{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-67-67-18","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 67, § 67-18","heading":"Duty of county commissioners in restoring records","body":"Whenever it shall appear that the records or any material part\n\nthereof, of any county in this state, have been lost or destroyed by\n\nfire or otherwise so that a connected chain of title cannot be\n\ndeduced therefrom, and are of record in any other county, or in any\n\noffice maintained by the state or by the United States for recording\n\nand filing instruments, pertaining to or in any wise affecting the\n\ntitle, boundary or description of property situated within such\n\ncounty, then it shall be the duty of the board of county\n\ncommissioners of such county, immediately to employ some responsible\n\nand experienced firm or person to transcribe or copy any part of the\n\nrecords, deeds, patents, certificates, maps, plats, field notes or\n\nfiles, from the records or files of such other county, or of any\n\noffice maintained by the state or by the United States for recording\n\nand filing instruments pertaining to or in any wise affecting the\n\ntitle, boundary or description of property situated within the\n\nbounds of that county; and such copies or transcripts, when duly\n\ncertified to by the persons employed, or officer in charge of such\n\nrecords shall become a part of the records in the register of deeds\n\noffice of such county; and the record so made shall have the same\n\nforce and effect as the record of the originals of such instruments,\n\nand the board of county commissioners shall approve, accept, and pay\n\nfor the same as they are completed and delivered. The person or\n\nfirm employed to do such copying or transcribing shall give the\n\ncounty a bond similar to bonds given by abstractors, in the sum of\n\nFive Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).","path":["OK Code","Title 67"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os67.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"4624732273fe148195de839c2e7021058571dc27d3722bb28c5689eca38e65a4","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-67-67-17","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-67-67-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}