Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 16-15
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Necessity of acknowledgment and recording - Condition for
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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.
R.L. 1910, § 1154; Laws 1992, c. 119, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws
1993, c. 351, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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.
R.L. 1910, § 1154; Laws 1992, c. 119, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws
1993, c. 351, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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