{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-16-16-37b","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 16-37b","heading":"Foreign execution and acknowledgments validated -","body":"Exceptions.\n\nAll deeds, mortgages, releases, oil and gas leases, powers of\n\nattorney and other instruments of writing for the conveyance or\n\nencumbrance of any lands, tenements or hereditaments situated within\n\nthis state, now of record or hereafter recorded which are executed\n\nand acknowledged or proved in any state, territory, District of\n\nColumbia or foreign country, in conformity with the law of such\n\nstate, territory, District of Columbia or foreign country, or in\n\nconformity with the Federal Statutes, shall be as valid as to\n\nexecution and acknowledgment thereof, only, as if executed and\n\nacknowledged within this state in conformity with the provisions of\n\nthe laws of this state. Provided this act shall not validate any\n\ndeed, mortgage, releases, oil and gas leases, powers of attorney,\n\nand other instruments of writing for the conveyance of any lands,\n\ntenements, or hereditaments, the validity of which is in litigation\n\nupon the effective date of this act. Provided this act shall not\n\nvalidate any execution or acknowledgment fraudulently obtained.","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":"d98ab276d03f783c41a16491e4371d96ca832856dc5c2c749eae3eb9a9dd7f55","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-16-16-37a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-16-16-38"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}