Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-167
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Certificate of record showing as to oil and gas leases -
Official statutory text
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Any person, firm or corporation desiring to ascertain such facts
may make application in writing to the Corporation Commission of the
State of Oklahoma for a certificate setting forth what the records
of the Corporation Commission, returned and compiled under its
lawfully issued rules and regulations, disclose with reference to
notices to drill, plug and abandon oil and gas well or wells and the
production therefrom, if any, on the tract or tracts of land or
lands covered by such application. Such application must be
accompanied by a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) to be paid to the Oil
and Gas Conservation Division to be deposited in the Oil and Gas
Revolving Fund. It shall be the duty of the Commission to mail to
the address given in the application a certificate setting forth the
information and date requested in such application, which
certificate shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the
Commission and attested to by its secretary. Any such certificates
may be filed for record in the county in which the tract or tracts
of land is located, and the county clerk shall properly endorse such
instruments under the lands affected as certificates of the
Corporation Commission.
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to ascertain such facts
may make application in writing to the Corporation Commission of the
State of Oklahoma for a certificate setting forth what the records
of the Corporation Commission, returned and compiled under its
lawfully issued rules and regulations, disclose with reference to
notices to drill, plug and abandon oil and gas well or wells and the
production therefrom, if any, on the tract or tracts of land or
lands covered by such application. Such application must be
accompanied by a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) to be paid to the Oil
and Gas Conservation Division to be deposited in the Oil and Gas
Revolving Fund. It shall be the duty of the Commission to mail to
the address given in the application a certificate setting forth the
information and date requested in such application, which
certificate shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the
Commission and attested to by its secretary. Any such certificates
may be filed for record in the county in which the tract or tracts
of land is located, and the county clerk shall properly endorse such
instruments under the lands affected as certificates of the
Corporation Commission.
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