Oklahoma REALTORS® Beat Back Onerous “Abandoned Property” Ordinance

When Oklahoma City passed an “abandoned property” ordinance last November subjecting certain vacant properties to registration requirements, mandated fees, and municipal inspections, the Oklahoma Association of REALTORS^® thought the city had gotten too big for its britches. OAR used NAR’s polling services, along with a $95,000 Issues Mobilization Grant, to put together an aggressive campaign to convince the Oklahoma state house to pass legislation eliminating fee-based property registries. It worked!  The Protect Property Rights Act was overwhelmingly passed and signed into law by the governor this spring.

• Read about OAR’s successful campaign to defeat fee-based property registries (146K PDF)