Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-215
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Agreement respecting rights acquired under community
Official statutory text
property law - Recording - Limitation barring action to recover
interest.
Within one (1) year from the effective date of this act, any
husband and wife whose property or income was subject to the terms
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 136
of the act repealed by the foregoing section, may enter into a
recordable agreement, specifying the rights acquired by either or
each of them under the terms of said act, altering those rights if
they so desire, and describing the property affected, and may record
the agreement in the office of the county clerk of their residence
and in the office of the county clerk of each county where any of
the affected property may be located. Should any husband and wife
be unable to reach such an agreement, either may file an action in
the district court of the county of the residence of either of them
for a determination of the rights as acquired under the repealed
act, and a certified copy of the judgment may thereupon be recorded
in each county in which any of the affected property is located. The
failure to make and record such an agreement, or to file such an
action within one (1) year and record the judgment in due course
thereafter, and in any event within three (3) years from the
effective date of this act, shall bar the husband or wife whose
title or interest does not appear of record, or who is not
separately in possession of the property, from any claim or interest
in the property as against third persons acquiring any interest
therein. After three (3) years from the effective date of this act,
no action or proceeding of any character shall be brought to
establish or recover an interest in property based upon the terms of
the act repealed, unless the interest has previously been
established of record, as hereinabove provided.
interest.
Within one (1) year from the effective date of this act, any
husband and wife whose property or income was subject to the terms
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 136
of the act repealed by the foregoing section, may enter into a
recordable agreement, specifying the rights acquired by either or
each of them under the terms of said act, altering those rights if
they so desire, and describing the property affected, and may record
the agreement in the office of the county clerk of their residence
and in the office of the county clerk of each county where any of
the affected property may be located. Should any husband and wife
be unable to reach such an agreement, either may file an action in
the district court of the county of the residence of either of them
for a determination of the rights as acquired under the repealed
act, and a certified copy of the judgment may thereupon be recorded
in each county in which any of the affected property is located. The
failure to make and record such an agreement, or to file such an
action within one (1) year and record the judgment in due course
thereafter, and in any event within three (3) years from the
effective date of this act, shall bar the husband or wife whose
title or interest does not appear of record, or who is not
separately in possession of the property, from any claim or interest
in the property as against third persons acquiring any interest
therein. After three (3) years from the effective date of this act,
no action or proceeding of any character shall be brought to
establish or recover an interest in property based upon the terms of
the act repealed, unless the interest has previously been
established of record, as hereinabove provided.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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