Oklahoma § 16-55 - Recording declaration to remove discriminatory restrictive

§ 16-55. Recording declaration to remove discriminatory restrictive

covenants — Form.

All discriminatory restrictive covenants prohibited by Section 1

of this act may be declared illegal and unenforceable and considered

removed from the instrument by the owner of real property subject to

such restrictive covenants by recording a declaration to remove the

discriminatory restrictive covenants. The real property owner may

record such declaration:

1. Prior to recordation of a deed conveying real property to a

purchaser; or

2. When such real property owner discovers that such

discriminatory restrictive covenants exist.

Such declaration may be prepared without assistance of an

attorney, but such declaration to remove the discriminatory

restrictive covenants shall conform substantially to the following

form:

DECLARATION TO REMOVE DISCRIMINATORY RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

County where property is located: ____________________

Date of Instrument containing discriminatory restrictive

covenants(s): ______________

Instrument Type: ____________________

Instrument recorded in Book ______ Page _______

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 16. Conveyances

Name(s) of Grantor(s): ____________________

Name(s) of Current Owner(s): ____________________

Real Property Description: ____________________

The discriminatory restrictive covenants contained in the abovementioned instrument are declared to be illegal and unlawful and

shall be considered removed from the instrument to the extent that

it contains terms purporting to restrict the ownership or use of the

property as prohibited by Section 1 of this act.

The undersigned is/are the legal owner(s) of the property described

herein.

Signed and delivered this ___ day of__________, ____.

_____________________________

________________________

_____________________________

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State of Oklahoma, )

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__________ County. )

Before me, ____ in and for this state, on this ____ day of ____,

________ personally appeared ________ to me known to be the

identical person(s) who executed the within and foregoing

instrument, and acknowledged to me that ____ executed the same as

____ free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes

therein set forth.

Added by Laws 2023, c. 267, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.