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66 OK Stat § 66-334 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 66. Railroads|§66-334. Effective dates and entry of other states.

|ENACTMENT AND EFFECTIVE DATE |This compact shall be open for membership for this state as a party with any other state or states legally joining therein. It shall become effective immediately after the passage of an act by any party states incorporating the provisions of this compact into the laws of such states. The compact shall become effective with respect to any eligible state when such state has enacted the compact into law. Withdrawal from this compact shall be by enactment of a statute repealing the same and shall take effect one (1) year after the effective date of such statute.Added by Laws 1999, c. 70, § 9, emerg. eff. April 7, 1999.
67 OK Stat § 67-1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-1. Petition to restore record by certified copy.

|Whenever the record of any judgment or decree, or other proceeding, of any court of this state, or any part of the record of any judicial proceeding or any other public records, shall have been lost or destroyed, any person interested therein may, on application by petition in writing, under oath, to the proper court of the county wherein the records were kept, on showing, to the satisfaction of such court, that the same has been lost or destroyed without fault or neglect of the person making such application, obtain on order from such court, authorizing such defect to be supplied by a duly certified copy of such original record, where the same can be obtained; which certified copy shall, thereafter, have the same effect as such original record would have had, in all respects. |R.L. 1910, § 7267.
67 OK Stat § 67-2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-2. What necessary when certified copies cannot be had.

|Whenever the loss or destruction of any such record or part thereof shall have happened, and such defect cannot be supplied, as provided in the next preceding section, any person interested therein may make a written application to the proper court of the county wherein the records were kept, verified by affidavit, showing the loss or destruction thereof; that certified copies thereof cannot be obtained by the person making such application; the substance of the record so lost or destroyed; that such loss or destruction occurred without the fault or neglect of the person making such application, and that the loss or destruction of such record, unless supplied, will or may result in damage to the person making such application; and thereupon said court shall cause said application to be entered of record in said court, and due notice of said application shall be given that said application will be heard by said court. And if, upon such hearing, said court shall be satisfied that the statements contained in said written application are true, said court shall make an order, reciting the substance and effect of said lost or destroyed record; which order shall be entered of record in said court, and have the same effect which said original record would have had if the same had not been lost or destroyed, so far as concerns the person making such application, and the persons who shall have been notified, as provided in this section. The record, in all cases where the proceeding was in rem, and no personal service was had, may be supplied upon like notice, as nearly as may be, as in the original proceeding. The court in which the application is pending may, in all cases in which publication is required, direct, by order, to be entered of record, the form of the notice, and designate the newspaper in which the same shall be published. |R.L. 1910, § 7268.
67 OK Stat § 67-3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-3. Restoration of lost probate records.

|In case of the destruction by fire or otherwise of the records, or any part thereof, of any district court, the judge of such court may proceed upon his own motion, or upon application in writing of any party in interest, to restore the records, papers and proceedings of his court relating to the estate of deceased persons, including recorded wills and wills probated or filed for probate in said court; and for the purpose of restoring said records, wills, papers or proceedings, or any part thereof, may cause citations to be issued to any and all parties to be designated by him, and may compel the attendance in court of any witnesses whose testimony may be necessary to the establishment of any such record or part thereof, and the production of any and all written or documentary evidence which may be by him deemed necessary in determining the true import and effect of the original record, will, paper or other document belonging to the files of said court; and may make such orders and decrees establishing said original record, will, paper, document or proceeding, or the substance thereof, as to him shall seem just and proper; and such judge may make all such rules and regulations governing the said proceedings for the restoration of the record, will, paper, document or proceeding pertaining to said court, as in his judgment will best secure the rights and protect the interests of all parties concerned. |R.L. 1910, § 7269.
67 OK Stat § 67-4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-4. Restoration from Supreme Court files.

|In all causes which have been removed to the Supreme Court the record whereof in the lower court shall have been lost or destroyed, a duly certified copy of the record of such cause remaining in the said Supreme Court may be filed in the court from which said cause was removed, on motion of any person interested therein; and the copy so filed shall have the same effect as the original record would have had if the same had not been lost or destroyed. |R.L. 1910, § 7270.
67 OK Stat § 67-11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-11. County records destroyed replaced by other records.

|Whenever it shall appear that the records, or any material part thereof, of any county in this state have been destroyed by fire or otherwise, any map, plat, deed, conveyance, contract, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument in writing affecting real estate in such county, which has been heretofore recorded, or certified copies thereof, may be recorded in the place of such county records; and in recording the same the register of deeds shall record the certificate of the previous record, and the date of filing for record appearing in said original certificate so recorded shall be deemed and taken as the date of the record thereof. And copies of any such record, so authorized to be made under this section, duly certified by the register of deeds of any such county, under his seal of office, shall be received in evidence, and have the same force and effect as certified copies of the original record. |R.L. 1910, § 7271.
67 OK Stat § 67-12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-12. County clerk authorized to rerecord without expense.

|The county clerk of any county, as ex officio register of deeds, is hereby authorized and directed to receive for record and to record any deed, mortgage or other instrument entitled to record; provided, that said rerecording of any such instrument shall be made by said county clerk without expense to the person furnishing and submitting said instrument for rerecording. |Added by Laws 1915, S.J.R. No. 37, § 1.
67 OK Stat § 67-13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-13. Recording of certified copies of records of another county.

|In any county of this state where the records have been burned or destroyed, as specified in the last section, and any map, plat, deed, conveyance, contract, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument in writing affecting real estate in such county, has been recorded in any other county of this state, certified copies of the same, may be recorded in such county, where the records have been so burned or destroyed, and in recording the same the register of deeds shall record all certificates attached thereto: and if any of such certificates show the previous recording of the same in the county where the records have been burned or destroyed, the date of filing for record in such county appearing in said certificate so recorded shall be deemed and taken as the date of the record thereof. And copies of any such record, so authorized to be made under this section, duly certified by the register of deeds of any such county, under his seal of office, shall be received in evidence, and have the same force and effect as certified copies of the original record. |R.L. 1910, § 7272.
67 OK Stat § 67-14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-14. County record supplied by court records.

|Whenever in any court of record in this state, or any other state, or in any court of the United States, there are original or certified copies of any deed, conveyance, contract, mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument in writing affecting real estate in any county where the records have been so burned or destroyed, copies thereof, certified by the clerk of such court, under his seal of office, may be made and recorded in such county, and in recording the same the register of deeds shall record all the certificates attached thereto; and if any of such certificates show the previous recording of the same in the county where the records have been so burned or destroyed, the date of filing for record in such county appearing in said certificate so recorded shall be deemed and taken as the date of the record thereof. Copies of any such record, so authorized to be made under this section, duly certified by the register of deeds of any such county, under his seal of office, shall be received in evidence, and have the same force and effect as certified copies of the original record. |R.L. 1910, § 7273.
67 OK Stat § 67-15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-15. Restoration of plat or map.

|Whenever the public record of any plat or map, which is required by law to be kept by the register of deeds, has been lost, injured or destroyed by fire or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the county in which such injury, loss or destruction has occurred, forthwith to file in the district court an information setting forth substantially the fact of such injury, loss or destruction, with the circumstances attending the same, as near as may be; and thereupon the clerk of such court shall cause such information to be published in full in one or more newspapers published in such county, for the period of four (4) weeks, together with a notice, addressed to "All whom it may concern," that the court will, at a term therein designated, to be held not less than four (4) weeks from the first publication of such information and notice, proceed to hear and determine the matters in said information set forth, and will take testimony for the purpose of reproducing and reestablishing such records of maps and plats as the court shall find to be injured, lost or destroyed. |R.L. 1910, § 7274.
67 OK Stat § 67-16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-16. Hearing - Filing and recording.

|Upon such publication being made, all persons interested shall be deemed defendants, and may appear in person or by counsel, and be heard touching such proceedings. If the court shall be satisfied that any public record of maps and plats has been injured, lost or destroyed, an order to that effect shall be entered of record, and thereupon the court shall proceed to take testimony for the purpose or reproducing and reestablishing the record so injured, lost or destroyed. The proceedings may be continued from time to time, whether in term or not, and orders and decrees shall be made as to each map or plat separately. The clerk shall cause all maps and plats adjudged by the court to be correct copies of the records injured, lost or destroyed, as often and as soon as they are so adjudged, to be filed in the office of the register of deeds, with a certified copy of the order or judgment of the court in the premises attached thereto, and recorded in a book to be provided for that purpose. And the said record shall be deemed and taken in all courts and places as a public record, and as a true and correct reproduction of the original record so injured, lost or destroyed. |R.L. 1910, § 7275.
67 OK Stat § 67-17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-17. Costs to be taxed against county.

|All costs and expenses incurred in the proceeding under the last preceding section, including copies of maps and plats and recording the same, shall be taxed as costs against the county in which such proceedings are had. |R.L. 1910, § 7276.
67 OK Stat § 67-18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-18. Duty of county commissioners in restoring records.

|Whenever it shall appear that the records or any material part thereof, of any county in this state, have been lost or destroyed by fire or otherwise so that a connected chain of title cannot be deduced therefrom, and are of record in any other county, or in any office maintained by the state or by the United States for recording and filing instruments, pertaining to or in any wise affecting the title, boundary or description of property situated within such county, then it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county, immediately to employ some responsible and experienced firm or person to transcribe or copy any part of the records, deeds, patents, certificates, maps, plats, field notes or files, from the records or files of such other county, or of any office maintained by the state or by the United States for recording and filing instruments pertaining to or in any wise affecting the title, boundary or description of property situated within the bounds of that county; and such copies or transcripts, when duly certified to by the persons employed, or officer in charge of such records shall become a part of the records in the register of deeds office of such county; and the record so made shall have the same force and effect as the record of the originals of such instruments, and the board of county commissioners shall approve, accept, and pay for the same as they are completed and delivered. The person or firm employed to do such copying or transcribing shall give the county a bond similar to bonds given by abstractors, in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). |R.L. 1910, § 7277.
67 OK Stat § 67-19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-19. Procuring documents or copies.

|It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of such county, to procure from the United States authorities and the state or county authorities, or elsewhere, all such maps, tracts, and books, or official or properly authenticated copies thereof as relate to any of the lands in such county, and cause the same to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of such county, at a fee not exceeding the actual cost of clerical work necessary for properly recording same. |R.L. 1910, § 7278.
67 OK Stat § 67-20 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-20. Restoration of records by means of abstracts.

|It shall be the duty of the judge of the county court, or the judge of the district court of any county in this state, in which any public records have been lost or destroyed to examine into the state of the records in such county, and in case he finds any abstracts, copies, minutes or extracts from said records existing after such destruction as aforesaid, and finds that said abstracts, copies, minutes or extracts were fairly made before the destruction of the records by any person, in the ordinary course of business, and that they contain a material and substantial part of said records, and, that such abstracts, copies, minutes and extracts tend to show a connected chain of title to the land in said county, the said judge shall certify the facts found by him in respect to such abstracts, copies, minutes and extracts, and said judge, shall cause all evidence produced as to said abstract books to be reduced to writing, and shall cause all such evidence to be spread of record, as a part of the order of said court. |R.L. 1910, § 7279.
67 OK Stat § 67-21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-21. Abstract records may be purchased.

|Upon filing of a certificate of such county or district judge with the clerk of the county, the county commissioners may, with the approval of the judge of the county or district court, of the county purchase from the owners thereof such abstracts, copies, minutes or extracts, or such part thereof as may tend to show a connected chain of title to the land in such county, including all such judgments and decrees as form a part of any such chain of title, paying therefor such fair and reasonable price as may be agreed upon between them and such owners; the amount thus agreed to be paid for such abstracts, copies, minutes or extracts shall be paid by such county in money or in bonds, to be issued by said county as the county commissioners may determine, or such county commissioners may, with said approval, procure a copy of said abstracts, copies, minutes and extracts, instead of the original, to be paid for in like manner. |R.L. 1910, § 7280.
67 OK Stat § 67-22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-22. Abstractor may petition.

|Any owner of said abstracts, copies or minutes shall have the right to file a petition at any regular term of the county or district court of the county, in which petition he shall set forth the manner in which such abstracts, copies or minutes were made or procured, and if the court shall find from the evidence produced (which evidence shall be preserved as hereinbefore provided) that said abstracts, copies, or minutes were fairly made in the regular course of business before such destruction of the records, the court shall enter his decree to that effect, and the evidence produced on the trial of said cause shall be entered of record at large as a part of the decree of the court. And thereupon said abstracts, copies or minutes of said burnt records shall be taken as prima facie evidence of all such matters as they contain (but no such abstract, copies, minutes or extracts shall be taken or held to be prima facie evidence of what they contain that does not purport to recite all deeds and mortgages previously executed and recorded, and describing the several tracts of land and town lots to which said abstracts, copies, minutes or extracts refer from the date of entry): Provided, that all abstracts to separate tracts of lands made by the owner of said abstracts shall also be taken as prima facie evidence of what they contain when they shall be accompanied with an affidavit signed and sworn to by the owner of said abstracts, copies, minutes or extracts, showing that said separate abstracts contain a full, true and perfect copy of all transfers on the tracts set forth in said separate abstracts as appears upon said abstracts, copies, minutes or extracts, as established by the county or district court of the county, and that said separate abstracts contain all deeds, mortgages and other liens on said separate tracts, as shown by said abstracts, copies, minutes or extracts established as aforesaid. |R.L. 1910, § 7281.
67 OK Stat § 67-23 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-23. Effect of record of abstracts.

|Said abstracts, copies, minutes and extracts, or said copies thereof, if so bought as aforesaid, shall thereupon be placed in the office of the register of deeds of such county, to be copied, and arranged in such form as the county commissioners shall deem best for the public interest, and in case the originals have been lost or destroyed, or are not in the power of the party asking to use the same on any trial or other proceeding, copies of the same or any part thereof, duly certified by the register of deeds of such county, shall be admissible as evidence in all the courts in this state. |R.L. 1910, § 7282.
67 OK Stat § 67-24 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-24. County clerk to furnish copies - Compensation.

|It shall be the duty of the register of deeds of such county to furnish to any parties requesting it (upon being paid the charges herein provided for) certified copies of the same, or parts thereof; and for the purpose of repaying the cost of the same to the county, the county commissioners may fix a compensation, to be paid to the county, in addition to the fees allowed by law to the register of deeds for transcribing the same. |R.L. 1910, § 7283.
67 OK Stat § 67-25 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-25. Prima facie evidence.

|In all causes in which any abstracts, copies, minutes and extracts, or copies thereof, shall be received in evidence under any of the provisions of this article, all deeds or other instruments of writing appearing thereby to have been executed by any person, shall be presumed to have been executed and acknowledged according to law; and all sales under powers, and all judgments, decrees and legal proceedings, and all sales thereunder shall be presumed to be regular and correct, except as against the persons in this section before mentioned, and any person alleging any defect or irregularity in any such conveyance, acknowledgment, sale, judgment, decree or legal proceeding shall be held bound to prove the same, and any deed proved under the provisions of this article, purporting to be based upon the execution of any power or upon a judgment or decree shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of such power, judgment or decree: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall impair the effect of said destroyed record or notice. |R.L. 1910, § 7284.
67 OK Stat § 67-41 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-41. Power of courts after destruction of records.

|In case of such destruction of records, as aforesaid, any and all courts in such county having jurisdiction shall have power to inquire into the condition of any title to or interest in any land in such county, and to make all such orders, judgments and decrees as may be necessary to determine and establish said title or interest legal or equitable, against all persons known or unknown, and all liens existing on such land, whether by statute, judgment, mortgage, deed of trust or otherwise. |R.L. 1910, § 7285.