If the property of any clerk, sheriff, coroner, judge of the district court, constable or any collector of state, county, town or township tax, shall be levied on for, or on account of, any monies that now are, or may hereafter be, by them collected or received in their official capacity, the property so levied on shall be sold without valuation.
§ 763.Judgments Against Public Officers - Sale Without Valuation
Chapter 13: Limitation of Actions · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceSection 763 requires that property belonging to a clerk, sheriff, coroner, district judge, constable, or tax collector, levied on account of public money they collected or received in their official capacity, be sold without any valuation.
Full Text of § 763
Amendment History
R.L. 1910, § 5165.
Plain-English Summary
Section 763 strips away the valuation requirement for a specific class of defendants: public officers. If property belonging to a clerk, sheriff, coroner, district court judge, constable, or a collector of state, county, town, or township tax is levied on because of money that officer collected or received in their official capacity, that property is sold without any valuation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Whose property can be sold without valuation under this section?
Property belonging to a clerk, sheriff, coroner, district court judge, constable, or tax collector for the state, county, town, or township.
Why does this exception apply only to money collected officially?
The section limits the no-valuation rule to property levied on account of money the officer collected or received in their official capacity, not the officer's personal debts generally.
Does this connect to the two-thirds appraised value rule in Section 762?
Yes, it's an exception to it, alongside the state-debt exception Section 762 itself carries.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature.
Last verified August 3, 2026.
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