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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 147 State of Oklahoma; and any delinquent employer, or transferee of such delinquent employer, shall have the right, at any time within one (1) year from the date of such sale, to redeem such property, upon the payment of all contributions, penalties, interest, costs and fees accrued to the date of redemption. Such applicant shall not be entitled to a credit upon such contributions, penalties, interest, costs and fees, by reason of any revenue that might have accrued to the State of Oklahoma or other purchaser under sale prior to such redemption. After the expiration of the period of redemption herein provided, the State of Oklahoma may sell such property at public auction, upon giving thirty (30) days' notice, published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where such property is located, to the highest and best bidder for cash; and upon a sale had thereof, or when a redemption is made, the Commission for and on behalf of the State of Oklahoma shall issue its bill of sale or quit claim deed to the successful bidder or to the redemptioner. The sheriff shall be entitled to the same fee for his services in executing the warrant, as he would be entitled to receive if he were executing an execution issued by the court clerk of said county upon a judgment of a court of record. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-504, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 219, § 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

§40-3-505. Failure of sheriff to execute warrant. FAILURE OF SHERIFF TO EXECUTE WARRANT. If any sheriff shall refuse or neglect to levy upon and sell any real or personal property of any delinquent employer as directed by any warrant issued by the Commission, or shall refuse or neglect, on demand, to pay over to the Commission, its representatives or attorneys, all moneys by him collected or received under any warrant issued by the said Commission, at any time after collecting or receiving the same, such sheriff or other officer shall, upon motion of the Commission in court, and after thirty (30) days' notice thereof, in writing, be amerced in the amount for which any such warrant was issued, together with all penalties and costs and with an additional penalty of ten percent (10%) thereon, to and for the use of the State of Oklahoma. Every surety of any sheriff or officer shall be made a party to the judgment rendered as aforesaid against the sheriff or other officer. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 3-505, eff. July 1, 1980.

§40-3-506. State may be made party defendant. STATE MAY BE MADE PARTY DEFENDANT. In any action involving the title to real estate, or the ownership or right to possession of personal property, the State of Oklahoma may be made a party defendant for the purpose of determining any lien claimed by it upon the property involved therein; and in any such action, service of