{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-866.13","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-866.13","heading":"Recording of plats or deeds - Approval","body":"From and after the adoption of a plan for major streets or\n\nhighways as a part of the comprehensive plan for the physical\n\ndevelopment of the area and the adoption of the rules and\n\nregulations governing subdivision of land no plat or deed or other\n\ninstrument of a subdivision of land within the area shall be\n\naccepted for record in the office of the county clerk until it shall\n\nhave been approved by such commission as being in accordance with\n\nthe officially adopted rules and regulations of the commission and\n\nsuch approval endorsed in writing on the plat.\n\nThe approval of the commission required by this section or the\n\nrefusal to approve shall take place within forty-five (45) days from\n\nand after the submission of the subdivision of land for final\n\napproval; otherwise said subdivision of land shall be deemed to have\n\nbeen approved and the certificate of said commission as to the date\n\nof the submission of the subdivision of land for approval and as to\n\nthe failure to take action thereon within such time shall be\n\nsufficient in lieu of the written endorsement or evidence of\n\napproval herein required. The ground of refusal of any subdivision\n\nof land submitted, including citation to or reference to the rules\n\nor regulations violated by the subdivision of land shall be stated\n\nupon the record of the commission.\n\nWhoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land\n\nwithin the area, transfers or sells or agrees to sell, or negotiates\n\nto sell any land by reference to or exhibition thereof, or by other\n\nuse of a plat of a subdivision or a contract for deed or other\n\ninstrument before such plat or deed or instrument has been approved\n\nby the commission and filed of record in the office of the county\n\nclerk, or whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of a parcel\n\nof ground, transfers, or sells or agrees to sell, or negotiates to\n\nsell any tract of land of less than ten (10) acres, except in\n\ncounties adjoining a county having a cooperative planning commission\n\nformed under the provisions of 19 O.S. 1961, Section 863.2, in which\n\ncase upon order or rule of the city-county cooperative planning\n\ncommission a tract of less than two and one-half (2 1/2) acres where\n\nsuch tract was not shown of record in the office of the county clerk\n\nas separately owned at the effective date of the regulations\n\nhereinafter provided for and not located within a subdivision\n\napproved according to law and filed of record in the office of the\n\ncounty clerk, or if so located, not comprising at least one entire\n\nlot as recorded, without first obtaining the written approval of the\n\ncommission by its endorsement on the instrument of transfer, or\n\ncontract of sale or other agreement to transfer, shall be subject to\n\nthe penalties by this act provided; and such transaction shall be\n\nunlawful and shall not be recorded by the county clerk; provided\n\nthat a tract of land which has not been subdivided, a tract of more\n\nthan ten (10) acres, except in counties adjoining a county having a\n\ncooperative planning commission formed under the provisions of 19\n\nO.S. 1961, Section 863.2, in which case upon order or rule of the\n\ncity-county cooperative planning commission a tract of more than two\n\nand one-half (2 1/2) acres, may be transferred by the owner thereof\n\nto any person without complying with the provisions of this act and\n\nsuch transfer shall be duly recorded by the county clerk; and\n\nprovided, further, that such person may further transfer such tract\n\nwithout complying with the provisions of this act, so long as such\n\ntransfer involves the whole of such tract and the transfer shall be\n\nrecorded by the county clerk, and thereafter any transfer shall be\n\nsubject to existing law. Provided further, all deeds of record as\n\nof January 1, 1963, which convey tracts of land not portions of an\ncomplying with the provisions of this act, so long as such\n\ntransfer involves the whole of such tract and the transfer shall be\n\nrecorded by the county clerk, and thereafter any transfer shall be\n\nsubject to existing law. Provided further, all deeds of record as\n\nof January 1, 1963, which convey tracts of land not portions of an\n\napproved or disapproved plat or subdivision, are hereby validated\n\ninsofar as the filings of the same are concerned, whether or not\n\nfirst approved by the commission.\n\nIn its consideration of such transfers, referred to as \"lot-\n\nsplits\" the commission shall apply the same regulations as are\n\napplied to subdivisions in order to accomplish the purpose of\n\nplanning as herein provided. No city board of adjustment or county\n\nboard of adjustment or any office representing such boards shall\n\nrequire that easements be given to the city or county for major\n\nstreet usages serving approval on a lot-split deed, and approving\n\nsuch deeds shall not be deemed consideration for the transfer of\n\neasements for road purposes, except in the case of streets platted\n\nand dedicated by the owner in approved subdivision plans.","path":["OK Code","Title 19"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os19.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"85a2983b6723ae0275e5a6661fd6ccd18d923cbbff10da230d0b203184e7239a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-866.12","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-19-19-866.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}