Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 16-37b
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Exceptions.
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, now of record or hereafter recorded which are 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, or in
conformity with the Federal Statutes, shall be as valid as to
execution and acknowledgment thereof, only, as if executed and
acknowledged within this state in conformity with the provisions of
the laws of this state. Provided this act shall not validate any
deed, mortgage, releases, oil and gas leases, powers of attorney,
and other instruments of writing for the conveyance of any lands,
tenements, or hereditaments, the validity of which is in litigation
upon the effective date of this act. Provided this act shall not
validate any execution or acknowledgment fraudulently obtained.
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, now of record or hereafter recorded which are 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, or in
conformity with the Federal Statutes, shall be as valid as to
execution and acknowledgment thereof, only, as if executed and
acknowledged within this state in conformity with the provisions of
the laws of this state. Provided this act shall not validate any
deed, mortgage, releases, oil and gas leases, powers of attorney,
and other instruments of writing for the conveyance of any lands,
tenements, or hereditaments, the validity of which is in litigation
upon the effective date of this act. Provided this act shall not
validate any execution or acknowledgment fraudulently obtained.
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