Oklahoma § 19-863.10 - Transfer or sale of lands

§ 19-863.10. Transfer or sale of lands

Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land

within the area, transfers, or sells or agrees to sell, or

negotiates to sell any land by reference to or exhibition thereof,

or by other use of a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been

approved by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission or the

Commission's staff as provided in the regulations adopted pursuant

to Section 863.9 of this title and filed of record in the office of

the county clerk, or whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner

of any parcel of ground, transfers, or sells or agrees to sell, or

negotiates to sell any tract of land of five (5) acres or less, or

which transfer or sale will result in a remainder tract of land of

five (5) acres or less, where such tract or remainder tract was not

shown of record in the office of the county clerk as separately

owned at the effective date of the regulations hereinafter provided

for and not located within a subdivision approved according to law

and filed of record in the office of the county clerk, or if so

located, not comprising at least one (1) entire lot as recorded,

without first obtaining the written approval of the Commission or

the Commission's staff as provided in the regulations adopted

pursuant to Section 863.9 of this title, by the endorsement on the

instrument of transfer, shall be subject to the penalties by this

act provided; and such transaction shall be unlawful and the deed or

other instrument of transfer shall not be valid; and if recorded,

shall not import notice; and the description of such lot or parcel

by metes and bounds, in the instrument of transfer or other document

used in the process of selling or transferring, shall not exempt the

transaction or the parties from such penalties or from the remedies

in this act provided.

In the consideration of such transfers, referred to as "lotsplits", the Commission shall apply the same regulations as are

applied to subdivisions in order to accomplish the purposes of

planning as herein provided.

Added by Laws 1955, p. 168, § 9, emerg. eff. June 3, 1955. Amended

by Laws 1992, c. 47, § 2, emerg. eff. April 8, 1992; Laws 2006, c.

27, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2017, c. 119, § 2.