Okla. Stat. tit. 46, § 46-10

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Separate instrument recorded

Official statutory text

Every instrument explanatory of any deed or other writing

purporting to be a conveyance but intended to be defeasible or as

security for the payment of money, shall be deemed a part thereof,

and must be filed and recorded therewith; and unless such

instruments are so filed and recorded together, they and each of

them shall have no other effect than an unrecorded mortgage, and the

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recording of the principal instrument shall secure no rights to the

holder thereof.

R.L. 1910, § 1157.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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