{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-42-42-203","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 42, § 42-203","heading":"Real estate broker lien - Attachment","body":"A. A real estate broker shall have a lien, upon commercial real\n\nestate or any interest in that commercial real estate which is the\n\nsubject of a purchase, lease or other conveyance to a buyer or\n\ntenant of an interest in the commercial real estate, in the amount\n\nthat the broker is due for licensed services which shall include,\n\nwithout limitation, brokerage fees, consulting fees, and management\n\nfees.\n\nThe lien shall be available only to the broker named in a\n\nwritten instrument signed by an owner, buyer, or tenant or their\n\nrespective agents as applicable.\n\nB. A lien under this act shall attach to commercial real estate\n\nor any interest in the commercial real estate when:\n\n1. The broker is entitled to a stated fee or commission\n\nprovided in a written instrument signed by the owner, buyer, tenant,\n\nor their respective authorized agents, as applicable; and\n\n2. The broker records a notice of lien in the county clerk’s\n\noffice of the county in which the real property is located, prior to\n\nthe actual conveyance or transfer of the commercial real estate\n\nagainst which the broker is claiming a lien, except as provided in\n\nsubsection C, D or E of this section. The lien shall attach as of\n\nthe date of the recording of the notice of lien and does not and\n\nshall not relate back to the date of the written instrument.\n\nC. LEASES. In the case of a lease, including a sublease or\n\nassignment of lease, the notice of lien must be recorded not later\n\nthan ninety (90) days after the tenant takes possession of the\n\nleased premises. The lien shall attach as of the recording of the\n\nnotice of lien and shall not relate back to the date of the written\n\ninstrument.\n\nD. FUTURE COMMISSIONS IN LEASE TRANSACTIONS. 1. If a broker\n\nmay be due additional commission as a result of future actions,\n\nincluding but not limited to the exercise of an option to expand the\n\nleased premises, to renew or extend a lease, pursuant to a written\n\ninstrument signed by the then owner or tenant, the broker may record\n\nits notice or lien at any time after execution of the lease or other\n\nwritten instrument which contains such option but not later than\n\nninety (90) days after the event or occurrence on which the future\n\ncommission is claimed occurs. An action to foreclose a lien to\n\ncollect future commissions must be commenced within two (2) years of\n\nthe occurrence or transaction on which the future commission is\n\nclaimed.\n\n2. In the event that the property is sold or otherwise conveyed\n\nprior to the date on which a future commission is due and if the\n\nbroker has filed a valid notice of lien prior to the sale or other\n\nconveyance of the property, then the purchaser or transferee shall\n\nbe deemed to have notice of and shall take title to the property\n\nsubject to the notice of lien. Provided, however, that if a broker\n\nclaiming a future commission fails to record its notice of lien for\n\nfuture commission prior to the recording of a deed conveying legal\n\ntitle to the property to the purchaser or transferee, then such\n\nbroker may not claim a lien on the property. The provisions of this\n\nsubsection shall not limit or otherwise affect claims or defenses a\n\nbroker or owner or any other party may have on any other basis, in\n\nlaw or in equity.\n\nE. BUYER’S BROKER. If a broker has a written agreement with a\n\nprospective buyer or tenant as described in subsection A of this\n\nsection, then the lien shall attach upon the prospective buyer\n\npurchasing or otherwise accepting a conveyance or transfer of the\n\ncommercial real estate and the recording of a notice of lien by the\n\nbroker in the county clerk’s office of the county in which the real\n\nproperty, or any interest in the real property is located, within\n\nninety (90) days after the purchase or other conveyance or transfer\n\nto the buyer or tenant. The lien shall attach as of the date of the\n\nrecording of the notice of lien and shall not relate back to the\n\ndate of the written instrument.","path":["OK Code","Title 42"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os42.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"5d5fcc5677a262ea5cd8394b62377f4b24104acb04e282650c1c5ef3a194ba68","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-42-42-202","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-42-42-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}