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Okla. Stat. tit. 42, § 42-142: Statement to be filed

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Any person claiming a lien as aforesaid shall file in the office

of the county clerk of the county in which the land is situated a

statement setting forth the amount claimed and the items thereof as

nearly as practicable, the names of the owner, the contractor, the

claimant, and a legal description of the property subject to the

lien, verified by affidavit. Such statement shall be filed within

four (4) months after the date upon which material or equipment used

on said land was last furnished or labor last performed under

contract as aforesaid; and if the claim be for the planting of any

trees, vines, plants, or hedge, such statement shall be filed within

four (4) months from such planting. Immediately upon the receipt of

such statement the county clerk shall enter a record of the same

against the tract index and in a book kept for that purpose, to be

called the mechanics' lien journal, which shall be ruled off into

separate columns, with headings as follows: "When filed", "Name of

owner", "Name of claimant", "Amount claimed", "Legal description of

property", and "Remarks", and the clerk shall make the proper entry

in each column.

R.L. 1910, § 3863; Laws 1977, c. 207, § 7, eff. Oct 1, 1977; Laws

1978, c. 133, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 1980, c. 216, § 2, emerg.

eff. May 30, 1980.

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