Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-300
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Master form - Definition - Labeling - Filing - Recording -
Official statutory text
Incorporation by reference - Unrecordable matters.
A. A master form shall be any instrument containing forms of
covenants, conditions, obligations, powers, or other clauses not
being acknowleged nor containing a legal description. Such
instrument shall be labeled on the first page as a master form and
may be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk in the
same manner as provided for miscellaneous instruments relating to
real estate.
B. After recording and indexing of the master form, any of the
provisions of such master form may be incorporated by reference in
any subsequently recorded instrument. Provided, that, such
reference shall state that the master form was recorded in the
county in which the subsequently recorded instrument is offered for
recording, the date of recording and the book and pages where
recorded, and that a copy of such master form was furnished to the
persons executing the subsequently recorded instrument. The
recording of any subsequently recorded instrument which has so
incorporated by reference any of the provisions of a master form
properly recorded shall have like effect as if such provisions of
the master form so incorporated by reference had been set forth in
full in the subsequently recorded instrument.
C. Whenever a subsequently recorded instrument is presented for
recording in which is set forth matters purporting to be a copy or
reproduction of a master form and such matters are preceded by the
words, "do not record or not to be recorded", and such matters are
plainly separated from such instrument in such manner that such
matter will not appear upon a photographic reproduction of any page
containing any part of the instrument, such matter shall not be
recorded by the county clerk when the instrument is recorded. The
county clerk shall record only the instrument apart from such matter
and shall not be liable for doing such.
A. A master form shall be any instrument containing forms of
covenants, conditions, obligations, powers, or other clauses not
being acknowleged nor containing a legal description. Such
instrument shall be labeled on the first page as a master form and
may be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk in the
same manner as provided for miscellaneous instruments relating to
real estate.
B. After recording and indexing of the master form, any of the
provisions of such master form may be incorporated by reference in
any subsequently recorded instrument. Provided, that, such
reference shall state that the master form was recorded in the
county in which the subsequently recorded instrument is offered for
recording, the date of recording and the book and pages where
recorded, and that a copy of such master form was furnished to the
persons executing the subsequently recorded instrument. The
recording of any subsequently recorded instrument which has so
incorporated by reference any of the provisions of a master form
properly recorded shall have like effect as if such provisions of
the master form so incorporated by reference had been set forth in
full in the subsequently recorded instrument.
C. Whenever a subsequently recorded instrument is presented for
recording in which is set forth matters purporting to be a copy or
reproduction of a master form and such matters are preceded by the
words, "do not record or not to be recorded", and such matters are
plainly separated from such instrument in such manner that such
matter will not appear upon a photographic reproduction of any page
containing any part of the instrument, such matter shall not be
recorded by the county clerk when the instrument is recorded. The
county clerk shall record only the instrument apart from such matter
and shall not be liable for doing such.
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