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Oklahoma · O.S.Oklahoma real estate closing laws: a checklist for transaction coordinators

Oklahoma's rules for a home sale, in the order a transaction meets them: the seller delivers the statutory disclosure or disclaimer statement under the Residential Property Condition Disclosure Act; a wholesaler gives its written disclosures and the two-business-day cancellation notice (59 O.S. §858-314); a deed, mortgage or contract affecting the homestead needs both spouses' signatures (16 O.S. §4); a deed signed by an attorney-in-fact can't be recorded until the power of attorney is recorded in the same county office (16 O.S. §20); contractors have four months, and subcontractors 90 days, to file liens (42 O.S. §§142, 143); and after payoff the lender files the release within 30 days (46 O.S. §15). A transfer-on-death beneficiary records an affidavit with the death certificate within nine months of the owner's death (58 O.S. §1252).

From listing to recording

  1. 1. Disclosure (60 O.S. §§831–838)

    Disclosure or disclaimer statement from the seller.

  2. 2. Wholesaling (59 O.S. §858-314)

    Written disclosures and a 2-business-day cancellation right.

  3. 3. Homestead (16 O.S. §4)

    Both spouses sign; an agent only under a recorded power.

  4. 4. Power of attorney (16 O.S. §20)

    Recorded before the agent's deed or mortgage.

  5. 5. Liens (42 O.S. §§142–143)

    Four months for contractors, 90 days for subcontractors.

  6. 6. Release (46 O.S. §15)

    Within 30 days of payoff; penalties after a written request.

Questions about Oklahoma closings

Does an Oklahoma spouse have to sign the deed?

For the homestead, yes – both spouses sign unless the law provides otherwise (16 O.S. §4(A)).

When does an Oklahoma lender release a paid-off mortgage?

Within 30 days after payment of the debt (46 O.S. §15(A)).

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Sources: 60 O.S. §§831–838; 59 O.S. §858-314; 16 O.S. §§4, 20; 42 O.S. §§142–143; 46 O.S. §15; 58 O.S. §1252 (oklegislature.gov, read for the linked guides).

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