Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 16-38
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Acknowledgments before deputy clerk of district court
Official statutory text
validated.
In all cases where heretofore any deputy clerk of the district
court has taken acknowledgments of deeds, or other conveyances of
real estate, in their respective counties, the same are hereby
legalized and made binding, and such action shall have the same
force and effect as if taken before some officer heretofore
empowered by the statute to take acknowledgments.
In all cases where heretofore any deputy clerk of the district
court has taken acknowledgments of deeds, or other conveyances of
real estate, in their respective counties, the same are hereby
legalized and made binding, and such action shall have the same
force and effect as if taken before some officer heretofore
empowered by the statute to take acknowledgments.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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