Okla. Stat. tit. 1, § 1-28
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Independent set of abstract books or other system of indexes
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required.
In addition to the bond required any person, firm, corporation,
or other entity not engaged in the business of abstracting on
January 1, 1984, desiring to enter into the business of compiling or
abstracting titles to real estate in any of the counties of the
State of Oklahoma from and after the passage of the Oklahoma
Abstractors Act, shall have for use in such business an independent
set of abstract books or other system of indexes compiled from the
instruments of record affecting real estate in the office of the
county clerk, and not copied from the indexes in said office,
showing in a sufficiently comprehensive form all instruments
affecting the title to real property on file, of record and
currently available for reproduction in the office of the county
clerk and court clerk of the county wherein such business is
conducted, provided that nothing in this section shall in any way be
construed as to limit the liability of the holder of a certificate
of authority to provide an abstract of title compiled and certified
to in accordance with the Oklahoma Abstractors Act.
In addition to the bond required any person, firm, corporation,
or other entity not engaged in the business of abstracting on
January 1, 1984, desiring to enter into the business of compiling or
abstracting titles to real estate in any of the counties of the
State of Oklahoma from and after the passage of the Oklahoma
Abstractors Act, shall have for use in such business an independent
set of abstract books or other system of indexes compiled from the
instruments of record affecting real estate in the office of the
county clerk, and not copied from the indexes in said office,
showing in a sufficiently comprehensive form all instruments
affecting the title to real property on file, of record and
currently available for reproduction in the office of the county
clerk and court clerk of the county wherein such business is
conducted, provided that nothing in this section shall in any way be
construed as to limit the liability of the holder of a certificate
of authority to provide an abstract of title compiled and certified
to in accordance with the Oklahoma Abstractors Act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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