{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1141.5","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1141.5","heading":"Liability for damages, costs and attorney fees","body":"A. If a requestor prepares a notice pursuant to Section 3 of\n\nthis act, and:\n\n1. The respondent receives the notice and fails to respond, or\n\n2. The respondent requests clarification or additional\n\ninformation and then subsequently refuses to execute and deliver a\n\ncurative instrument or to take the corrective action identified in\n\nthe notice, or\n\n3. The respondent refuses to claim the notice, or\n\n4. The respondent receives the notice and refuses to take the\n\naction requested in the notice,\n\nthen in the event that the requestor files an action to quiet title\n\nto the subject parcel pursuant to Section 1141 of Title 12 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, and the civil action results in a judgment for\n\nthe plaintiff which could have been accomplished through the\n\nexecution and delivery of a curative instrument or the taking of\n\ncorrective action identified in a notice, the plaintiff in the quiet\n\ntitle action, in addition to any other requested relief, shall be\n\nentitled to recover damages equal to the actual expenses incurred by\n\nthe plaintiff in identifying the relevant instrument, preparing the\n\nnotice to the respondent pursuant to Section 3 of this act, and the\n\nexpenses of litigation directly related to obtaining judgment\n\nquieting title in the plaintiff with respect to the interest or\n\napparent interest forming the basis of the action against the\n\nrespondent, including costs and reasonable attorney fees.\n\nB. If a defendant in the quiet title action who either failed\n\nto respond to a notice pursuant to Section 4 of this act or who\n\nrefused to execute and deliver a curative instrument or take\n\ncorrective action identified in the notice prevails in the quiet\n\ntitle action, the defendant in the quiet title action, in addition\n\nto any other requested relief, shall be entitled to recover damages\n\nequal to the actual expenses incurred by the defendant in responding\n\nto the notice from the requestor pursuant to Section 4 of this act,\n\nand the expenses of litigation directly related to obtaining\n\njudgment quieting title in the defendant or asserting an affirmative\n\ndefense with respect to the interest or apparent interest forming\n\nthe basis of the action against the defendant, including costs and\n\nreasonable attorney fees.","path":["OK Code","Title 12"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os12.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"d974ebe1b4d51ad5d999c9a6d28f7912325b98e2fd363d5745b7c00e917f555a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1141.4","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1142"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}