{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-511","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-511","heading":"Liability of owner or lessee - Liens","body":"The obligation or liability of the lessee or other owners of\n\nrights in the several separately owned tracts for payment of unit\n\nexpense shall at all times be several and not joint. At no time\n\nshall a lessee or other owner of rights in a separately owned tract\n\nbe chargeable with, directly or indirectly, more than the amount\n\napportioned to its interest in such separately owned tract pursuant\n\nto the plan of unitization.\n\nSubject to such reasonable limitations as may be set out in the\n\nplan of unitization, the operator shall have a first and prior lien\n\nupon the leasehold estate in and to each separately owned tract and\n\nthe interest of the owners therein in and to the unit production and\n\nequipment in possession of the unit, to secure the payment of unit\n\nexpense charged to such separately owned tract.","path":["OK Code","Title 17"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os17.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"5fecc7d6187f00d31d8f2f0bcbcbd732e3aaa06c05275c79f46e864c75aeefb9","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-510","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-17-17-512"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}