An additional penalty of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) or an amount equal to ten percent (10%), but not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), of the total amount of tax, penalty and interest as stated on the face of a tax warrant, unless the actual liability at the date of issuance of the warrant is determined to be a lesser amount, whichever amount is greater, is hereby imposed upon each tax debtor who neglects, refuses or fails to pay delinquent taxes. The additional penalty shall be added to and become a part of the total tax debt due the state and may be collected in the same manner as provided by law for collection of delinquent taxes. Provided, however, the penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall not be assessed or collected more than once for the execution of a tax warrant in each county.

Upon collection of the additional penalty imposed herein, the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall transmit the revenue to the State Treasurer to be deposited in the Oklahoma Tax Commission Fund. The revenue from the additional penalty collected by the sheriff shall be apportioned by the Oklahoma Tax Commission to the various county treasurers to be deposited in the appropriate fund of the county sheriff's department to be used by such department to increase efforts to locate tax debtors and their property, to execute upon tax warrants, and to collect delinquent taxes. The revenue from the additional penalty collected by the Oklahoma Tax Commission shall be apportioned to the Oklahoma Tax Commission Fund to be used by the Oklahoma Tax Commission to enhance its efforts to collect delinquent taxes. The additional penalty is imposed as a fee for the collection of delinquent taxes by the sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or Tax Commission. The penalty is in addition to the reimbursement of actual and necessary travel and costs authorized in Section 231 of this title and any other fees which may be allowed by the district court.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 218, § 9, operative July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 339, § 15, emerg. eff. May 31, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 66, § 3, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1998, c. 385, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.