Oklahoma Code § 42-98

Title 42. Liens: Filing of statement of lien with county clerk - Innocent
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purchasers.
A.  1.  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, any person
entitled to a lien pursuant to this chapter shall within one hundred
twenty (120) days after last furnishing of labor, money, material or
supplies for the production of, altering or repairing of said
personal property, file in the office of the county clerk of the
county in which the property is situated a statement in writing
verified by oath, showing the amount of labor, money, material or
supplies furnished for the producing of, altering or repairing of
said personal property, the name of the person for, and by whom
labor, money, material or supplies, was furnished.
2.  If the person entitled to such lien does not file such
statement within the time required by this chapter, such person
shall be deemed to have waived his rights thereto.
3.  The lien provided for in this chapter shall not attach to
any personal property after it has been purchased by an innocent
purchaser for value, and has passed into his possession unless the

lien shall have been filed with the county clerk of the county
before the property was purchased by such purchaser, or he shall
have received written notice, from the party entitled to the lien,
of his intention to file the same.
B.  Immediately upon the receipt of such statement, the county
clerk shall enter a record of the same in a book kept for that
purpose, to be called the Personal Property Lien Journal, which
shall be ruled off into separate columns, with headings as follows:
"When filed", "Name of owner", "Name of claimant", "Amount claimed",
and "Remarks", and the clerk shall make the proper entry in each
column.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 187, p. 351, § 2.  Amended by Laws 1992, c.
309, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2003, c. 409, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,
2003.

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