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5353 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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5555 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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5757 SENATE BILL 823 By: Jett
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6565 AS INTRODUCED
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6767 An Act relating to ad valorem tax; amending 68 O.S.
6868 2021, Section 2812, which relates to the listing and
6969 assessment of manufactured homes ; authorizing certain
7070 owners of manufactured home to apply for homestead;
7171 amending 68 O.S. 2021, Sections 2888 and 2889, which
7272 relate to homestead exemption; increasing homestead
7373 exemption; and providing an effective date .
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8181 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
8282 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 2812, is
8383 amended to read as follows:
8484 Section 2812. A. Subject to the provisions of subsection B of
8585 Section 2813 of this title, a manufactured home w hich is located on
8686 land owned by the owner of the manufactured home shall be listed and
8787 assessed in the county in which it is located for ad valorem
8888 taxation as real property pursuant to the provisions of the Ad
8989 Valorem Tax Code. The person owning and res iding in such
9090 manufactured home may apply for homestead exemption. The county
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142142 assessor shall approve the application of such person if all
143143 requirements of law for such exemption have been met.
144144 B. A manufactured home which is located on land not owned by
145145 the owner of the manufactured home shall be listed and assessed in
146146 the county in which it is located for ad valorem taxation as
147147 personal property pursuant to the provisions of the Ad Valorem Tax
148148 Code. Provided, if the manufactured home is located on land not
149149 owned by the owner of the manufactured home, and it is the actual
150150 residence of the owner and otherwise meets the requirements for a
151151 homestead as provided in Section 2888 of this title, the person
152152 owning and residing in such manufactured home may apply for
153153 homestead exemption.
154154 C. Each year that a manufactured home is subject to ad valorem
155155 taxes as provided by law, the county assessor and the county
156156 treasurer shall transmit the information relating to ad valorem tax
157157 payment to the Oklahoma Tax Commission , which shall identify the
158158 manufactured home and record the payment in the com puter data system
159159 provided for by Section 1113 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
160160 The county assessor and treasurer of each county shall provide such
161161 information as may be re quired in order to implement the provisions
162162 of this section.
163163 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 2888, is
164164 amended to read as follows:
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216216 Section 2888. A. 1. The term “homestead”, as used in the
217217 provisions of the Ad Valorem Tax Code governing homestead
218218 exemptions, shall mean and include the actual re sidence of a natural
219219 person who is a citizen of this state, provided the record actual
220220 ownership of such residence be vested in such natural person
221221 residing and domiciled thereon . Any single person of legal age,
222222 married couple and their minor child or children or the minor child
223223 or children of a deceased person, whether residing together or
224224 separated, or surviving spouse shall be allowed under Section 2801
225225 et seq. of this title o nly one homestead exemption in this state.
226226 No person or the family of such pe rson shall be required to be
227227 domiciled thereon if such person is in the armed service of the
228228 United States in time of war or during a state of national emergency
229229 as declared by the Congress or the President of the United States,
230230 and such person shall not be required to be domiciled thereon in
231231 order to assert or claim the exemption provided in Section 2889 of
232232 this title, and such exemption may be claimed by any agent of, or
233233 member of the family of, such person. The surviving spouse and/or
234234 minor children of a deceased person shall be considered record
235235 owners of the homestead where the title of record in the office of
236236 the county clerk on January 1 is in the name of the deceased, but in
237237 all other cases the deed or other evidence of ownership must be of
238238 record in the office of the county clerk on January 1 in order for
239239 any person to be qualified as the record owner. However, a natural
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291291 person actually owning, residing and domiciled in t he residence on
292292 January 1 shall be deemed to be the record owner of the reside nce on
293293 January 1, within the meaning of this section, if the deed or other
294294 evidence of ownership of such person, executed on or before January
295295 1, be of record in the office of th e county clerk on or before
296296 February 1 immediately following. Despite any provision to the
297297 contrary in this section, if a parent or parents residing and
298298 domiciled in the residence own the residence jointly with one or
299299 more of their children, whether resid ing together or separated, and
300300 where the record joint ownership of the propert y is recorded in the
301301 office of the county clerk in accordance with the provisions of this
302302 section, the parent or parents residing and domiciled in the
303303 residence shall be entitled to the entire homestead exemption. A
304304 rural homestead shall not include more than one hundred sixty (160)
305305 acres of land and the improvements thereon. An urban homestead
306306 shall not include any land except the lot or lots, or the unplatted
307307 tract, upon which are located the dwelling, garage, barn and/or
308308 other outbuildings necessary or convenient for family use. A
309309 homestead shall include a manufactured home or a fixed structure
310310 located on land not owned by the owner, as provided in Section 2812
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312312 2. Despite any provision to the contrary in this section, the
313313 person actually owning, residing and domiciled in the residence as
314314 of the date of a tornado shall be deemed to be the record owner of
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366366 the residence on such date, within the meaning of this sec tion, if
367367 the deed or other evidence of ownership of such person, executed on
368368 or before such date, be of record in the office of the county clerk
369369 on or before such date. However, the provisions of this paragraph
370370 shall only apply to any person who is eligib le to claim the income
371371 tax credit pursuant to Section 2357.29A of this title with respect
372372 to a tornado or to any person whose primary residence was damaged or
373373 destroyed in a tornado and who purchased or built a new primary
374374 residence at a location within th is state other than the location of
375375 the damaged or destroyed residence. For t he purposes of this
376376 section, “tornado” means a tornado which occurred in calendar year
377377 2013 or any subsequent tornado for which a Presidential Major
378378 Disaster Declaration was issu ed.
379379 B. The term “rural homestead” as used herein shall mean and
380380 include any homestead located outside a city or town or outside any
381381 platted subdivision or addition.
382382 C. The term “urban homestead” as used herein shall mean and
383383 include any homestead located within any city or town whether
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385385 subdivision or addition, whether such subdivision or addition be a
386386 part of a city or town. In no case shall an urban homestead exceed
387387 in area one (1) acre.
388388 D. For purposes of the provisions of Section 8E and Section 8F
389389 of Article X of the Oklahoma Constitution, if a disabled veteran,
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441441 the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran or the surviving spouse
442442 of a person who died while in the line of duty occupies improveme nts
443443 which are affixed to the real property and record title to such real
444444 property is held by a city or town or an entity formed pursuant to
445445 the charter provisions or ordinances of a city or town or formed
446446 under other provisions of law for the benefit of su ch city or town,
447447 the improvements shall be considered to be the homestead of such
448448 disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such disabled veteran
449449 for all purposes related to the homestead exemption authorized by
450450 the provisions of the Ad Valorem Tax Code and the homestead
451451 exemption shall not be denied on the basis that title to suc h
452452 affixed improvements is held by a disabled veteran or surviving
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454454 title to the real property consisting of th e land to which such
455455 improvements are affixed.
456456 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 2889, is
457457 amended to read as follows:
458458 Section 2889. Homesteads, as defined in Section 2888 of this
459459 title, are hereby classified for the pur pose of taxation as provided
460460 in Section 22 of Article X of the Oklahoma Consti tution. All
461461 homesteads in this state shall be assessed for taxation the same as
462462 other real and personal property therein, except that each
463463 homestead, as defined by Section 2801 et seq. of this title, shall
464464 be exempted from all forms of ad valorem taxation to the extent of
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516516 One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) the full amount of the assessed
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518518 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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