Okla. Stat. tit. 67, § 67-93
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Procedure in making photographic record - Place of doing
Official statutory text
work - Liability for instruments.
When said work is done by contract, each instrument sought to be
recorded shall be first filed with the officer having charge of the
records of the office in which such instrument is sought to be
recorded, and by him entered in a receiving book, kept for that
purpose, and with reasonable dispatch thereafter delivered to such
person, firm or corporation designated in said contract, for the
purpose of recording, who shall with equal dispatch, make one
photographic copy thereof as a part of the official records of such
county, and immediately thereafter, deliver the original of such
instrument together with said photographic copy to the office in
which the same was received, and shall make, preserve and maintain
an additional photographic copy of said record in some suitable and
safe place, so that in the event of destruction or mutilation of the
official record, the same can be replaced or substituted from the
additional copy so preserved and maintained; provided, further, that
no record shall be removed from the county for the purpose of
photographing and when the work is done by contract, if not done at
the courthouse, the place of doing said work shall be definitely
fixed and described in said contract with reasonable accuracy and
certainty; provided, further, that the board of county commissioners
shall have the right and privilege to fix the size of the sheet upon
which such instrument is being photographed for record at the time
of making said contract; provided, further, that when any instrument
is delivered to the contractor for recording, the official bond of
such contractor shall be liable for the prompt and safe return of
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such instrument to the office in which it belongs and during such
interval of time between delivery to the contractor and return to
the proper officer, such officer having the permanent custody and
control of said record shall not be liable on his official bond for
the preservation of such instrument; provided, further, that the
contractor shall give his receipt for every instrument at time of
receiving same and may require the officer to give receipt upon
return of such instrument.
When said work is done by contract, each instrument sought to be
recorded shall be first filed with the officer having charge of the
records of the office in which such instrument is sought to be
recorded, and by him entered in a receiving book, kept for that
purpose, and with reasonable dispatch thereafter delivered to such
person, firm or corporation designated in said contract, for the
purpose of recording, who shall with equal dispatch, make one
photographic copy thereof as a part of the official records of such
county, and immediately thereafter, deliver the original of such
instrument together with said photographic copy to the office in
which the same was received, and shall make, preserve and maintain
an additional photographic copy of said record in some suitable and
safe place, so that in the event of destruction or mutilation of the
official record, the same can be replaced or substituted from the
additional copy so preserved and maintained; provided, further, that
no record shall be removed from the county for the purpose of
photographing and when the work is done by contract, if not done at
the courthouse, the place of doing said work shall be definitely
fixed and described in said contract with reasonable accuracy and
certainty; provided, further, that the board of county commissioners
shall have the right and privilege to fix the size of the sheet upon
which such instrument is being photographed for record at the time
of making said contract; provided, further, that when any instrument
is delivered to the contractor for recording, the official bond of
such contractor shall be liable for the prompt and safe return of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 67. Records Page 17
such instrument to the office in which it belongs and during such
interval of time between delivery to the contractor and return to
the proper officer, such officer having the permanent custody and
control of said record shall not be liable on his official bond for
the preservation of such instrument; provided, further, that the
contractor shall give his receipt for every instrument at time of
receiving same and may require the officer to give receipt upon
return of such instrument.
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