{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-54-54-1-105","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 54, § 54-1-105","heading":"Execution, filing, and recording of statements","body":"Execution, Filing, and Recording of Statements.\n\n(a) A statement may be filed in the office of the Secretary of\n\nState. A certified copy of a statement that is filed in an office\n\nin another state may be filed in the office of the Secretary of\n\nState. Either filing has the effect provided in this act with\n\nrespect to partnership property located in or transactions that\n\noccur in this state.\n\n(b) A certified copy of a statement that has been filed in the\n\noffice of the Secretary of State and recorded in the office for\n\nrecording transfers of real property has the effect provided for\n\nrecorded statements in this act. A recorded statement that is not a\n\ncertified copy of a statement filed in the office of the Secretary\n\nof State does not have the effect provided for recorded statements\n\nin this act.\n\n(c) A statement filed by a partnership must be executed by at\n\nleast two partners. Other statements must be executed by a partner\n\nor other person authorized by this act. An individual who executes\n\na statement as, or on behalf of, a partner or other person named as\n\na partner in a statement shall personally declare under penalty of\n\nperjury that the contents of the statement are accurate.\n\n(d) A person authorized by this act to file a statement may\n\namend or cancel the statement by filing an amendment or cancellation\n\nthat names the partnership, identifies the statement, and states the\n\nsubstance of the amendment or cancellation.\n\n(e) A person who files a statement pursuant to this section\n\nshall promptly send a copy of the statement to every nonfiling\n\npartner and to any other person named as a partner in the statement.\n\nFailure to send a copy of a statement to a partner or other person\n\ndoes not limit the effectiveness of the statement as to a person not\n\na partner.\n\n(f) The county clerk recording transfers of real property may\n\ncollect a fee for recording a statement.\n\n(g) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect the\n\nfollowing fees:\n\n(1) for filing a statement, a fee of One Hundred Dollars\n\n($100.00);\n\n(2) for filing an amendment, cancellation, or dissolution, a\n\nfee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00);\n\n(3) for filing a statement of denial, a fee of Twenty-five\n\nDollars ($25.00);\n\n(4) for filing a statement of disassociation, a fee of Twenty-\n\nfive Dollars ($25.00);\n\n(5) for filing a statement of change of agent or office,\n\nresignation of agent, or change of chief executive office, a fee of\n\nTwenty-five Dollars ($25.00);\n\n(6) for filing a change of address for any individual or other\n\nperson authorized to do business in this state designated by a\n\npartnership as its registered agent for service of process, or the\n\nchange of name or the resignation of a registered agent, a fee of\n\nTwenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for the first forty partnerships and\n\nFive Dollars ($5.00) for each additional partnership within any bulk\n\nfiling;\n\n(7) for filing a statement of conversion, a fee of One Hundred\n\nDollars ($100.00);\n\n(8) for filing a statement of merger, a fee of One Hundred\n\nDollars ($100.00); and\n\n(9) for filing a fictitious name certificate, a fee of Fifty\n\nDollars ($50.00), and for an amendment to the certificate, a fee of\n\nTwenty-five Dollars ($25.00).\n\n(h) A partnership name filed in a statement pursuant to this\n\nact may not be the same as or indistinguishable from the name of any\n\nother partnership, corporation, limited liability company or limited\n\npartnership, trade name or fictitious name, or other name reserved\n\nwith or on file with the Secretary of State.\nof\n\nTwenty-five Dollars ($25.00).\n\n(h) A partnership name filed in a statement pursuant to this\n\nact may not be the same as or indistinguishable from the name of any\n\nother partnership, corporation, limited liability company or limited\n\npartnership, trade name or fictitious name, or other name reserved\n\nwith or on file with the Secretary of State.\n\n(i) The provisions of subparagraph h of this paragraph shall\n\nnot apply if one of the following is filed with the Secretary of\n\nState:\n\n(1) the written consent of the other partnership, corporation,\n\nlimited liability company, limited partnership, or holder of the\n\ntrade name, fictitious name or other reserved name to use the same\n\nor indistinguishable name with the addition of one or more words,\n\nnumerals, numbers or letters to make that name distinguishable upon\n\nthe records of the Secretary of State, except that the addition of\n\nwords, numerals, numbers or letters to make the name distinguishable\n\nshall not be required where such written consent states that the\n\nconsenting entity is about to change its name, cease to do business,\n\nwithdraw from the state or be wound up, or\n\n(2) a certified copy of a final decree of a court of competent\n\njurisdiction establishing the prior right of such partnership or\n\nholder of partnership name to the use of such name in this state.\n\n(j) Any signature on any instrument authorized to be filed with\n\nthe Secretary of State under any provision of this act may be by\n\nfacsimile.","path":["OK Code","Title 54"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os54.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"d33cd8e9adb62a5214873a40250890bc4a72ee7f685fba59f28142301bfa79d9","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-54-54-1-104","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-54-54-1-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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