Okla. Stat. tit. 28, § 28-32
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County clerk - Fees
Official statutory text
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law county clerks
shall charge and collect the following flat fees to be uniform
throughout the state regardless of the recording method used, and
the county clerks shall not be required to itemize or charge these
fees pursuant to any other schedule, except as specifically provided
by law:
1. For recording the first page of deeds,
mortgages and any other instruments not
subject to the fee imposed by Section 1-9-525
2. For recording each additional page of same
3. For furnishing hard copies of microfilmed
4. For furnishing photographic copies of
photographic records, or of typewritten script
8. For recording an assignment of Tax Sale
9. For recording of any mark or brand and giving
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10. For recording each certificate for estrays
and forwarding description of same, as
11. a. For recording and filing of mechanics'
or materialmen's liens which includes
b. For preparing and mailing notice of
plus the actual cost of postage
12. For recording and filing of fictitious name
To this fee shall be added the fees required
by Sections 81 through 84.1 of Title 54 of
the Oklahoma Statutes.
13. For recording the first page of deeds,
mortgages, and any other instruments which
are nonconforming pursuant to subsection C of
Section 298 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma
14. For recording each additional page of an
instrument which is nonconforming pursuant to
subsection C of Section 298 of Title 19 of
B. The fees prescribed in paragraph 4 of subsection A of this
section shall be deposited into the County Clerk's Lien Fee Account,
created pursuant to Section 265 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
C. For the purpose of preserving, maintaining, and archiving
recorded instruments including, but not limited to, records
management, records preservation, automation, modernization, and
related lawful expenditures, in addition to all other fees required
by law, the county clerk shall collect Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each
instrument recorded with the Registrar of Deeds.
D. There is hereby created a fund to be known as the "County
Clerk's Records Management and Preservation Fund". The fund shall
be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and
shall consist of the fees and monies accruing to the fund, as
prescribed in subsection C of this section with all monies accruing
to the fund to be expended by the clerk and not transferred to any
other fund. The intent of this section is to increase the net
funding level available to the county clerk to maintain and preserve
public records.
E. The fees and costs prescribed in this section shall not
apply to child support enforcement offices operated by or on behalf
of the Department of Human Services' Child Support Enforcement
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Division. County clerks shall not charge any fees or costs to such
offices, the Division, or the Department.
R.L. 1910, § 3204. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 247, § 1, emerg. eff.
April 29, 1947; Laws 1949, p. 219, § 1, emerg. eff. April 21, 1949;
shall charge and collect the following flat fees to be uniform
throughout the state regardless of the recording method used, and
the county clerks shall not be required to itemize or charge these
fees pursuant to any other schedule, except as specifically provided
by law:
1. For recording the first page of deeds,
mortgages and any other instruments not
subject to the fee imposed by Section 1-9-525
2. For recording each additional page of same
3. For furnishing hard copies of microfilmed
4. For furnishing photographic copies of
photographic records, or of typewritten script
8. For recording an assignment of Tax Sale
9. For recording of any mark or brand and giving
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 28. Fees Page 7
10. For recording each certificate for estrays
and forwarding description of same, as
11. a. For recording and filing of mechanics'
or materialmen's liens which includes
b. For preparing and mailing notice of
plus the actual cost of postage
12. For recording and filing of fictitious name
To this fee shall be added the fees required
by Sections 81 through 84.1 of Title 54 of
the Oklahoma Statutes.
13. For recording the first page of deeds,
mortgages, and any other instruments which
are nonconforming pursuant to subsection C of
Section 298 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma
14. For recording each additional page of an
instrument which is nonconforming pursuant to
subsection C of Section 298 of Title 19 of
B. The fees prescribed in paragraph 4 of subsection A of this
section shall be deposited into the County Clerk's Lien Fee Account,
created pursuant to Section 265 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
C. For the purpose of preserving, maintaining, and archiving
recorded instruments including, but not limited to, records
management, records preservation, automation, modernization, and
related lawful expenditures, in addition to all other fees required
by law, the county clerk shall collect Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each
instrument recorded with the Registrar of Deeds.
D. There is hereby created a fund to be known as the "County
Clerk's Records Management and Preservation Fund". The fund shall
be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and
shall consist of the fees and monies accruing to the fund, as
prescribed in subsection C of this section with all monies accruing
to the fund to be expended by the clerk and not transferred to any
other fund. The intent of this section is to increase the net
funding level available to the county clerk to maintain and preserve
public records.
E. The fees and costs prescribed in this section shall not
apply to child support enforcement offices operated by or on behalf
of the Department of Human Services' Child Support Enforcement
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 28. Fees Page 8
Division. County clerks shall not charge any fees or costs to such
offices, the Division, or the Department.
R.L. 1910, § 3204. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 247, § 1, emerg. eff.
April 29, 1947; Laws 1949, p. 219, § 1, emerg. eff. April 21, 1949;
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