Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 16-37a
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Foreign acknowledgments validated
Official statutory text
All deeds, mortgages, releases, oil and gas leases, powers of
attorney and other instruments of writing for the conveyance or
encumbrance of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments situated
within this state, heretofore executed and acknowledged or proved in
any state, territory, District of Columbia or foreign country in
conformity with the law of such state, territory, District of
Columbia or foreign country, shall be as valid as to execution and
acknowledgment thereof, only, as if executed and acknowledged within
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this state in conformity with the provisions of the laws of this
state. Provided this act shall not validate any execution or
acknowledgment fraudulently obtained.
attorney and other instruments of writing for the conveyance or
encumbrance of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments situated
within this state, heretofore executed and acknowledged or proved in
any state, territory, District of Columbia or foreign country in
conformity with the law of such state, territory, District of
Columbia or foreign country, shall be as valid as to execution and
acknowledgment thereof, only, as if executed and acknowledged within
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 16. Conveyances Page 14
this state in conformity with the provisions of the laws of this
state. Provided this act shall not validate any execution or
acknowledgment fraudulently obtained.
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