Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-863.10
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Transfer or sale of lands
Official statutory text
Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land
within the area, transfers, or sells or agrees to sell, or
negotiates to sell any land by reference to or exhibition thereof,
or by other use of a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been
approved by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission or the
Commission's staff as provided in the regulations adopted pursuant
to Section 863.9 of this title and filed of record in the office of
the county clerk, or whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner
of any parcel of ground, transfers, or sells or agrees to sell, or
negotiates to sell any tract of land of five (5) acres or less, or
which transfer or sale will result in a remainder tract of land of
five (5) acres or less, where such tract or remainder tract was not
shown of record in the office of the county clerk as separately
owned at the effective date of the regulations hereinafter provided
for and not located within a subdivision approved according to law
and filed of record in the office of the county clerk, or if so
located, not comprising at least one (1) entire lot as recorded,
without first obtaining the written approval of the Commission or
the Commission's staff as provided in the regulations adopted
pursuant to Section 863.9 of this title, by the endorsement on the
instrument of transfer, shall be subject to the penalties by this
act provided; and such transaction shall be unlawful and the deed or
other instrument of transfer shall not be valid; and if recorded,
shall not import notice; and the description of such lot or parcel
by metes and bounds, in the instrument of transfer or other document
used in the process of selling or transferring, shall not exempt the
transaction or the parties from such penalties or from the remedies
in this act provided.
In the consideration of such transfers, referred to as "lot-
splits", the Commission shall apply the same regulations as are
applied to subdivisions in order to accomplish the purposes of
planning as herein provided.
within the area, transfers, or sells or agrees to sell, or
negotiates to sell any land by reference to or exhibition thereof,
or by other use of a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been
approved by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission or the
Commission's staff as provided in the regulations adopted pursuant
to Section 863.9 of this title and filed of record in the office of
the county clerk, or whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner
of any parcel of ground, transfers, or sells or agrees to sell, or
negotiates to sell any tract of land of five (5) acres or less, or
which transfer or sale will result in a remainder tract of land of
five (5) acres or less, where such tract or remainder tract was not
shown of record in the office of the county clerk as separately
owned at the effective date of the regulations hereinafter provided
for and not located within a subdivision approved according to law
and filed of record in the office of the county clerk, or if so
located, not comprising at least one (1) entire lot as recorded,
without first obtaining the written approval of the Commission or
the Commission's staff as provided in the regulations adopted
pursuant to Section 863.9 of this title, by the endorsement on the
instrument of transfer, shall be subject to the penalties by this
act provided; and such transaction shall be unlawful and the deed or
other instrument of transfer shall not be valid; and if recorded,
shall not import notice; and the description of such lot or parcel
by metes and bounds, in the instrument of transfer or other document
used in the process of selling or transferring, shall not exempt the
transaction or the parties from such penalties or from the remedies
in this act provided.
In the consideration of such transfers, referred to as "lot-
splits", the Commission shall apply the same regulations as are
applied to subdivisions in order to accomplish the purposes of
planning as herein provided.
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