Okla. Stat. tit. 16 § 15

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 15 - Necessity of acknowledgment and recording - Condition for judgment lien to be binding against third persons

Except as hereinafter provided, no acknowledgment or recording shall be necessary to the validity of any deed, mortgage, or contract relating to real estate as between the parties thereto; but no deed, mortgage, contract, bond, lease, or other instrument relating to real estate other than a lease for a period not exceeding one (1) year and accompanied by actual possession, shall be valid as against third persons unless acknowledged and recorded as herein provided. No judgment lien shall be binding against third persons unless the judgment lienholder has filed his judgment in the office of the county clerk as provided by and in accordance with Section 706 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 15

R.L. 1910, § 1154; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 2315, c. 119, § 1, eff. 9/1/1992; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1468, c. 351, § 6, eff. 9/1/1993.