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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4100.3. Award of educational credits.

A. In addition to any other power, duty or function authorized for institutions of higher education or career and technology centers, each governing board shall adopt, not later than January 1, 2013, a policy authorizing the institution or career and technology center under the board’s supervision and management to award educational credits to a student enrolled in the institution or career and technology center who is also honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States within three (3) years of initial enrollment, for courses that are part of the student’s military training or service and that meet the standards of the American Council on Education (ACE) or equivalent standards for awarding academic credit if the award of educational credit is based upon the institution’s or technical career center’s admission standards and its role, scope and mission.
B. Each governing board shall adopt necessary rules and procedures to implement the provisions of this section effective beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year, and continuing thereafter.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 226, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4100.4. Satisfactory evidence of equivalent education.

A. Every administrative body, state agency director or official with authority over any occupational or professional license or certification, and each of the respective examining and licensing boards, shall, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of equivalent education, training and experience by an applicant for certification or licensure, accept the education, training, and experience completed by the individual as a member of the Armed Forces or Reserves of the United States, National Guard of any state, the Military Reserves of any state, or the Naval Militias of any state, and apply it in the manner most favorable toward satisfying the qualifications for issuance of the requested license or certification or approval for license examination in this state.
B. Each agency director or official, and each examining and licensing board, shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
C. Any state licensing or certification authority that fails to implement rules or laws for recognizing appropriate military training and experience for its occupational or professional licensing or certification process shall be deemed in violation of this act.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 226, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2012. Amended by Laws 2018, c. 91, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4100.5. Expediting endorsement of licenses or certifications for military spouses.

A. Every agency, board or commission shall establish a procedure to expedite endorsement of licenses or certifications for military spouse applicants; provided, the military service member is on active duty within this state or claims permanent residency in this state for the six (6) months prior to assignment to active duty or during the period of active duty.
B. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, each agency, board or commission shall establish a procedure to expedite the issuance of a license, certification or permit to perform occupational or professional services regulated by each such board to a person:
1. Who is certified or licensed in another state to perform occupational or professional services in a state other than the State of Oklahoma;
2. Whose spouse is an active-duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States;
3. Whose spouse is subject to a military transfer to this state; and
4. Who left employment in another state to accompany the person's spouse to this state.
C. The procedures to expedite licensure or certification shall include:
1. Issuing the person a license, certificate or permit, if, in the opinion of the agency, board or commission the requirements for certification or licensure of the other state are substantially equivalent to those required by this state; or
2. Developing a method to authorize the person to perform occupational or professional services regulated by the agency, board or commission in this state by issuing the person a temporary permit, certificate or license for a limited period of time to allow the person to perform occupational or professional services while completing any specific requirements in this state that were not required in the state in which the person was licensed or certified.
D. Any state licensing or certification authority that fails to implement rules or laws for recognizing appropriate military training and experience for its occupational or professional licensing or certification process shall be deemed in violation of this act.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 226, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2012. Amended by Laws 2018, c. 91, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4100.6. Automatic extension of licensure or certification.

A. Every agency, board or commission in this state with authority to issue and regulate professional licenses or certifications is authorized to provide for the automatic extension of such professional license or certification for active-duty military service members and to provide a reasonable period of time after military service to activate the license or certification for employment purposes.
B. Notwithstanding any other statutes to the contrary, any member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty who at the time of activation was:
1. A member in good standing with any administrative body of the state; and
2. Duly licensed or certified to engage in his or her profession or vocation in this state,
may be kept in good standing by the administrative body with which he or she is licensed or certified.
C. While a licensee or certificate holder is deployed on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the license or certificate referenced in subsection B of this section may be renewed without:
1. The payment of dues or fees; and
2. Obtaining continuing education credits when:
a.
circumstances associated with military duty prevent obtaining training and a waiver request has been submitted to the appropriate administrative body,
b.
the active-duty military member performs the licensed or certified occupation as part of his or her military duties as annotated in Defense Department Form 214 (DD 214), or
c.
performing any other act typically required for the renewal of the license or certificate.
D. The license or certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this section may be continued as long as the licensee or certificate holder is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty and for a period of at least one (1) year after discharge from active duty.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 226, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2012.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4100.7. Interpretation of act.

Nothing in the Military Service Occupation, Education and Credentialing Act shall be construed to require the issuance of any license or certificate to an applicant who does not otherwise meet the stated eligibility standards, criteria, qualifications or requirements for licensure or certification, nor shall the provisions be construed to automatically allow issuance of any license or certificate without testing or examination, without proper consideration by the licensing and examination board, or without proper verification that the applicant is not subject to pending criminal charges or disciplinary actions, has not been convicted of any offense prohibiting licensure or certification, and has no other impairment which would prohibit licensure or certification in this state.
Added by Laws 2012, c. 226, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2012. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 257, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4200.2. Definitions

As used in the Massage Therapy Practice Act:
1. "Board" means the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering;
2. "Direct access" means the ability that the public has to seek out treatment by a massage therapist without the direct referral from a medical or health care professional;
3. "Massage therapist" means an individual who practices massage or massage therapy and is licensed under the Massage Therapy Practice Act. A massage therapist uses visual, kinesthetic, and palpatory skills to assess the body and may evaluate a condition to the extent of determining whether massage is indicated or contraindicated;
4. "Massage therapy" means the skillful treatment of the soft tissues of the human body. Massage is designed to promote general relaxation, improve movement, relieve somatic and muscular pain or dysfunction, stress and muscle tension, provide for general health enhancement, personal growth, education and the organization, balance and integration of the human body and includes, but is not limited to:
a.
the use of touch, pressure, friction, stroking, gliding, percussion, kneading, movement, positioning, holding, range of motion and nonspecific stretching within the normal anatomical range of movement, and vibration by manual or mechanical means with or without the use of massage devices that mimic or enhance manual measures, and
b.
the external application of ice, heat and cold packs for thermal therapy, water, lubricants, abrasives and external application of herbal or topical preparations not classified as prescription drugs; and
5. "Massage therapy school" means a facility providing instruction in massage therapy.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 292, § 2, eff. Aug. 26, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4200.4. Authority of State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering - Advisory Board on Massage Therapy - License fees

A. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering is hereby authorized to adopt and promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act that are necessary for the implementation and enforcement of the Massage Therapy Practice Act, including, but not limited to, qualifications for licensure, renewals, reinstatements, and continuing education requirements.
B. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering is hereby empowered to perform investigations, to require the production of records and other documents relating to practices regulated by the Massage Therapy Practice Act, and to seek injunctive relief.
C. There is hereby created an Advisory Board on Massage Therapy. The Advisory Board on Massage Therapy shall assist the Board in carrying out the provisions of this section regarding the qualifications, examination, registration, regulation, and standards of professional conduct of massage therapists. The Advisory Board on Massage Therapy shall consist of five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor for four-year terms as follows:
1. Three members who shall be licensed massage therapists and have practiced in Oklahoma for not less than three (3) years prior to their appointment;
2. One member who shall be an administrator or faculty member of a nationally accredited school of massage therapy; and
3. One who shall be a citizen member.
D. The fee for any license issued between the effective date of this act and May 1, 2017, shall be Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). The fee or renewal fee for any massage therapy license issued after May 1, 2017, shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year. A duplicate license fee shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00).
Added by Laws 2016, c. 292, § 4, eff. Aug. 26, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4200.6. License posting required - License not assignable or transferable

A. A massage therapy license issued by the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering shall at all times be posted in a conspicuous place in the principal place of business of the holder.
B. A license issued pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act is not assignable or transferable.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 292, § 6, eff. Aug. 26, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4200.7. Massage therapy schools - License required - Instruction as massage therapist

A. A person shall not advertise, maintain, manage or operate a massage therapy school unless the school is licensed by the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools.
B. A person shall not instruct as a massage therapist unless the instruction is within the scope of curriculum at a licensed massage therapy school.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 292, § 7, eff. Aug. 26, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4200.8. Examination for licensure - Standardized national examination

The required examination approved by the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering for licensure under the Massage Therapy Practice Act shall be a standardized national massage therapy examination that meets the following criteria:
1. Is statistically validated through a job analysis under current standards for educational and professional testing;
2. Complies with pertinent state and federal equal employment opportunity guidelines;
3. Is available to all potential licensing candidates; and
4. Is delivered through a professional testing company with high-security test centers located nationwide.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 292, § 8, eff. Aug. 26, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4200.9. Out-of-state license holders - License renewal - Inactive status - Fees

A. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering may license an applicant, provided that the applicant possesses a valid license or registration to practice massage therapy issued by the appropriate examining board under the laws of any other state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or any foreign nation and has met educational and examination requirements equal to or exceeding those established pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act.
B. 1. Massage therapy licenses shall expire biennially. Expiration dates shall be established by the Board through adoption of a rule.
2. A license shall be renewed by submitting a renewal application on a form provided by the Board.
3. A thirty-day grace period shall be allowed each license holder after the end of the renewal period, during which time a license may be renewed upon payment of the renewal fee and a late fee as prescribed by the Board.
C. 1. If a massage therapy license is not renewed by the end of the thirty-day grace period, the license shall be placed on inactive status for a period not to exceed one (1) year. At the end of one (1) year, if the license has not been reactivated, it shall automatically expire.
2. If within a period of one (1) year from the date the license was placed on inactive status the massage therapist wishes to resume practice, the massage therapist shall notify the Board in writing and, upon receipt of proof of completion of all continuing education requirements and payment of an amount set by the Board in lieu of all lapsed renewal fees, the license shall be restored in full.
D. The Board shall establish a schedule of reasonable and necessary administrative fees.
E. The Board shall fix the amount of fees so that the total fees collected shall be sufficient to meet the expenses of administering the provisions of the Massage Therapy Practice Act without unnecessary surpluses.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 292, § 9, eff. Aug. 26, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4200.10. Preemption

A. The Massage Therapy Practice Act shall supersede all ordinances or regulations regulating massage therapists in any city, county, or political subdivision.
B. This section shall not affect the regulations of a city, county or a political subdivision relating to zoning requirements or occupational license fees pertaining to health care professions.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 292, § 10, eff. Aug. 26, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4200.11. Disciplinary actions and proceedings

A. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering may take disciplinary action against a person licensed pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act as follows:
1. Deny or refuse to renew a license;
2. Suspend or revoke a license;
3. Issue an administrative reprimand; or
4. Impose probationary conditions when the licensee or applicant has engaged in unprofessional conduct that has endangered or is likely to endanger the health, welfare or safety of the public.
B. The Board shall take disciplinary action upon a finding that the licensee or person has committed an act of unprofessional conduct or committed a violation of rule or law.
C. Disciplinary proceedings may be instituted by sworn complaint of any person, including members of the Board, and shall conform to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act.
D. The Board shall establish the guidelines for the disposition of disciplinary cases. Guidelines may include, but shall not be limited to, periods of probation, conditions of probation, suspension, revocation or reissuance of a license.
E. A license holder who has been found culpable and sanctioned by the Board shall be responsible for the payment of all costs of the disciplinary proceedings and any administrative fees imposed.
F. The surrender of a license shall not deprive the Board of jurisdiction to proceed with disciplinary action.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 292, § 11, eff. Aug. 26, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4200.12. Immunity

A. No member of the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering shall bear liability or be subject to civil damages or criminal prosecution for any action undertaken or performed within the scope of duty imposed pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act.
B. No person or legal entity providing truthful and accurate information to the Board, whether as a report, a complaint or testimony, shall be subject to civil damages or criminal prosecutions.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 292, § 12, eff. Aug. 26, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-4200.13. Violations

A. A person who does any of the following shall be guilty of a misdemeanor upon conviction:
1. Violates a provision of the Massage Therapy Practice Act or rules adopted pursuant to the Massage Therapy Practice Act;
2. Renders or attempts to render massage therapy services or massage therapy instruction without the required current valid license issued by the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering;
3. Advertises or uses a designation, diploma or certificate implying that the person offers massage therapy instruction or is a massage therapy school unless the person holds a current valid license issued by the Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools or is a technology center school accredited by the Oklahoma State Board of Career and Technology Education; or
4. Advertises or uses a designation, diploma, or certificate implying that the person is a massage therapist unless the person holds a current valid license issued by the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering.
B. 1. Therapists regulated by the Massage Therapy Practice Act shall be designated as "massage therapists" and entitled to utilize the term "massage" when advertising or printing promotional material.
2. Any person who uses a professional title regulated by the Massage Therapy Practice Act who is not authorized to use the professional title shall be subject to disciplinary action by the Board.
3. Any person who knowingly aids and abets one or more persons not authorized to use a professional title regulated by the Massage Therapy Practice Act or knowingly employs or contracts with a person or persons not authorized to use a regulated professional title in the course of the employment, shall also be subject to disciplinary action by the Board. It shall be a violation of the Massage Therapy Practice Act for any person to advertise massage therapy services in any combination with any escort or dating service.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 292, § 13, eff. Aug. 26, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-6002. Prescriptions for epinephrine auto-injectors at Emergency Public Access Stations - Use of auto-injectors--Immunity from liability.

A. As used in this section:
1. "Emergency public access station" (EPAS) means a locked, secure container for the storage of epinephrine auto-injectors under the general oversight of a physician, which allows a lay rescuer to consult with a physician in real time by audio, televideo or other similar means of electronic communication and, upon authorization of the consulting physician, may be unlocked to make available the epinephrine auto-injector.
2. "Epinephrine auto-injector" means a single-use device used for the automatic injection of a premeasured dose of epinephrine into the human body;
3. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act or the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act.
B. 1. Notwithstanding any applicable provision of law to the contrary, a physician may prescribe a stock of epinephrine auto-injectors to any entity or organization for storage in an Emergency Public Access Station (EPAS) or may place a stock of supply of epinephrine auto-injectors at any entity or organization in an EPAS in accordance with protocols established by the physician.
2. A physician may provide consultation to the user of an EPAS and may make the epinephrine auto-injectors stored within available to the user in accordance with protocols established by the physician.
3. Any person may use an EPAS and may administer or provide epinephrine auto-injectors made available through the EPAS to a specific individual believed in good faith to be experiencing anaphylaxis or the parent, guardian or caregiver of such individual.
C. Any person, including any entity or organization at which an EPAS is located, a physician, and any user of an EPAS who undertakes in good faith any act or mission pursuant to this act shall not be liable for any injuries or related damages that result from any such act or omission; provided, such immunity shall not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, willful or wanton negligence. This act shall not eliminate, limit or reduce any other immunity or defense that may be available under state law. Use of an EPAS in accordance with this act shall not constitute the practice of medicine or any other profession otherwise requiring licensure.
Added by Laws 2015, c. 277, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-6005. Franchises - Employer/employee relationships

A. For purposes of this act:
1. "Franchisor" means any person who grants a franchise and participates in the franchise relationship. Unless otherwise stated, it includes subfranchisors. For purposes of this definition, a "subfranchisor" means a person who functions as a franchisor by engaging in both pre-sale activities and post-sale performance;
2. "Franchisee" means any person who is granted a franchise; and
3. "Franchise" means any continuing commercial relationship or arrangement, whatever it may be called, in which the terms of the offer or contract specify, or the franchise seller promises or represents, orally or in writing, that:
a.
the franchisee will obtain the right to operate a business that is identified or associated with the franchisor's trademark, or to offer, sell or distribute goods, services or commodities that are identified or associated with the franchisor's trademark,
b.
the franchisor will exert or has authority to exert a significant degree of control over the franchisee's method of operation, or provide significant assistance in the franchisee's method of operation, and
c.
as a condition of obtaining or commencing operation of the franchise, the franchisee makes a required payment or commits to make a required payment to the franchisor or its affiliate.
B. A franchisor shall not be considered the employer of a franchisee or a franchisee's employees.
C. The employees of a franchisee shall not be considered employees of the franchisor neither shall the employees of a franchisor be considered employees of a franchisee.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 327, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-2. Ownership, what subject to.

There may be ownership of all inanimate things which are capable of appropriation, or of manual delivery; of all domestic animals; of all obligations; of such products of labor or skill, as the composition of an author, the good will of a business, trade marks and signs, and of rights created or granted by statute.
R.L.1910, § 6587.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-6. Land defined.

A. Land is the solid material of the earth, whatever may be the ingredients of which it is composed, whether soil, rock or other substance, and includes any pore space.
B. 1. As used in this section, “pore space” means any interstitial space not occupied by soil or rock, within the solid material of the earth, and any cavity, hole, hollow or void space within the solid material of the earth.
2. As used in this section, pore space is real property and, until title to the pore space or rights, interests or estates in the pore space are separately transferred, pore space is property of the person or persons holding title to the land surface above it.
3. Notwithstanding the ownership of the pore space, nothing in this section shall alter or be construed to alter the ownership of, or rights associated with the oil or gas, as those terms are defined in Section 86.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes, that may be within the pore space.
R.L.1910, § 6591. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 264, § 6.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-7. Fixtures defined.

A thing is deemed to be affixed to land when it is attached to it by roots, as in the case of trees, vines or shrubs, or embedded in it, as in the case of walls, or permanently resting upon it, as in the case of buildings, or permanently attached to what is thus permanent, as by means of cement, plaster, nails, bolts or screws. R.L. 1910 Sec. 6592.
R.L.1910, § 6592.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-8. Appurtenances defined.

A thing is deemed to be incidental or appurtenant to land when it is by right used with the land for its benefit, as in the case of a way or watercourse, or of a passage for light, air or heat, from or across the land of another. Sluice boxes, flumes, hose, pipes, railway tracks, cars, blacksmith shops, mills, and all other machinery or tools used in working or developing a mine, are to be deemed affixed to the mine. R.L. 1910 Sec. 6593.
R.L.1910, § 6593.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-25. Limitation of remainder in tail.

Where a remainder in fee is limited upon any estate, which would by the common law be adjudged a fee tail, such remainder is valid as a contingent limitation upon a fee, and vests in possession on the death of the first taker, without issue living at the time of his death.
R.L.1910, § 6599.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-31. Suspension of alienation.

A. The absolute power of alienation shall not be suspended, by any limitation or condition whatever, for a longer period than during the continuance of the lives of persons in being at the creation of the limitation or condition plus twenty-one (21) years, except as provided in Section 34 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. The provisions of this section apply solely to real property not held in trust.
Added by Laws 1910, § 6605. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 5, § 1; Laws 2015, c. 164, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-32. Suspension of ownership limited.

A. The absolute ownership of a term of years cannot be suspended for a longer period than the absolute power of alienation can be suspended in respect to a fee.
B. The provisions of this section apply solely to real property not held in trust.
Added by Laws 1941, p. 266, § 2. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 164, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-34. Contingent remainder in fee, on prior remainder.

A contingent remainder in fee may be created on a prior remainder in fee, to take effect in the event that the persons to whom the first remainder is limited die under the age of twenty-one (21) years, or upon any other contingency by which the estate of such persons may be determined before they attain majority.
R.L.1910, § 6608.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-35. Future estates.

Subject to the rules of this chapter, a freehold estate, as well as an estate for years, may be created to commence at a future day; an estate for life may be created in a term of years, and a remainder limited thereon; a remainder of a freehold or an estate for years, either contingent or vested, may be created, expectant on the determination of a term of years; and a fee may be limited on a fee, upon a contingency, which if it should occur, must happen within the period prescribed herein.
R.L.1910, § 6609.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-36. Certain limitations of estates void.

Successive estates for life cannot be limited, except to persons in being at the creation thereof, and all life estates subsequent to those of persons in being are void; and upon the death of those persons, the remainder, if valid in its creation, takes effect in the same manner as if no other life estate had been created.
R.L.1910, § 6610.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-36.1. Death of life tenant - Prima facie evidence.

In the event of the death of a life tenant leaving an estate subject to probate, a certified copy of Letters Testamentary or of Administration shall constitute prima facie evidence of the life tenant's death.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 395, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-41. Remainder in fee to heirs after life estate.

When a remainder is limited to the heirs, or heirs of the body, of a person to whom a life estate in the same property is given, the persons who, on the termination of the life estate, are the successors or heirs of the body of the owner for life, are entitled to take by virtue of the remainder so limited to them, and not as mere successors of the owner for life.
R.L.1910, § 6615.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-42. Remainder not contingent.

When a remainder on an estate for life or for years is not limited on a contingency defeating or avoiding such precedent estate, it is to be deemed intended to take effect only on the death of the first taker, or the expiration, by lapse of time, of such term of years.
R.L.1910, § 6616.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-44. Termination of estate at will.

A tenancy or other estate at will, however created, may be terminated by the landlord's giving notice to the tenant, in the manner prescribed by the next section, to remove from the premises within a period specified in the notice, of not less than one (1) month except as provided in the chapter on "Landlord and Tenant."
R.L.1910, § 6618.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-45. Notice of termination.

The notice prescribed by the last section must be in writing, and must be served by delivering the same to the tenant, or to some person of discretion residing on the premises; or if neither can, with reasonable diligence, be found, the notice may be served by affixing it on a conspicuous part of the premises, where it may be conveniently read.
R.L.1910, § 6619.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-47. Reentry, notice of.

Whenever the right of reentry is given to a grantor or lessor in any grant or lease, or otherwise, such reentry may be made at any time after the right has accrued upon three (3) days' previous written notice of intention to reenter, served in the mode prescribed by Section 6619.
R.L.1910, § 6621.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49. Easements attached to land.

The following land burdens or servitudes upon land, may be attached to other land as incidents or appurtenances, and are then called easements:
1. The right of pasture;
2. The right of fishing;
3. The right of taking game;
4. The right-of-way;
5. The right of taking water, wood, minerals, and other things;
6. The right of transacting business upon land;
7. The right of conducting lawful sports upon land;
8. The right of receiving air, light, or heat from or over, or discharging the same upon or over land;
9. The right of receiving water from or discharging the same upon land;
10. The right of flooding land;
11. The right of having water flow without diminution or disturbance of any kind;
12. The right of using a wall as a party wall;
13. The right of receiving more than natural support from adjacent land or things affixed thereto;
14. The right of having the whole of a division fence maintained by a coterminous owner;
15. The right of having public conveyances stopped, or of stopping the same on land;
16. The right of a seat in church;
17. The right of burial; and
18. The right to impose limitations or affirmative obligations relating to conservation pursuant to the Uniform Conservation Easement Act.
R.L.1910, § 6623. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 384, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1999
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49.2. Definitions.

DEFINITIONS
As used in this act:
1. "Conservation easement" means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations the purposes of which include, but are not limited to, retaining or protecting natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring its availability for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural aspects of real property; and
2. "Holder" means:
a.
a governmental body empowered to hold an interest in real property under the laws of this state or the United States, or
b.
a charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust, the purposes or powers of which include retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural aspects of real property.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 384, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49.3. Creation, conveyance, acceptance, and duration.

CREATION, CONVEYANCE, ACCEPTANCE, AND DURATION
A. Except as otherwise provided in this act, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements, provided however, nothing herein shall authorize any entity or individual to obtain a conservation easement by condemnation.
B. No right or duty in favor of or against a holder arises under a conservation easement before its acceptance by the holder and a recordation of the acceptance.
C. Except as provided in subsection B of Section 4 of this act, the term of a conservation easement shall be the term stated in the instrument creating it.
D. An interest in real property in existence at the time a conservation easement is created is not impaired by it unless the owner of the interest is a party to the conservation easement or consents to it.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 384, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49.4. Judicial Actions.

JUDICIAL ACTIONS
A. An action affecting a conservation easement may be brought by:
1. An owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the easement;
2. A holder of the easement; or
3. A person authorized by other law.
B. The Uniform Conservation Easement Act does not affect the power of a court to modify or terminate a conservation easement in accordance with the principles of law and equity.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 384, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49.5. Validity.

VALIDITY
A conservation easement is valid even though:
1. It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;
2. It can be or has been assigned to another holder;
3. It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;
4. It imposes a negative burden;
5. It imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an interest in the burdened property or upon the holder;
6. The benefit does not touch or concern real property; or
7. There is no privity of estate or of contract.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 384, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49.6. Applicability.

APPLICABILITY
A. The Uniform Conservation Easement Act applies to any interest created after November 1, 1999, which complies with the Uniform Conservation Easement Act, whether designated as a conservation easement or as a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction, easement, or otherwise.
B. The Uniform Conservation Easement Act applies to any interest created before November 1, 1999, if it would have been enforceable had it been created after November 1, 1999, unless retroactive application contravenes the constitution or laws of this state or the United States.
C. The Uniform Conservation Easement Act does not invalidate any interest, whether designated as a conservation or preservation easement or as a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction, easement, or otherwise, that is enforceable under other laws of this state.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 384, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49.7. Uniformity of application and construction.

UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION
This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting it.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 384, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49.8. Additional Construction.

ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION
Unless the grantor of a conservation easement elects otherwise at the time of and in the same manner as the grant of the easement:
1. Nothing in this act shall be construed to impair the rights of a party with respect to the acquisition of rights-of-way, easements, or other property rights, whether through voluntary conveyance or eminent domain, upon or under which facilities, plant, system, or other improvements including, but not limited to, a pipeline for transmission, gathering, or transportation of hydrocarbons are to be constructed; and
2. The holder of a conservation easement must subordinate, without construction restrictions or other obligations, the conservation easement upon the request of any party owning any of the above rights-of-way, easements, or other property rights whether acquired prior or subsequent to the conservation easement.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 384, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49.11. Short title.

SHORT TITLE.
A. Sections 1 through 13 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Environmental Covenants Act”.
B. The provisions of the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act apply to real property in Oklahoma that otherwise qualifies under the provisions of the act.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 182, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49.12. Definitions.

DEFINITIONS.
In the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act:
1. “Activity and use limitations” means restrictions or obligations created under this act with respect to real property;
2. “Agency” means the Department of Environmental Quality or any other state or federal agency that determines or approves the environmental response project pursuant to which the environmental covenant is created;
3. “Common interest community” means a condominium, cooperative, or other real property with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person’s ownership of a parcel of real property, is obligated to pay property taxes or insurance premiums, or for maintenance, or improvement of other real property described in a recorded covenant that creates the common interest community;
4. “Environmental covenant” means a servitude arising under an environmental response project that imposes activity and use limitations;
5. “Environmental response project” means a plan or work performed for environmental remediation of real property and conducted:
a.
under a federal or state program governing environmental remediation of real property, including remedial actions provided for in the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code,
b.
incident to closure of a solid or hazardous waste management unit, if the closure is conducted with approval of an agency, or
c.
under a state voluntary cleanup program authorized in the Oklahoma Brownfields Voluntary Redevelopment Act;
6. “Holder” means the grantee of an environmental covenant as specified in subsection A of Section 3 of this act;
7. “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity;
8. “Record”, used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and
9. “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 182, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49.13. Nature of rights - Subordination of interests.

NATURE OF RIGHTS; SUBORDINATION OF INTERESTS.
A. Any person, including a person that owns an interest in the real property, the agency, or a municipality or other unit of local government, may be a holder. An environmental covenant may identify more than one holder. The interest of a holder is an interest in real property.
B. A right of an agency under the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act or under an environmental covenant, other than a right as a holder, is not an interest in real property.
C. An agency is bound by any obligation it assumes in an environmental covenant, but an agency does not assume obligations merely by signing an environmental covenant. Any other person that signs an environmental covenant is bound by the obligations the person assumes in the covenant, but signing the covenant does not change obligations, rights, or protections granted or imposed under law other than the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act except as provided in the covenant.
D. The following rules apply to interests in real property in existence at the time an environmental covenant is created or amended:
1. An interest that has priority under other law is not affected by an environmental covenant unless the person that owns the interest subordinates that interest to the covenant;
2. The Uniform Environmental Covenants Act does not require a person that owns a prior interest to subordinate that interest to an environmental covenant or to agree to be bound by the covenant;
3. A subordination agreement may be contained in an environmental covenant covering real property or in a separate record. If the environmental covenant covers commonly owned property in a common interest community, the record may be signed by any person authorized by the governing board of the owners’ association; and
4. An agreement by a person to subordinate a prior interest to an environmental covenant affects the priority of that person’s interest but does not by itself impose any affirmative obligation on the person with respect to the environmental covenant.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 182, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49.14. Contents of environmental covenant.

CONTENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT.
A. An environmental covenant must:
1. State that the instrument is an environmental covenant executed pursuant to the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act;
2. Contain a legally sufficient description of the real property subject to the covenant;
3. Describe the activity and use limitations on the real property;
4. Identify every holder;
5. Be signed by the agency, every holder, and every owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant; and
6. Identify the name and location of any administrative record for the environmental response project reflected in the environmental covenant.
B. In addition to the information required by subsection A of this section, an environmental covenant may contain other information, restrictions, and requirements agreed to by the persons who signed it, including any:
1. Requirements for notice following transfer of a specified interest in, or concerning proposed changes in use of, applications for building permits for, or proposals for any site work affecting the contamination on, the property subject to the covenant;
2. Requirements for periodic reporting describing compliance with the covenant;
3. Rights of access to the property granted in connection with implementation or enforcement of the covenant;
4. Brief narrative description of the contamination and remedy, including the contaminants of concern, the pathways of exposure, limits on exposure, and the location and extent of the contamination;
5. Limitation on amendment or termination of the covenant in addition to those contained in Sections 9 and 10 of this act; and
6. Rights of the holder in addition to its right to enforce the covenant pursuant to Section 11 of this act.
C. In addition to other conditions for its approval of an environmental covenant, the agency may require those persons specified by the agency who have interests in the real property to sign the covenant.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 182, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 60. Property › §60-49.15. Validity - Effective on other instruments.

VALIDITY; EFFECT ON OTHER INSTRUMENTS.
A. An environmental covenant that complies with the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act runs with the land.
B. An environmental covenant that is otherwise effective is valid and enforceable even if:
1. It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;
2. It can be or has been assigned to a person other than the original holder;
3. It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;
4. It imposes a negative burden;
5. It imposes an affirmative obligation on a person having an interest in real property or on the holder;
6. The benefit or burden does not touch or concern real property;
7. There is no privity of estate or contract;
8. The holder dies, ceases to exist, resigns, or is replaced; or
9. The owner of an interest subject to the environmental covenant and the holder are the same person.
C. An instrument that creates restrictions or obligations with respect to real property that would qualify as activity and use limitations except for the fact that the instrument was recorded before January 1, 2007, is not invalid or unenforceable because of any of the limitations on enforcement of interests described in subsection B of this section or because it was identified as an easement, servitude, deed restriction, or other interest. The Uniform Environmental Covenants Act does not apply in any other respect to such an instrument.
D. The Uniform Environmental Covenants Act does not invalidate or render unenforceable any interest, whether designated as an environmental covenant or other interest, that is otherwise enforceable under the law of this state.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 182, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.