{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-16-16-34","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 16-34","heading":"Execution by mark","body":"When real estate is conveyed or encumbered by an instrument in\n\nwriting by a person who cannot write his or her name, the person\n\nshall execute the same by a mark, and the person’s name shall be\n\nwritten near the mark by one of two persons who saw the mark made,\n\nwho shall write their names on the instrument as witnesses. In case\n\nthe instrument is acknowledged, then the officer taking the\n\nacknowledgment shall, in addition to the other necessary recitals in\n\nthe acknowledgment, state that the grantor executed the instrument,\n\nby inserting in the form of acknowledgment provided in Section 33 of\n\nthis title by individuals after the words \"foregoing instrument\" the\n\nwords \"by the person’s mark, in my presence and in the presence of\n\n____ and ____ as witnesses\".","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":"f87f76cf7a6742c278271ef58296c4a016995337cccccf3cc9c8eaeeb0e4388c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-16-16-33","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-16-16-35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}