Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 16-87

RECORDATION OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS IN TANGIBLE FORM. A. As

used in this section:

1. "Document" means information that is:

a. inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an

electronic or other medium and is retrievable in

perceivable form, and

b. eligible to be recorded in the office of the county

clerk;

2. "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical,

digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar

capabilities;

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3. "Electronic document" means a document created, generated,

sent, communicated, received or stored by electronic means; and

4. "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol or

process attached to or logically associated with an electronic

document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign

the electronic document.

B. A paper or tangible copy of an electronic document that a

notary public has certified to be a true and correct copy under

subsection C of this section satisfies any requirement of law that,

as a condition for recording, the document:

1. Be an original or be in writing;

2. Be signed or contain an original signature, if the document

contains an electronic signature of the person required to sign the

document; and

3. Be notarized, acknowledged, verified, witnessed or made

under oath, if the document contains an electronic signature of the

person authorized to perform that act, and all other information

required to be included.

C. A notary public commissioned under Section 1 of Title 49 of

the Oklahoma Statutes may certify that a paper or tangible copy of

an electronic document is a true and correct copy of the electronic

document if the notary public has:

1. Reasonably confirmed that the electronic document is in a

tamper-evident format;

2. Detected no changes or errors in any electronic signature or

other information in the electronic document;

3. Personally printed or supervised the printing of the

electronic document onto paper or other tangible medium; and

4. Not made any changes or modifications to the electronic

document or to the paper or tangible copy thereof other than the

certification described in this subsection.

D. A county clerk shall record a paper or tangible copy of a

document that is otherwise entitled to be recorded under the laws of

this state, provided that the paper or tangible copy has been

certified by a notary public to be a true and correct copy of an

electronic document under subsection C of this section as evidenced

by a certificate. The certificate shall be completed in the manner

required in subsection A of Section 118 of Title 49 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

E. The following form of certificate is sufficient for the

purposes of this section if completed in the manner required by

subsection D of this section:

State of

County of

I certify that the preceding or attached document (entitled

(document title)), (dated (document date)), containing (number)

pages is a true and correct copy of an electronic document printed

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by me or under my supervision, and that, at the time of printing, no

security features present on the electronic document indicated any

changes or errors in an electronic signature or other information in

the electronic document since its creation or execution.

Dated

(Signature of notary public)

(Notary seal)

Notary Public

(My commission expires: )

F. If a certificate is completed in the manner required by

subsection D of this section and is attached to or made a part of a

paper or tangible document, the certificate is prima facie evidence

that the requirements of subsection C of this section have been

satisfied with respect to the document.

G. When any paper or tangible copy of an electronic document

shall have been recorded in the office of the county clerk in the
d in the manner required by

subsection D of this section and is attached to or made a part of a

paper or tangible document, the certificate is prima facie evidence

that the requirements of subsection C of this section have been

satisfied with respect to the document.

G. When any paper or tangible copy of an electronic document

shall have been recorded in the office of the county clerk in the

proper county, and the document was not certified in accordance with

this section, such document shall, from and after the time of the

filing thereof for record, be valid as though such document had, in

the first instance, been in all respects duly certified in

accordance with this section. Such document or the record thereof

or a duly authenticated copy thereof shall be competent evidence

without requiring the original to be produced or accounted for to

the same extent that written documents, duly executed and

acknowledged, or the record thereof are competent. This subsection

shall apply to documents recorded before or after January 1, 2020.

H. This section does not apply to a plat, plan, map or survey

of real property if under another law of this state or a rule,

regulation or ordinance applicable to a county clerk:

1. There are requirements of format or medium for the

execution, creation or recordation of such plat, plan, map or survey

beyond the requirements applicable to a deed to real property; or

2. Such plat, plan, map or survey shall be recorded in a

different location than a deed to real property.