Oklahoma SB 60, Section 121- Affidavit Requirement

[TODD_M_Baker]

Our efforts have paid off. As of this morning, the Oklahoma AG has issued a formally binding ruling that a conveyance of Oil & Gas Minerals ONLY, do NOT require the Affidavit be attached about the “grantee’s” citizenship.

Thanks to all those that wrote your congressmen, AG and Bill sponsors to get this ridiculous provision removed.

Todd M. Baker

[M_Barnes]

The 8 pages of the opinion can be found in various posts on LinkedIn. It is Attorney General Opinion 2024-2 By Gentner Drummond.

[Richard_Winblad]

Todd: Are you able to share the ruling or a link thereto?

[TODD_M_Baker]

Here is the pertinent text: The following recorded instruments and entities are declared exempt—by either statutory construction or under the discretion of the Attorney General—from the affidavit requirement in title 60, section 121 of the Oklahoma Statutes:

1. Deeds where the grantee is a domestic governmental body, including, for example, the United States, the State of Oklahoma or a political subdivision thereof, or a Tribe;
2. State or federal court orders and decrees in probate proceedings, divorce actions, quiet title actions to cure a defect in title, or other judicial orders and decrees affecting title to land;
3. Deeds that do not convey or otherwise transfer title or ownership when recording the instrument, including transfer on death deeds and correction deeds; and
4. Deeds conveying only oil or gas interests. GENTNER DRUMMOND ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OKLAHOMA BRAD CLARK