Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 16-13
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Conveyance of separate property
Official statutory text
A. The husband or wife may convey, mortgage or make any
contract relating to any real estate, other than the homestead,
belonging to him or her, as the case may be, without being joined by
the other in such conveyance, mortgage or contract.
B. In the event a recorded conveyance of nonhomestead property
has been executed by a married grantor without being joined by his
or her spouse, said conveyance shall still be considered a valid
conveyance of marketable title if one of the following instruments
is placed of record:
1. An affidavit executed by the nonjoining spouse stating that
the property conveyed was nonhomestead property; or
2. A conveyance executed by the nonjoining spouse, with or
without others, relinquishing any claim to an interest in the
property to the same grantee, or to a successor or successors in
interest, with a recitation that the property was nonhomestead
property.
contract relating to any real estate, other than the homestead,
belonging to him or her, as the case may be, without being joined by
the other in such conveyance, mortgage or contract.
B. In the event a recorded conveyance of nonhomestead property
has been executed by a married grantor without being joined by his
or her spouse, said conveyance shall still be considered a valid
conveyance of marketable title if one of the following instruments
is placed of record:
1. An affidavit executed by the nonjoining spouse stating that
the property conveyed was nonhomestead property; or
2. A conveyance executed by the nonjoining spouse, with or
without others, relinquishing any claim to an interest in the
property to the same grantee, or to a successor or successors in
interest, with a recitation that the property was nonhomestead
property.
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