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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1692 By: Stanley
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Municipal Code Lien
Enforcement Act of 2025; amending Section 6, Chapter
334, O.S.L. 2025 (11 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 22-
140.5), which relates to notice; requiring
notification of mortgage holders prior to filing a
petition for foreclosure; updating statutory language
and references; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 6, Chapter 334, O.S.L.
2025 (11 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 22-140.5), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 22-140.5. A. After a municipal code lien has been
recorded with the office of the county clerk of the county in which
the real property is located, the code enforcement director may
identify those properties on which to commence a judicial in rem
foreclosure in accordance with this act the Municipal Code Lien
Enforcement Act of 2025, except that those properties the code
enforcement director identifies as owner-occupied shall not be
subject to judicial in rem foreclosure under this act the Municipal
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Code Lien Enforcement Act of 2025. The code enforcement director
shall not file a petition for judicial in rem foreclosure in
accordance with this act the Municipal Code Lien Enforcement Act of
2025 for a period of six (6) months following the date upon which
the municipal code lien is recorded in the office of the county
clerk. A petition for judicial in rem foreclosure may include any
other municipal code lien that has been filed prior to the date the
petition is filed. After enforcement proceedings have commenced in
accordance with this act the Municipal Code Lien Enforcement Act of
2025, the enforcement proceedings may be amended to include any
subsequently arising municipal code liens and, if applicable, any
and all taxes as defined in this act the Municipal Code Lien
Enforcement Act of 2025.
B. If the property on which the municipality is seeking to
foreclose under this act the Municipal Code Lien Enforcement Act of
2025 is subject to taxes as defined in this act the Municipal Code
Lien Enforcement Act of 2025, then, at least sixty (60) days prior
to the filing of the petition, the code enforcement director shall
notify all other taxing agencies within the jurisdiction of the
municipality and the State of Oklahoma this state of the code
enforcement director’s intention to file a petition for judicial in
rem foreclosure of the real property on which a municipal code lien
exists.
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C. If the property on which the municipality is seeking to
foreclose under this section is subject to a recorded mortgage, at
least sixty (60) days prior to the filing of the petition, the code
enforcement director shall notify all mortgage holders within the
jurisdiction of the municipality and this state of the code
enforcement director’s intention to file a petition for judicial in
rem foreclosure of the real property on which a municipal code lien
exists.
D. In the name of the municipality, the code enforcement
director shall, in the appropriate lis pendens record in the office
of the county clerk of the county in which the real property is
located, file a notice of his or her intent to file a judicial in
rem foreclosure action. The notice shall include a legal
description of the property, street address of the property if
available, a statement that the property is subject to judicial in
rem foreclosure proceedings under this act the Municipal Code Lien
Enforcement Act of 2025, and a statement that those proceedings may
extinguish any legal interests in the property.
D. E. Simultaneous with the filing of his or her notice of
intent to file a judicial in rem foreclosure action, the code
enforcement director, in the name of the municipality, shall file a
petition with the clerk of the district court for the district in
which the real property is located.
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E. F. The petition shall be filed against the real property
against which the municipal code lien has been recorded and shall
provide all of the following:
1. The identity of the municipality and the name and address of
the code enforcement director;
2. The real property address;
3. A description of the real property;
4. The tax identification number of the real property;
5. The municipal code lien which is being foreclosed;
6. The principal amount of the municipal code lien together
with applicable interest and penalties;
7. The principal amount of any additional municipal code liens
together with applicable interest and penalties in accordance with
this section, if any;
8. The year or years for which the taxes are delinquent, if
any;
9. The principal amount of the taxes together with interest and
penalties, if any;
10. A statement that upon final sale in accordance with this
act the Municipal Code Lien Enforcement Act of 2025 and payment of
the amount due for taxes, if applicable, an interested party’s
rights of redemption shall be extinguished; and
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11. The names and addresses of all interested parties to whom
copies of the petition are to be sent in accordance with subsection
F G of this section.
F. G. The municipality shall mail copies of the petition by
both certified mail, return receipt requested, and by regular mail
to all interested parties whose identities and addresses are
reasonably ascertainable. Copies of the petition shall also be
mailed by first-class mail to the real property address to the
attention of the occupants of the property, if any. In addition,
notice shall be physically posted on the real property and shall
include the following statement: “THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO A
JUDICIAL IN REM FORECLOSURE ACTION AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO [NAME
OF MUNICIPALITY] OR ANOTHER PARTY. PERSONS WITH INFORMATION
REGARDING THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT
[NAME OF MUNICIPALITY].”
G. H. Within thirty (30) days of the filing of the petition,
the municipality shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition
to be published once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a
newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property
is located. Such notice shall specify:
1. The name and address of the code enforcement director;
2. The real property address;
3. A description of the real property;
4. The tax identification number of the real property;
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5. Any applicable municipal code lien which is being foreclosed
upon;
6. The principal amount of any municipal code lien together
with interest and penalties;
7. The applicable period of tax delinquency, if any;
8. The principal amount of taxes, if any;
9. That upon deposit with the appropriate parties by the court
of the tax payoff amount, if any, any and all rights of redemption
accorded to interested parties are extinguished; and
10. The date and place of the filing of the petition.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2027.
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