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Code · Oklahoma · Title 11 — Cities And Towns

§11-47-116. Unapproved plats not entitled to record.

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A. No plat, replat, or subdivision of land within the jurisdiction of the commission shall be entitled to record unless it bears the written approval of the commission. No deed referring to the unapproved plat shall be entitled to record and, if recorded, shall not import notice.
B. No deed describing land by metes and bounds which conveys land within the jurisdiction of the commission in a tract of five
(5)acres or less shall be entitled to record and, if recorded, shall not import notice, unless one of the following conditions is met:
1. The deed bears the written approval of the commission; or
2. A preceding title transaction of record bears the written approval of the commission of the metes and bounds description in the subsequent deed.
C. The provisions of subsections A and B of this section shall not apply to any plat, replat, subdivision or deed which has been recorded prior to annexation by the municipality, or to any deed or other conveyance of unplatted property covering all of the unplatted property acquired by the grantor in a single conveyance if the grantor's deed has been filed of record for five
(5)years or more. Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 47-116, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 65, § 1, eff. July 1, 1978.
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