1045 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1045. Cancellation of certificate - Redemption.

|Whenever a certificate for the sale of any of said lands has been canceled, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the Land Office to notify the clerk of the county in which such lands are located of said cancellation and thereafter such lands shall not be listed for taxation but in the event of the redemption of any such lands the party making such redemption shall pay as taxes and in addition to all other charges an amount equal to the taxes last levied thereon for each year such land was not listed for taxation, together with such interest and penalty as would have been charged if the same had been regularly listed and taxed. |R.L. 1910, § 7149. Renumbered from § 186 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 97, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1046 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1046. Conditions imposed follow land.

|All purchasers, lessees, or holders of any of the public lands of this state shall take the same subject to the conditions of this title and all certificates, contracts or written evidence issued to any purchaser shall recite that the same is taken and accepted subject to all the conditions of this title. |R.L. 1910, § 7157. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 32, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 192 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 98, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1047 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1047. Notice of sale.

|Before selling any public, state or school lands, the Commissioners of the Land Office shall advertise the fact that the sale shall be had by publication in four consecutive issues of at least one weekly newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said lands are situated. The notice shall state the time, place and terms of sale, give a brief description of the land and improvements, and of the appraised value of the land and the appraised value of the improvements, and state that any further information that is desired may be obtained by addressing the Secretary to the Commissioners of the Land Office. |Added by Laws 1916, c. 36, p. 96, § 1. Renumbered from § 194 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 99, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 117, § 4, eff. July 1, 2014.
64 OK Stat § 64-1048 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1048. Irrigation and flood control projects - Sale of lands.

|The Commissioners of the Land Office are hereby authorized to sell for cash, and convey, subject to oil and gas and mineral rights therein and for not less than the appraised value, any portion of the lands held in trust by the State of Oklahoma for school or public building purposes upon proper showing to them that the lands are necessary and are to be used in connection with irrigation and flood control projects which involves the expenditure of state and federal monies. |Added by Laws 1933, c. 192, p. 422, § 1. Renumbered from § 221 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 100, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1049 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1049. Oil and gas - Reservation - Lease.

|The Commissioners of the Land Office shall reserve the oil and gas and other minerals in the land with the right to lease or enter upon and explore for oil and gas and mineral purposes that portion of the land not used by the purchaser or reasonably necessary for the use or purpose sold. |Added by Laws 1933, c. 192, p. 422, § 2. Renumbered from § 222 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 101, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1050 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1050. Lessee - Preference right.

|Any lessee holding a preference right lease on any public lands of this state shall, during the public bidding on the sale of the leased lands, have the preference right to purchase the lands so leased by the lessee at the highest bid at the time of the sale. |Added by Laws 1933, c. 192, p. 422, § 3. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 33, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 223 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 102, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1051 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1051. Failure to pay bid - Reimbursement of lessee.

|If any lessee of public lands of this state having preference right to purchase fails or refuses to pay the highest bona fide bid, the lessee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for the improvements placed on the preference right lease by the lessee at a value fixed by the appraisers selected by the Commissioners of the Land Office to appraise the same and shall surrender possession of the lease immediately following the sale of the land and payment for improvements. |Added by Laws 1933, c. 192, p. 422, § 4. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 34, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 224 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 103, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1052 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1052. Appraisement.

|Before any lands under the jurisdiction and control of the Commissioners of the Land Office, covered by preference right leases and the improvements located on the land are owned by the lessees, shall be offered for sale and sold, the Commissioners of the Land Office shall cause the same to be appraised by three disinterested appraisers, who are nonresidents of the county in which the land is situated, to be selected by the Secretary. The appraisers, before entering upon their duties, shall take and subscribe the oath required of state officers. The appraisers shall make a true appraisement of the lands at the actual cash value thereof, exclusive of all improvements, and shall separately appraise all improvements owned by the lessee which can be removed without manifest injury to the land. |Added by Laws 1947, p. 412, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1947. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 35, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 225.1 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 104, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1053 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1053. Public auction - Extension of time.

|The lands authorized to be sold shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder at public auction in the county in which the land is situated. The sale shall be made within six (6) months from the date of the final approval of the appraisement by the Commissioners, unless for good cause shown, the Commissioners of the Land Office extend the time of offering the land for sale for a period not to exceed one (1) year from the date of the final approval of the appraisement. |Added by Laws 1933, c. 192, p. 423, § 6. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 36, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 226 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 105, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 240, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
64 OK Stat § 64-1054 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1054. Notice of sale - Publication.

|Before selling lands and improvements authorized to be sold, the Commissioners of the Land Office shall advertise the sale by publication calculated to bring the highest and best bids. The advertisement shall be at a minimum published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the land is situated for fifteen (15) days prior to the date of sale. The notice shall state the time and place of sale, the quantity of land to be sold and the purposes of the sale. |Added by Laws 1933, c. 192, p. 423, § 7. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 37, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 227 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 106, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 117, § 5, eff. July 1, 2014.
64 OK Stat § 64-1055 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1055. Deed - Reservation of oil and gas.

|The Commissioners of the Land Office upon completion of the sale of lands and improvements and receipt of the purchase price shall issue a deed to the purchaser which shall contain a provision reserving the oil, gas and other minerals as provided for in this title. |Added by Laws 1933, c. 192, p. 423, § 8. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 38, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 228 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 107, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1056 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1056. All public lands subject to lease.

|Except as otherwise provided by law, all the public lands of this state shall be subject to lease in the manner provided by law. The Commissioners of the Land Office shall have charge of the leasing of the lands. |R.L.1910, § 7170. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 292, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 39, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from Title 64, § 241 by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 108, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 271, § 2, emerg. eff. May 14, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1057 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1057. Commissioners of the Land Office - Delinquency – Collection procedures.

|If the lessee of any of the lands or mineral interests owned by the state shall be in default of rental payments due the state, the Commissioners of the Land Office shall institute collection proceedings, including any and all commercial or governmental procedures and proceedings permitted to the full extent of the law. Any and all notices, summons, subpoenas or other official documents may be served by an employee of the Land Office, who may serve without special designation for service of process in any court within the state. |R.L. 1910, § 7177. Amended by Laws 1923-24, c. 58, p. 71, § 1, emerg. eff. March 25, 1924; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 40, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 244 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 109, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1058 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1058. Assignment of lease as security.

|No assignment of a school land lease as security shall be valid unless filed for record in the office of the Commissioners of the Land Office within thirty (30) days after execution of the assignment. The Land Office shall charge a fee set by the Commissioners of the Land Office for entering and recording each assignment. No assignments of the lease which is the home of the family shall be valid unless executed by both husband and wife. |R.L. 1910, § 7178. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 41, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 246 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 110, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1059 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1059. Removal of crops and improvements.

|At the termination of a lease, the lessee may remove any or all of the improvements made by the lessee and shall have the right to harvest or remove any growing crop on the land. If the lessee is in default of any terms of the lease, the lessee shall not be allowed to remove the improvement or make entry to secure crops until all arrearage, including but not limited to interest, costs and attorney fees are fully satisfied. All improvements, that are movable, shall then be moved before expiration of the lease. |R.L. 1910, § 7183. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 42, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 249 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 111, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1060 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1060. Records made public.

|Except as otherwise provided by law, all of the records in possession, control, care and custody of the Commissioners of the Land Office are hereby declared to be public records, and certified copies thereof are admissible in evidence in the courts of this state. Any person shall be entitled to receive a certified copy of any instrument on record with the Commissioners of the Land Office on the payment of a fee as prescribed by the Commissioners. |R.L. 1910, § 7189. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 43, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 252 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 112, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
64 OK Stat § 64-1061 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 64. Public Lands|§64-1061. Term of lease.

|Any lands leased by the Commissioners of the Land Office for agricultural or grazing purposes shall be leased for a period not to exceed five (5) years under terms and conditions and at an annual rental as may be fixed by the Commissioners of the Land Office after appraisement and public auction. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 401, § 1, emerg. eff. July 5, 1965. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 44, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 259 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 113, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.