Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 16-34
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Execution by mark
Official statutory text
When real estate is conveyed or encumbered by an instrument in
writing by a person who cannot write his or her name, the person
shall execute the same by a mark, and the person’s name shall be
written near the mark by one of two persons who saw the mark made,
who shall write their names on the instrument as witnesses. In case
the instrument is acknowledged, then the officer taking the
acknowledgment shall, in addition to the other necessary recitals in
the acknowledgment, state that the grantor executed the instrument,
by inserting in the form of acknowledgment provided in Section 33 of
this title by individuals after the words "foregoing instrument" the
words "by the person’s mark, in my presence and in the presence of
____ and ____ as witnesses".
writing by a person who cannot write his or her name, the person
shall execute the same by a mark, and the person’s name shall be
written near the mark by one of two persons who saw the mark made,
who shall write their names on the instrument as witnesses. In case
the instrument is acknowledged, then the officer taking the
acknowledgment shall, in addition to the other necessary recitals in
the acknowledgment, state that the grantor executed the instrument,
by inserting in the form of acknowledgment provided in Section 33 of
this title by individuals after the words "foregoing instrument" the
words "by the person’s mark, in my presence and in the presence of
____ and ____ as witnesses".
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