Oklahoma § 1-21 - Definitions

§ 1-21. Definitions

As used in the Oklahoma Abstractors Act:

1. “Abstract of title” means a compilation in orderly

arrangement of the materials and facts of record, in the office of

the county clerk and court clerk, affecting the title to a specific

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tract of land issued pursuant to a certificate certifying to the

matters therein contained;

2. “Abstract plant” means a set of records in which an entry

has been made of all documents or matters which legally impart

constructive notice of matters affecting title to real property, any

interest therein or encumbrances thereon, which are filed, recorded

and currently available for reproduction in the offices of the

county clerk and the court clerk in the county for which such

abstract plant is maintained. Such records shall consist of:

a.

an index in which notations of or references to any

documents that describe the property affected are

included, according to the property described or in

which copies or briefs of all such documents that

describe the property affected are sorted and filed

according to the property described, which is compiled

from the instruments of record affecting real property

in the county offices and not copied or reproduced

from any county index, and

b.

an index or files in which all other documents,

pending suits affecting real property and liens,

except ad valorem taxes and special assessments, are

posted, entered, or otherwise included, according to

the name of the parties whose title to real property

or any interest therein or encumbrances thereon is

affected, which is compiled from the instruments of

record affecting real property in the county offices

and not copied from any county index;

3. “Abstract license” means the authorization for a person

working for a holder of a certificate of authority to search and

remove from county offices county records, summarize or compile

copies of such records, and issue the abstract of title;

4. “Act” or “Oklahoma Abstractors Law” means the Oklahoma

Abstractors Act;

5. “Board” means the Oklahoma Abstractors Board;

6. “Certificate of authority” means the authorization to engage

in the business of abstracting in a county in this state, granted to

a person, firm, corporation, or other entity, by the Oklahoma

Abstractors Board;

7. “Permit” means the authorization to build an abstract plant

in a specific county; and

8. “Authorized agent” or “representative” of a current owner or

insured means a real estate broker, real estate agent, lender,

attorney, title insurer, title insurance agent, escrow agent, or

other duly appointed agent of the current owner or insured under a

policy of title insurance authorized to act on behalf of such

current owner or insured in a current transaction.

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Added by Laws 1984, c. 163, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws

2007, c. 359, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2008. Renumbered from Title 74, §

227.11 by Laws 2007, c. 359, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2008. Amended by

Laws 2008, c. 97, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008; Laws 2021, c. 251, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2024, c. 348, § 1.