{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-16-16-20","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 16-20","heading":"Power of attorney - Execution - Recording","body":"A power of attorney in fact for the conveyance of real estate or\n\nany interest therein, or for the execution or release of any\n\nmortgage therefor, shall be executed, acknowledged and recorded in\n\nthe manner required by this chapter for the execution,\n\nacknowledgment and recording of deeds and mortgages, and shall be\n\nrecorded in the county where the land is situated, and no deed,\n\nmortgage or release of a mortgage executed by an attorney in fact\n\nshall be received for record or recorded until the power under which\n\nthe same is executed has been duly filed for record in the same\n\noffice; and the recording of any deed, mortgage or release of\n\nmortgage shall be of no effect for any purpose until the power under\n\nwhich it is executed has been duly filed for record in the same\n\noffice. Provided that any power of attorney promulgated by any\n\nagency of the Government of the United States shall be deemed\n\nsufficiently recorded for purposes of this section if the\n\npromulgation thereof shall have been published in the Federal\n\nRegistry of the Government of the United States and any instrument\n\nexecuted pursuant to said power of attorney recites the specific\n\nreference to said publication.","path":["OK Code","Title 16"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os16.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"3e18772ea587487defa564a50f3960cb7c940cb3178425f6c4812f17e00c3c47","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-16-16-2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-16-16-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}