{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-236a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-236a","heading":"Party defendants in real property actions","body":"In an action involving real property any person appearing in any\n\nmanner in the title thereto, or claiming or appearing to claim some\n\ninterest in the real property involved, may be included as a party\n\ndefendant by naming such person as a party defendant in the caption\n\nof such petition; and when such person is made a defendant in the\n\nbody of the petition under the appellation of substantially the\n\nfollowing words \"said defendant named herein claims some right,\n\ntitle, lien, estate, encumbrance, claim, assessment or interest in\n\nand to the real property involved herein, adverse to plaintiff which\n\nconstitutes a cloud upon the title of plaintiff and defendant has no\n\nright, title, lien, estate, encumbrance, claim, assessment or\n\ninterest, either in law or in equity, in and to the real property\n\ninvolved herein\", that same is sufficient to include any and all\n\nclaims, known or unknown, that such defendant may have in and to the\n\nreal property involved in such case, it not being necessary to set\n\nout the reason in the petition, or other pleading, for such person\n\nbeing made a party defendant.","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":"8f5833aab8e437209e77df93a52cb36f0abcb41005df3bd9b7a5e6b0ea8b85a2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-2305","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}