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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1030. Handling of mail - Entry on reception record - Disposition of cash and equivalents – Lock box services.

The Secretary of the Land Office shall cause all mail received by the Land Office to be opened by some employee designated by the Secretary, assisted by two other employees not connected with the cashier's office, whose duty shall be to examine all incoming mail and make a proper reception record of all monies received. The reception record shall be delivered to the cashier. The entries on the reception record shall be made at the time of the opening of the letters and when completed shall be signed by the maker and witnessed by the employees assisting, who shall also sign. All cash and cash equivalents, together with the reception record, shall be immediately delivered to the cashier who shall give a receipt therefor by signing the original copy of the reception record, and who shall make proper entries on the financial records of the Land Office showing the amount so received. The Secretary to the Commissioners of the Land Office and the cashier are charged jointly and severally with the proper keeping and it is hereby made their duty to see that the above and foregoing reception record is correctly kept. Alternatively, or in addition to the procedures set forth in this section, the Secretary may also purchase lock box collection services from an appropriate vendor for the handling, collection and processing of mail. Lock box services may include collecting Land Office mail from a specified post office, sorting, totaling, and recording payments, processing the items and making deposits.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 189, p. 416, § 6, emerg. eff. July 21, 1933. Amended by Laws 1972, c. 168, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 21, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 126 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 82, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 117, § 3, eff. July 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1031. Internal auditor.

For the purpose of enabling the Commissioners of the Land Office to keep a correct and accurate system of accounts at all times, the Secretary of the Land Office shall employ an internal auditor. The internal auditor shall be a competent, qualified and experienced accountant, and have had special training and experience in either county or state auditing, or be thoroughly familiar with the system of accounting established in state departments.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 189, p. 417, § 10, emerg. eff. July 21, 1933. Amended by Laws 1937, p. 132, § 11, emerg. eff. March 29, 1937; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 22, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 130 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 83, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1032. Acquisition of title to land – Certification to county treasurer - Removal from tax list – Cancellation of taxes.

Upon the acquirement of the legal title of any lands by the Commissioners of the Land Office, either by cancellation of the certificate of purchase, foreclosure of mortgage, warranty deeds, or otherwise, the Secretary of the Land Office shall certify such fact to the county treasurer of the county in which the lands are situated, and upon certification it shall be the mandatory duty of the county treasurer of the county to remove the lands from the taxable property list, and to strike from the record or make proper notation upon the books and records of the county treasurer that all delinquent taxes assessed and charged against the lands, and all tax certificates and tax deeds based upon delinquent taxes, are canceled and nullified. The recordation in the office of the proper county clerk of any sheriff's deed to the State of Oklahoma as grantee or of any warranty deed given to the State of Oklahoma in settlement of mortgage indebtedness, or the cancellation of any certificate of purchase, when certified by the Secretary of the Land Office to the proper county treasurer, shall ipso facto cancel all delinquent taxes on the real estate involved, and shall likewise cancel all outstanding tax certificates or tax deeds based upon taxes levied subsequent to the recordation of the mortgage to the Commissioners of the Land Office, or subsequent to the issuance of the canceled certificate of purchase by the Commissioners of the Land Office.
Added by Laws 1935, p. 116, § 29, emerg. eff. May 14, 1935. Amended by Laws 1937, p. 132, § 10, emerg. eff. March 29, 1937; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 23, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 151 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 84, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1033. Recordation of instruments - Fees.

All instruments vesting any right, title or interest in lands or minerals and mineral rights, in the Commissioners of the Land Office, and all instruments to adjust any defect or irregularity in or to remove any cloud on the title to lands or minerals or mineral rights owned by the state, and all notices and orders issued by the Commissioners of the Land Office and proofs of publication thereof shall be filed and recorded by the proper officers of all counties of the State of Oklahoma at the request of the Commissioners of the Land Office without any filing or recording fee being charged.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 418, § 1, emerg. eff. July 7, 1965. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 24, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 153.1 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 85, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1034. Record of proceedings - Approval - Number of concurring members required.

A permanent minute record shall be kept of all proceedings had by the Commissioners of the Land Office. No action of the Commissioners of the Land Office shall be valid unless voted by at least three members. No action taken, or which may be taken by the Commissioners of the Land Office, may be rescinded except by a three-fifths (3/5) vote of the full membership of the Board of Commissioners of the Land Office. The Commissioners of the Land Office shall approve the minutes of each Board meeting at the next succeeding meeting.
Added by Laws 1935, p. 117, § 31, emerg. eff. May 14, 1935. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 84, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1976; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 25, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 154 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 86, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1035. Secretary - Duties - Financial statement to Governor and Legislature.

It is hereby the duty of the Accounting Division under the supervision of the Secretary of the Land Office to submit to the Commissioners of the Land Office a monthly statement of all operational expenditures of the Land Office. The Secretary shall, not later than the fifth day of each regular session of the Legislature, submit a detailed financial statement to the Governor and to the Legislature for the preceding fiscal year ending June 30 reflecting all assets and liabilities owned and held by the Land Office at the close of the period, profits made and losses sustained, together with a detailed schedule of all lands, loans, bonds, and coupons, contracts and judgments owned and held by the Land Office.
Added by Laws 1935, p. 117, § 32, emerg. eff. May 14, 1935. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 26, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 155 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 87, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 250, § 3, emerg. eff. May 13, 2013.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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; and
3. 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, and
e.
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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1062. Appraisement of land - Rules and regulations.

The Commissioners of the Land Office are hereby authorized and empowered to make and promulgate rules and regulations relating to the appraisement of land and any improvements located upon such land as may be owned by the state, leasing and subleasing such lands and improvements, reservation of rights and interests, collection of rentals, conservation and preservation of such lands and the fertility thereof and any other rules and regulations necessary in order that the purposes for which such lands are owned and held by the state may be accomplished.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 401, § 2, emerg. eff. July 5, 1965. Renumbered from § 260 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 114, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1063. Leases authorized - Duration, terms and conditions - Public competition - Assignment.

The Commissioners of the Land Office are authorized to lease for oil and gas purposes any of the school or other lands owned by the State of Oklahoma, which such Commissioners may deem valuable for oil and gas. Each such lease shall be a commence-type lease and shall provide for a term not less than one year and not to exceed five (5) years and as long thereafter as oil or gas may be produced therefrom in paying quantities, upon such terms and conditions and in such quantities as the Commissioners shall by rules and regulations prescribe. Each such lease shall provide for the delivery to the state of a royalty of not less than one-eighth (1/8) part of the oil or gas produced from the leased premises or in lieu thereof the payment to the state of the market value of said royalty interest, as the Commissioners may elect. The leases shall be offered by public competition after notice of the lease auction published one time not less than thirty (30) days prior to the lease auction date in two newspapers authorized by law to publish legal notices. One of the newspapers shall be published in the county where the land is located or other newspaper as authorized by Section 106 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The other shall be a newspaper of general circulation in this state. Such leasing shall be let by sealed bids and each lease awarded to the highest responsible bidder, such oil and gas leases may be assigned only with the consent and approval of the Commissioners of the Land Office; provided, the Commissioners have the right to reject any and all bids. The Commissioners of the Land Office shall provide any other notice of oil and gas lease sales to all interested parties by any means it determines is needed to attract the best competition.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 253, p. 462, § 1. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 243, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 1968; Laws 1981, c. 54, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1981; Laws 2003, c. 205, § 2, eff. July 1, 2003. Renumbered from § 281 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 115, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1064. School lands - Leasing for oil and gas.

When any tract of the school or other public lands, granted to the State of Oklahoma under the Act of Congress known as the "Enabling Act", or any or all of state-owned lands set apart and designated for the use, benefit, and occupancy of state educational institutions, is known by the Commissioners of the Land Office of the state to contain oil or gas, or where such lands are, by said Commissioners, deemed valuable for oil and gas purposes, such Commissioners shall enter of record in their office their finding, declaring that such oil or gas character exists, and further declaring that the oil and gas deposits are segregated from the surface use and interest therein, and such segregation of such deposits shall conclusively withhold the same from sale, lease or other alienation, except as provided in this article.
R.L. 1910, § 7195. Amended by Laws 1933, c. 106, p. 209, § 1. Renumbered from § 282 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 116, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1065. Lease of surface interest to reserve mineral deposits.

Each agricultural, timber, grazing or other lease to any surface interest in land in which the deposits are segregated, as provided in the preceding section shall reserve to the state, its lessees or grantees the right to drill and operate oil and gas wells on such premises, and the easement, use and right-of-way to enter upon and fully enjoy the mining right reserved in this article.
R.L. 1910, § 7196. Renumbered from § 283 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 117, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1066. Community oil and gas lease.

The lease contract of the state, with any lessee for oil and gas purposes, shall stipulate, and the advertisement for bids for leasing such land shall specify a fixed royalty, to be determined by the commissioners of the land office, and in no event less than twelve and one-half percent (12 1/2%) of the total output of such oil and gas, and in addition thereto any bonus offered for such lease, and shall also require a deposit of sufficient earnest money in the hands of the commission as the commission may require to accompany each bid, with appropriate conditions of forfeiture for failure to comply with the terms and conditions of bidding upon such lands. All leases for oil and gas provided in this article shall contain a provision requiring the lessee to drill a sufficient number of wells upon the leased premises to offset the wells upon adjoining contiguous premises, and a further provision that a failure to faithfully operate the leased premises for oil and gas to as full an extent as individual and corporate premises are being operated within the general oil and gas field, where such land is located, shall forfeit such lease to the state. No transfer or assignment of any lease shall be valid or convey any right in the assignee without the consent in writing of the commissioners of the land office. The board of commissioners may make such additional rules that are determined necessary to enforce the provisions of this article. Provided, the commissioners of the land office shall have authority to enter into agreements upon such terms and conditions as they may impose, providing for the communitizing of any oil and gas lease executed by them with other leases to be jointly operated and developed as a unit when they deem such communitization to be to the best interest of the funds and property under their management. This provision shall apply to existing leases as well as to leases to be entered into hereafter. (The word "communitizing" or "communitization", as used herein shall be defined as a combining of diverse interests or interests owned by different parties in lands and minerals on an area for a common development for oil and gas purposes so that such area may be considered as a unit or a whole.)
R.L. 1910, § 7198. Amended by Laws 1941, p. 304, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1941; Laws 1997, c. 118, § 2, eff. July 1, 1997. Renumbered from § 285 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 118, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1067. Lessee liable to surface holder for damages.

Any person, firm or corporation leasing under the provisions of this article, and operating for oil and gas, shall be liable to the surface owner, the lessee or purchaser, for all damages or loss accruing to the surface interest in said land and to all crops and improvements thereupon and appurtenances and hereditaments thereunto belonging, whether said land be agricultural, timber, grazing or otherwise.
R.L.1910, § 7200. Renumbered from Title 64, § 287 by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 119, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1068. Condemnation under certain conditions.

Should the lessee or owner of the surface interest and the lessee of the oil and gas interest specified in this article, be unable to agree upon the damage and loss sustained by such surface lessee or owner, by such lessee of the oil and gas interests therein, the latter may condemn the same for such purpose under the law of eminent domain to like extent and in the same manner and upon the same procedure and remedies as is provided for the assessment of damages and compensation to the owner of the fee in case of condemnation for railway purposes.
R.L.1910, § 7201. Renumbered from Title 64, § 288 by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 120, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1069. Bonuses, royalties and delayed rental income - Multiyear Education Distribution Stabilization Revolving Fund.

A. The proceeds derived in bonuses and royalties and from other inducements and considerations for the execution and operation of the oil and gas leases as authorized in this title, except oil and gas leases on state-owned lands set apart and designated for the use, benefit, and occupancy of state educational institutions, shall be for the use and benefit of the lands which were granted by the United States to the State of Oklahoma, and to the territory now comprising the area embraced within the state, under the provisions of the Enabling Act and any and all other Acts of Congress. Bonus and delay rental income received by the Land Office and other income as designated by the Secretary of the Land Office for transfer and received by the Land Office may be distributed to current beneficiaries in like manner as lease income received from surface leases, except that if determined to be in the best interest of the trust, the distributions may be made upon a schedule determined by a five-year rolling average of bonus and delay rental income.
B. There is hereby created a revolving fund for the Commissioners of the Land Office to be designated the "Multiyear Education Distribution Stabilization Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of bonus and delay rental income received by the Commission, if it is determined by the Commission to be in the best interest of the trust to make distributions of the income upon a five-year rolling average schedule as authorized in subsection A of this section. Monies in the fund may be invested by the State Treasurer in the manner prescribed in Section 89.1a et seq. of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Interest income derived from the investment of monies in the fund shall be credited to and placed in the fund.
R.L. 1910, § 7203. Amended by Laws 1933, c. 106, p. 209, § 2; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 45, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 289 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 121, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 114, § 2, eff. July 1, 2012; Laws 2013, c. 250, § 4, emerg. eff. May 13, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1070. Leasing authorized.

The Commissioners of the Land Office are hereby authorized to lease for oil and gas purposes all lands between mean high-water mark in all streams or rivers of two (2) chains or over. All the streams are declared the property of the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 206, p. 293, § 1, emerg. eff. March 28, 1919. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 46, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 290 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 122, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1071. Mode of leasing.

The lands described in Section 290 of this title are to be leased under the same provisions as the school and other lands of the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 206, p. 293, § 2, emerg. eff. March 28, 1919. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 47, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 291 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 123, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1072. Contracts authorized.

The Commissioners of the Land Office shall be, and they are hereby authorized to execute supplemental contracts to lessees on all lease contracts embracing more than thirty thousand (30,000) acres in one body without submitting same to bids for the renewal of said leases, providing that if oil and gas, or either of them, are being produced on said tracts of land in paying quantities at the expiration of said leases, that then, and in that event, said leases shall be extended for so long a period of time as gas and oil, or either of them, shall be produced on said tracts of land in paying quantities; provided, however, that drilling operations shall be commenced within six (6) months from the date of passage of this resolution, and shall be prosecuted with diligence.
Added by Laws 1919, c. 304, p. 442. Renumbered from § 292 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 124, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1073. Royalty proceeds from sale of oil and gas production.

The royalty proceeds derived from the sale of oil or gas production under any oil and gas lease granted by the Commissioners of the Land Office shall be paid to the Commissioners pursuant to the terms of the Production Revenue Standards Act.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 204, § 39, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 190, § 16, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 48, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 293 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 125, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1074. Division of proceeds of sales and leases.

In accordance with Section 12 of the Enabling Act of this state, the income, interest, rentals and proceeds of the sale of the following lands, now collected and hereafter to be collected, are hereby made available to the institutions to which the grants were made, namely; for the benefit of -
The University of Oklahoma
250,000 acres.
The University Preparatory School
150,000 acres.
Oklahoma State University
250,000 acres.
Langston University
100,000 acres.
The normal schools now established or hereafter to be established 300,000 acres.
R.L. 1910, § 7225. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 1998. Renumbered from § 351 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 126, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1075. New College Fund - Designation.

The State Auditor and Inspector, Treasurer and Commissioners of the Land Office, and all other officers of the state are hereby directed and required to use the term "New College Fund" upon all their records as the proper name for designating fund created by virtue of the Enabling Act. Hereafter such fund shall be known and referred to as above specified.
R.L. 1910, § 7226. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 37, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979. Renumbered from § 352 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 127, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1076. Proceeds made available.

In accordance with Section 3, Article 15, Chapter V., Session Laws of 1907 and 1908, the income, interest, rentals and proceeds from section numbered thirty-six, township numbered nine north, of range three west, of the Indian Meridian, in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, now collected and hereafter to be collected are hereby made available for the use and benefit of the University of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 85, p. 189, § 1. Renumbered from § 353 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 128, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 64. Public Lands › §64-1078. Apportionment of income among institutions.

The State Treasurer shall apportion the income derived from the "Section Thirteen Fund State Educational Institutions" among the educational institutions entitled thereto, in accordance with the division and distribution made in Section 1, of Article 11, Chapter 34, Session Laws of 1907-1908, entitled "An Act to provide for the division and distribution of the income, rentals, interest, and proceeds from certain lands among certain educational institutions, and making appropriations of such fund in pursuance thereof, designating a name by which such fund shall hereafter be known, and declaring an emergency"; and shall likewise apportion the income derived from the "New College Fund" to the educational institutions entitled thereto, in accordance with Section 1, Article 5, Chapter 28, Session Laws of 1909, entitled "An Act to provide for making available to various educational institutions the income, interest, rentals, and proceeds from certain lands, and making appropriations of such funds; designating a name by which such fund shall hereafter be known and declaring an emergency". The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall notify the chairman of the board having control of each of said educational institutions, and the president of each of said institutions, of the amount apportioned to it. The amount so apportioned to each educational institution shall, immediately after each successive apportionment, become available and are hereby appropriated for the use of the respective institutions, and shall be paid out in accordance with the law.
Added by Laws 1913, c. 101, p. 177, § 2. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 47, § 71, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979. Renumbered from § 355 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 130, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 527.