Oklahoma § 16-79 - Penalties for filing slanderous notices of claims - Quiet
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 16-79 — Penalties for filing slanderous notices of claims - Quiet, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-79. Penalties for filing slanderous notices of claims - Quiet
title action independent of criminal action.
A. No person shall use the privilege of filing notices
hereunder for the purpose of slandering the title to land and, in
any action brought for the purpose of quieting title to land, if the
court shall find that any person has filed a claim for that reason,
he shall award the plaintiff all the costs of such action, including
such attorney fees as the court may allow to the plaintiff, and, in
addition, shall decree that the defendant asserting such claim shall
pay to plaintiff three times the damages that plaintiff may have
sustained as the result of such notice of claim having been so filed
for record.
B. A quiet title action shall be independent of any criminal
action that may be filed against the defendant, and there shall be
no requirement that the defendant in a quiet title action be
convicted of any criminal act.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 31, § 9. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 405, § 7,
emerg. eff. June 13, 1997.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Oklahoma Statutes § 16-79 cover?
Section 16-79 ("Penalties for filing slanderous notices of claims - Quiet") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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