Oklahoma land values, taxes, and selling rules
Oklahoma charges a state transfer tax: documentary stamp tax of $0.75 per $500 of consideration or fraction (0.15%), if the price minus liens that stay on the land exceeds $100. Vacant land is not covered.
How Oklahoma compares
- Land value rank
- #43 of 50 states
- Tax burden rank
- #37 of 50 states
- Holding cost, 10 acres
- $53 per year in property tax
Sources: USDA NASS Land Values 2026 (average value of farm real estate per acre); USDA 2022 Census of Agriculture (property tax per acre of farmland); state statutes (transfer tax). Averages, not appraisals. Your parcel may be worth more or less depending on location, access, and use.
County land values in Oklahoma
- Oklahoma County
- Tulsa County
- Cleveland County
- Rogers County
- McClain County
- Wagoner County
- Cherokee County
- Mayes County
- Adair County
- Delaware County
- Canadian County
- Payne County
- Ottawa County
- Logan County
- Pottawatomie County
- Lincoln County
- Grady County
- Okmulgee County
- Sequoyah County
- Muskogee County
- Creek County
- Bryan County
- Love County
- Le Flore County
- Washington County
- Murray County
- Comanche County
- Garvin County
- Kingfisher County
- Seminole County
- Choctaw County
- McIntosh County
- Marshall County
- Craig County
- Carter County
- Okfuskee County
- Pontotoc County
- Johnston County
- Nowata County
- Haskell County
- Noble County
- Stephens County
- McCurtain County
- Caddo County
- Latimer County
- Pushmataha County
- Hughes County
- Pittsburg County
- Pawnee County
- Coal County
- Garfield County
- Atoka County
- Blaine County
- Alfalfa County
- Jefferson County
- Kay County
- Osage County
- Cotton County
- Custer County
- Kiowa County
- Beckham County
- Jackson County
- Major County
- Washita County
- Grant County
- Tillman County
- Woods County
- Dewey County
- Woodward County
- Greer County
- Roger Mills County
- Harmon County
- Texas County
- Ellis County
- Cimarron County
- Harper County
- Beaver County
Selling rules by situation in Oklahoma
| Scenario | Redemption Period | Probate Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Tax-Delinquent | The owner can redeem until the June tax resale auction starts, by paying the delinquent taxes, interest and costs. Land is offered at that resale once its taxes are unpaid 3 years or more. | Not applicable |
| Inherited | N/A | The 58 O.S. 393 affidavit is personal-property only. |
| Landlocked | N/A | Not applicable |
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