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67 OK Stat § 67-42 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-42. Owner of lands may petition for confirmation of title.

|It shall be lawful for any person claiming title to any lands in such county at the time of the destruction of such records, and for all claiming under any such person, to file a petition in the district court in such county, praying for a decree establishing and confirming his said title. Any number of parcels of land may be included in one petition, or separate petitions may be filed, as the petitioner may elect. Said petition shall state clearly the description of said lands, the character and extent of the estate claimed by the petitioner, and from whom, and when, and by what mode he derived his title thereto. It shall give the names of all persons owning or claiming any estate in fee in said lands, or any part thereof, and also all persons in possession of said lands, or any part thereof, and also all persons to whom any such lands shall have been conveyed, and the deeds of such conveyances recorded in the office of the register of deeds of such county, since the time of the destruction of such records as aforesaid, and prior to the time of filing of such petition, and their residences, so far as the same are known to said petitioner; and if no such persons are known to said petitioner, it shall be so stated in said petition. All persons so named in said petition shall be made defendants, and shall be notified of said suit by summons, if residents of this state, in the same manner as required in civil proceedings by the laws of this state: Provided, that the notice specified in Sections 7287 and 7288 shall be the only publication notice required, either in case of residents, nonresidents or otherwise; all other persons shall be deemed and taken as defendants, by the name or designation of "All whom it may concern". Said petition shall be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner, or by the agent of said petitioner; and any party so swearing falsely shall be deemed guilty of perjury and punished accordingly and shall be liable in damages to any person injured by such false statement, to be recovered in an action on the case in any court having jurisdiction thereof. |R.L. 1910, § 7286.
67 OK Stat § 67-43 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-43. Record and notice.

|It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court in which said petition is filed, to enter, in a separate book to be kept for the purpose, the names of the petitioners and defendants, the date of filing said petition, and a description of all the lands included therein, which record shall be at all times open to the public. All lands in each separate town, addition, section or subdivision shall be entered on the same page or consecutive pages, with an index to said book showing on what page any such separate town, addition, section or subdivision may be found. Said clerk shall also, in all cases, cause publication of notice to be made of the filing of said petition, which notice shall be entitled "Land Title Notice", and shall be substantially as follows: |A. B. C. D. etc. (here giving the names of all known defendants, if any), and to all whom it may concern:Take notice ______ that on the ____ day of _____, A. D., 19___, a petition was filed by the undersigned in the _______ court of ______ county, to establish his title to the following described lands (here insert a full description of the lands in said petition). Now, unless you appear at the _____ term of said court (naming the first term after thirty days from the first insertion of said notice), and show cause against such application: said petition shall be taken for confessed, and the title or interest of said petitioner will be decreed and established according to the prayer of said petition, and you forever barred from disputing the same.______________,Petitioner.R.L. 1910, § 7287.
67 OK Stat § 67-44 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-44. Publication of notice.

|Said notice shall be published once a week for four (4) weeks successively, the first insertion to be at least thirty (30) days prior to said term of court, and the several publications shall all be in the same newspaper in said county or if there is no newspaper published in said county, then in a newspaper published in one of the counties nearest thereto. The clerk of court wherein the petition was filed, shall advertise for bids for publishing said notices (said advertisement to be inserted one (1) week in at least two of the principal newspapers in such county or the adjoining counties, to be selected by the judge of the district court in said county), and the publishing of said notices shall thereupon be awarded by said judge to the newspaper making the lowest bid therefor; or if there are two or more making the same bid, then said judge shall determine to which of them said publishing shall be awarded, said award to be by order of said court entered of record therein; and a copy of such order, certified by the clerk of said court under the said seal thereof, shall be transmitted to and entered of record in any other court in such county having jurisdiction before which proceedings under this section may be had. All publications provided for in this section shall be made in the newspaper so designated. Said newspaper shall not be changed unless the judge of said court shall, for good cause, in his discretion, decide to change the same; in which case another paper shall be selected in like manner, and the order naming or changing said paper shall be entered of record, as aforesaid. |R.L. 1910, § 7288.
67 OK Stat § 67-45 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-45. Opposition to petition.

|Any person interested may oppose any such petition, and file his demurrer or answer thereto on or before the third day of the term of court named in said publication notice, unless the time be extended by order of court, and may also file a cross petition if he or she desires to do so. Said answer shall admit, confess and avoid, or deny all the material allegations of the petition, and shall, except when made by guardian ad litem, be verified by the affidavit either of the respondent or his agent, in the same manner as above required in cases of the petition. Said answer shall have no other or greater weight as evidence than the petition. |R.L. 1910, § 7289.
67 OK Stat § 67-46 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-46. Proceedings on hearing.

|If no demurrer or other pleading or answer shall, be filed by the third day of said term, or by the day allowed by the order of said court, as above provided, the petition may be taken as confessed, and a decree entered according to the prayer of said petition, upon proof of the facts stated in said petition, but if any person shall file an answer, as aforesaid, to such petition, the court may hear evidence, or order a reference to a referee or special commissioner to take evidence and report, when the same proceedings shall be had as on a reference to a referee or special commissioner under and according to the practice in the courts of this state. If the petition included more than one parcel of land, and no demurrer or answer shall be filed as to some of said parcels the court may enter a decree pro confesso as to those parcels as to which no demurrer or answer shall be filed, and hear evidence, or order a reference as to the remaining parcels. |R.L. 1910, § 7290.
67 OK Stat § 67-47 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-47. Court to determine title - Liens not affected.

|It shall be competent for said courts in all such decrees, whether pro confesso or on the report of any referee or special commissioner, or otherwise, to determine and decree in whom the title in any or all of the lands described in said petition is vested, whether in the petitioner or in any other of the parties before the court; but said decree shall not in any wise affect any lien or liens to which said fee may be subject, and which have been created since the destruction of such records, whether the same be by mortgage, deed of trust, judgment, statute, mechanics' lien or otherwise, but shall leave all such liens to be ascertained or established in some other proceeding, or to be enforced as the parties holding them may see fit. |R.L. 1910, § 7291.
67 OK Stat § 67-48 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-48. Decree conclusive - Except when.

|Said decree of court, when entered, shall be binding and conclusive: Provided, that any decree shall be subject to be opened, modified, vacated or set aside on appeal sued within two (2) years after the entry of such decree: Provided, further, that insane persons and minors shall have two (2) years after their disabilities are removed to prosecute a writ of error upon said decree: And provided, further, that any decree entered upon any petition or cross petition, which does not make defendant, by name, all persons who shall be in possession of such lands or part thereof, at the time of the filing of such petition, or which does not make defendant, by name, all persons to whom any such lands shall have been conveyed, and whose deeds of conveyance shall have been recorded in the office of the register of deeds of such county since the time of the destruction of the records, as aforesaid, and prior to the time of the filing of any such petition, shall be absolutely void as to such person omitted, but shall be final and conclusive as to all others: And provided, further, that all defendants who shall not be actually served with a summons in the suit in which such decree may be rendered, shall have allowed to them one (1) year after the entry of such decree within which, upon petition to the court rendering the same, to have the said decree vacated and set aside. |R.L. 1910, § 7292.
67 OK Stat § 67-61 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-61. Copy of record may be recorded.

|In all cases when any original deed and the record thereof have been lost or destroyed, it shall be lawful for any person having a duly certified copy of said record to cause the same to be recorded, which record shall have the same force and effect as now belong to the record of original deeds. |R.L. 1910, § 7293.
67 OK Stat § 67-62 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-62. Legal representative may act hereunder.

|Executors, administrators, guardians and trustees shall be entitled to proceed under this article, in behalf of the interest and rights they represent. |R.L. 1910, § 7294.
67 OK Stat § 67-63 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-63. Special commissioners - Fees.

|The judges of courts having jurisdiction in such county shall have power to appoint as many special commissioners from time to time as they may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this article, to take evidence and report all such petitions as may be referred to them. The fees of all referees, commissioners, clerks, sheriffs, and all officers and employees, for services under this article, shall not, in any case, exceed two-thirds (2/3) of the fees provided by law for similar services. |R.L. 1910, § 7295.
67 OK Stat § 67-81 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-81. Copies of old records for new counties.

|The board of county commissioners of any county, created in whole or in part out of any county or counties, of the Territory of Oklahoma, or to which territory taken from any other county may have been attached, is hereby authorized and empowered to demand and secure the original taxrolls, or a duly authenticated copy of the same as herein provided of all of the property situated in all new counties formerly a part of the old counties, and to copy or transcribe, or to make contracts to procure copies or transcripts in substantial record books such as are required for said instruments, the same to be furnished by said counties so transcribing or copying the same at a rate not to exceed five cents ($0.05) per folio, of the records and government field notes of any county so divided, or from which territory may have been taken necessary to complete the records, so that the said counties may have a complete record of any such county or territory so affected. The party making such transcript or copy of records and files, shall verify and certify under oath to the accuracy of any such copy, copies or transcripts, and such copy, copies or transcripts, so verified shall, after approval by the board of county commissioners of said new county be treated for all purposes as the original records of such county. One certificate attached to each separate volume of such records or any portion thereof, identifying the same by proper recitals, to be made under the direction of the board of county commissioners, shall be deemed for all purposes a sufficient authentication of such record. |R.L. 1910, § 7299.
67 OK Stat § 67-82 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-82. Custodians of records to facilitate copying.

|It is hereby made the duty of any officer or person having possession, custody or control of any record, book, paper, taxroll, assessment or any other files or matter of record, or any portion of same so required to be copied or transcribed, to produce and exhibit all records, books, papers, taxrolls, assessments, and any other files or matters of record in his possession, custody, or control, and to permit and facilitate the copying or transcribing of any such record, book, paper, taxroll, assessment and other file or matter of record, or other evidence of any record or any portion thereof, when requested by the board of county commissioners or anyone authorized by them to make such copies or transcripts. |R.L. 1910, § 7300.
67 OK Stat § 67-83 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-83. Obstructing copying a felony.

|If any officer or person having possession, custody or control of any record, book, paper taxroll, assessment, or any other file or matter of record, authorized herein to be copied or transcribed, shall fail, refuse, or neglect, or in any manner hinder or delay, after demand shall have been made to permit such transcribing or copying, or who shall destroy, mutilate, conceal or remove any such record, book, paper, taxroll, assessment, or any other file or matter of record, or other evidence so required to be copied or transcribed, or who shall cause or permit to be removed from its customary place any such record, book, paper, taxroll, assessment, or any other file or matter of record, or who shall refuse upon request to divulge the location of any such record, book, paper, taxroll, assessment, or any other file or matter of record, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined in any sum not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) and confined in the State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than five (5) years, and any person so convicted shall be forever barred from holding any office of profit or trust within the State of Oklahoma. |R.L. 1910, § 7301. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 549, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 400, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 549 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
67 OK Stat § 67-91 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-91. Adoption of system of recording - Equipment, supplies and operators - Contracts for recording work.

|The board of county commissioners of any county in this state may by resolution adopt the system of photographic recording for any or all offices of the respective counties where instruments are filed which are required to be recorded in books to be kept for that purpose. Said board of county commissioners in such counties where such system of recording is adopted may purchase such machines, equipment, and supplies as may be necessary and proper to do said work and also employ a competent operator or operators to operate said machines, the salary of such operator or operators to be fixed by the board of county commissioners in such amount as they shall deem advisable. In lieu of the purchase of said machines, equipment, and supplies by the county, the board of county commissioners may, if they deem it advisable, contract with some suitable person or persons, firm, or corporation having proper machines and equipment therefor to do all recording work required to be done in any office in their respective counties and fix the compensation therefor. No contract shall be made wherein the county shall be required to pay for such work a greater price than sixty percent (60%) of the total fees charged for such recording, as fixed by law at the time said contract is entered into. The adoption of this system by any county prior to the passage of this act, and the record heretofore made by such system, are hereby validated. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 50, p. 87, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 1923. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 497, § 1, emerg. eff. March 3, 1961.
67 OK Stat § 67-92 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-92. Contractor's bond - Term of contract.

|The person, firm or corporation, to whom any contract may be awarded under the provisions of this act, shall before entering upon the duties provided in said contract and prescribed by law, execute to the State of Oklahoma and file with the county clerk a bond in the penal sum of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), according as the board of county commissioners shall determine, with one or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, which bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of said contract and the duties to be performed by said contractor as fixed by the laws of this state. The term of said contract shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners for such period of time as they may deem advisable, not to exceed two (2) years. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 50, p. 87, § 2, emerg. eff. April 9, 1923.
67 OK Stat § 67-93 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-93. Procedure in making photographic record - Place of doing 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 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. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 50, p. 88, § 3, emerg. eff. April 9, 1923. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 367, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
67 OK Stat § 67-94 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-94. Fees.

|In all counties wherein photographic recording may be adopted, the following fees shall be charged the public by the receiving officer, to wit: |For the first page of deeds, mortgages andother instruments on billhead paper(size 8 1/2 inches by 14 inches), perinstrument....................................... $ .75For each additional page of same size, perinstrument....................................... .50For recording contrasts or colors otherthan black, white, green or red,additional per page.............................. .10For furnishing photographic copies oftypewritten script or printedrecords, per page................................ .75For furnishing photographic copies ofphotographic records, per page................... .50For each entry exceeding one on index,including description of property................ .10For recording town plat for the first 119square inches or fractional partthereof.......................................... .75For each additional 119 square inches................ .50For certifying to each photographic copy,including seal................................... .25Added by Laws 1923, c. 50, p. 88, § 4, emerg. eff. April 9, 1923.
67 OK Stat § 67-95 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-95. Replacements - Charges.

|Whenever any contractor shall be required to replace any record lost or destroyed, such contractor shall be entitled to have and receive for such replacement, the original contract price in force at the time demand is made for replacement, plus fifty percent (50%) thereof, unless a different sum is specifically fixed in the original contract. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 50, p. 88, § 5, emerg. eff. April 9, 1923.
67 OK Stat § 67-201 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-201. Name.

|This act shall be known as the "Records Management Act". |Added by Laws 1961, p. 498, § 1, eff. Jan. 2, 1962.
67 OK Stat § 67-202 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 67. Records|§67-202. Declaration.

|The Legislature declares that programs for the efficient and economical management of state and local records will promote economy and efficiency in the day-to-day record-keeping activities of state and local governments and will facilitate and expedite government operations. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 498, § 2, eff. Jan. 2, 1962.