Oklahoma · 16 O.S. §§54, 55, 401–407Oklahoma discriminatory deed restrictions: the owner's declaration, the 2025 amendment and the HOA's 90 days

In Oklahoma, discriminatory restrictive covenants in any recorded conveyance or instrument are unlawful, unenforceable and void, and any such covenant in a previously recorded instrument is extinguished and severed from it (16 O.S. §54). The owner – or another person with the owner's written, notarized permission – may record with the county clerk a declaration that the covenant is illegal and should be removed, and the owner may do so before a deed to a buyer is recorded or when the covenant is discovered, using a statutory form that needs no attorney (§§54, 55). Since November 1, 2025, the Oklahoma Uniform Unlawful Restrictions in Land Records Act also lets an owner record an amendment removing an unlawful restriction – one that restricts transfer, use or occupancy based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, disability or other personal characteristics in violation of law – as to the owner's own property (§§402(11), 403). For property under an owners association's governing instrument, the governing body may remove the restriction without a member vote, and after a member's request it has 90 days to decide and then 90 days to amend (§404). The amendment identifies the owner, the property and the document, carries a conspicuous statutory statement, is acknowledged and recorded with the county clerk, and doesn't affect any lawful restriction (§405). The county clerk records it, indexes it and cross-references the original document (§407).