- Closing structure
- Oklahoma is a title/escrow state; attorneys frequently participate but are not statutorily required for residential closings.
- Marital property
- NOT community property; common-law/equitable-distribution. Dower/curtesy abolished.
- Homestead
- Okla. Const. Art. XII, § 1 (urban 1 acre / rural 160 acres; no dollar cap on the exemption itself). Conveyance requires SPOUSAL JOINDER — 16 O.S.
- Standard deed
- Warranty deed.
- Disclosure regime
- STATUTORY. Residential Property Condition Disclosure Act, 60 O.S. §§ 831–839 (Laws 1994, c. 198, eff. July 1, 1995), an express exception to common-law caveat emptor.
- Transfer tax
- Documentary stamp tax, 68 O.S. §§ 3201–3206 — $0.75 per $500 of consideration (or fraction), imposed when consideration exceeds $100.
- RON
- Oklahoma Remote Online Notary Act, SB 915 (2019), 49 O.S. §§ 201 et seq., effective January 1, 2020. Requires separate SOS authorization ($25 fee) atop a standard notary commission;
- Recording act
- Race-notice (16 O.S. § 15). Recording office = County Clerk.
- Mineral rights
- Severed mineral/oil-and-gas estates are extremely common statewide; surface conveyances frequently do not include the mineral estate, which is "dominant" over the surface.
- Notable overlays
- mineral country (statewide); tornado shelters common; Oklahoma City / Tulsa / Norman municipal codes.