A. In addition to other fees provided for by law, the Secretary of State shall collect the following fees:
1. For affixing the certificate of the Secretary of State and the seal of the State of Oklahoma, Ten Dollars ($10.00);
2. For copying any paper or document, One Dollar ($1.00) per page, provided the minimum charge shall not be less than Two Dollars ($2.00);
3. For filing an effective financing statement in the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, Ten Dollars ($10.00);
4. For filing a continuation statement, partial release, assignment of or amendment to an effective financing statement filed in the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, Ten Dollars ($10.00);
5. For filing a termination statement for an effective financing statement filed in the Office of the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, Ten Dollars ($10.00);
6. For registering a buyer of farm products, commission merchant, selling agent or other interested party as provided for in Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year. The registration fee provided for in this paragraph shall not apply if the buyer of farm products, commission merchant, selling agent, or other interested party as provided for in Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes accesses the master list through Internet download;
7. For distributing a copy of the master list or portions thereof to registrants, as provided for in Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, in accordance with the following fee schedule. Such fees may be paid annually or semiannually:
Number of Farm
ProductsPaper
Number of Farm
ProductsPaper
Number of Farm
ProductsPaper
Number of Farm
ProductsPaper
8.a.The Secretary of State is authorized to provide for the distribution of the master list or portions thereof to those persons specified in paragraph 7 of this subsection through Internet download, electronic data equipment, or other communication media in such form and manner as is specified by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall not collect a fee for distribution of the master list or portions thereof through Internet download.
9. For issuing a written confirmation of the existence or nonexistence of active effective financing statements on file for a debtor in the Office of the Secretary of State, Six Dollars ($6.00);
10. The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for every apostille issued. For the purposes of this paragraph, an apostille is a special certificate attached to a public record, as required by the 1961 Hague Convention, Fed. R. Civ. P. 44 (28 U.S.C.A.), to certify the authenticity of the signature, the capacity in which the person signing the document has acted and, where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp which it bears; provided, however, a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be collected for any apostille requested for an international adoption not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the adoption of each child; and
11. For each service rendered and not specified in this section, such fees as are allowed for similar services in other cases.
B. All fees shall be properly accounted for and shall be paid into the State Treasury monthly. The fees generated by paragraphs 1, 2, 10 and 11 of subsection A of this section shall be deposited to the credit of the Revolving Fund for the Office of the Secretary of State created pursuant to Section 276.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The fees generated by paragraphs 3 through 9 of subsection A of this section and other fees collected by the central filing system shall be deposited to the credit of the Central Filing System Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 276.3 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
R.L. 1910, § 3253. Amended by Laws 1917, c. 144, p. 230, § 1; Laws 1972, c. 126, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Laws 1979, c. 259, § 7; Laws 1984, c. 229, § 13, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1987, c. 69, § 11; Laws 1987, c. 208, § 118, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 236, § 106, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 206, § 11, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 91, § 1, operative July 1, 1989; Laws 1994, c. 267, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 69, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 2000, c. 385, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 406, § 14, emerg. eff. June 4, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 182, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 2004; Laws 2015, c. 73, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2022, c. 109, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
NOTE: Laws 2000, c. 371, § 169 repealed by Laws 2001, c. 5, § 11, emerg. eff. March 21, 2001. Laws 2001, c. 5, § 10 repealed by Laws 2002, c. 22, § 34, emerg. eff. March 8, 2002.
Structure Oklahoma Statutes
§28-1. Statutory allowances exclusive.
§28-2. Fees not collected during term.
§28-3. Failure of officers to make reports - Failure to charge fees.
§28-5. Penalty for charging fees on pensions.
§28-6. Responsibility of county for fees.
§28-7. Officers to post list of fees.
§28-8. Fees to be itemized on process.
§28-9. Officer to receipt for fees paid.
§28-10. Charging for constructive mileage - Penalty.
§28-12. Fees due when service rendered - Deposit for anticipated costs.
§28-13. Penalty for improper charges.
§28-31.1. Clerk of district court - No fees in certain guardianship cases.
§28-31.2. Garnishment proceedings - Court clerk not to charge poundage in certain cases.
§28-31.3. Court Clerk's Records Management and Preservation Fund.
§28-32.3. Payment of fees by debit or credit card.
§28-33. Register to keep account of fees.
§28-35. Clerk to keep account of fees.
§28-36. Verification of signatures without fee.
§28-37. Monthly accounting by county clerk and registrar of deeds.
§28-44. Treasurer to keep account of fees.
§28-45. Treasurer's quarterly report.
§28-46. Fees of county surveyor.
§28-48. Fees of commissioner for partition.
§28-49.1. Appraisers and commissioners, compensation of.
§28-50. Fees of public weigher - Lien for fee.
§28-56. Marriage ceremony fees.
§28-60. Fees of county assessors.
§28-61. Account of county assessor fees.
§28-82. Monies from which fees and mileage paid - Taxation as costs upon conclusion of proceedings.
§28-84. Certificates to be issued to witnesses.
§28-85. Warrants for fees of jurors and witnesses for which county liable.
§28-86.1. Jurors' and witnesses' fees - Donation to agencies for the prevention of child abuse.
§28-87. Clerk's record of jurors and witnesses.
§28-88. Statement to commissioners.
§28-91. State Fire Marshal investigation - Expert witness fee.
§28-102. Costs in civil proceeding to be proved by affidavit - Taxation and collection.
§28-103. Bill of costs or fees.
§28-105. Collection on execution.
§28-106. Clerk to hold costs or fees for person entitled - Time for filing claims.
§28-111. Fees chargeable by Secretary of State.
§28-112. Secretary to keep record of all fees.
§28-114. Fees to be paid into the Treasury.
§28-121. Fees for printing legal notices.
§28-151. Collection of fees, fines, costs and assessments.
§28-151.1. Statement of ownership of monies - Use for legal notices.
§28-152. Flat fee schedule - In forma pauperis.
§28-152.1. Civil actions - Charges in addition to flat fee.
§28-152.2. Fee for posting notice.
§28-152.3. Poundage fee and court costs in condemnation proceedings.
§28-152A. Civil warrant, body attachment or bench warrant, fee for issuance of.
§28-153. Costs in criminal cases
§28-153.2. Sheriff's Service Fee.
§28-153.3. Bond or security filing fee.
§28-154. Fees in lieu of other enumerated charges.
§28-155. Additional deposits in certain cases.
§28-155.1. Fees for preparing and transmitting record for appellate review.
§28-156. Notice of publication - Deposit or proof of direct billing.