Oklahoma · 12 O.S. §§706, 735; 31 O.S. §§1, 2, 5Oklahoma judgment liens at closing: the statement of judgment, the release and the five-year dormancy rule

An Oklahoma money judgment becomes a lien on the judgment debtor's real estate in a county only after a Statement of Judgment, in the form prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts, is filed with that county's clerk; recording the judgment itself on or after October 1, 1993 doesn't create a general money judgment lien (12 O.S. §706(B), (F)). The lien attaches to all real property of the named debtors, including the homestead, but judgment liens on a homestead are exempt from forced sale under 31 O.S. §1 and Article XII, Section 2 of the Oklahoma Constitution (12 O.S. §706(B)(2)). The county clerk indexes each debtor by name (§706(C)). A lien that is still enforceable is released only by filing a Release of Judgment Lien – full or partial – with the county clerk, signed by the creditor or the creditor's attorney or certified by the court clerk; filing it only with the court clerk doesn't release the lien (§706(E)(1)). A lien on a judgment paid in full, vacated or dormant that the creditor won't release is released by the court on motion if the creditor doesn't object within 15 days after a certified-mail copy is sent (§706(E)(2)). A judgment becomes unenforceable if, within five years after filing and every five years after, no execution, renewal notice, garnishment summons or income assignment is issued or filed (12 O.S. §735). Within a city or town the homestead is up to one acre; outside, up to 160 acres; the exemption doesn't apply to purchase-money debt, taxes and assessments, or work and materials for improvements (31 O.S. §§2, 5).