What qualifies someone to be a developer?
The law is so vague…even you and I could be considered a “developer” if you pushed the issue. According to some, almost anyone who buys property to build a house is a developer, but it would never get past most county assessors. Here lies part of the problem. This exception is interpreted many different ways here in Oklahoma. Wade Patterson, Tulsa Assessor, or the Enid assessor, or Leonard Sullivan in Oklahoma County, or better yet, the assessor in Cleveland County each interprets this exception differently. Tulsa sues every developer who wants the exception; Enid makes you build something first; Cleveland makes you join their Developer’s Association. It is ludicrous and needs to be fixed.
