A. Within five (5) business days after the date of the filing of the lien statement provided for in Sections 142 and 143 of this title, a notice of the lien shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of the property on which the lien attaches. The claimant shall furnish to the county clerk the last-known mailing address of the person or persons against whom the claim is made and the owner of the property. The notice shall be mailed by the county clerk. The fee for preparing and mailing the notice of mechanics' and materialmen's lien and costs for each additional page or exhibit shall be as provided for in Section 32 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall be paid by the person filing the lien. The fee shall be deposited into the County Clerk's Lien Fee Account, created pursuant to the provisions of Section 265 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. The notice shall contain the date of filing; the name and address of the following: The person claiming the lien; the person against whom the claim is made and the owner of the property; a legal description of the property; and the amount claimed. Provided that, if with due diligence the person against whom the claim is made or the owner of the property cannot be found, the claimant after filing an affidavit setting forth such facts may, within sixty (60) days of the filing of the lien statement, serve a copy of the notice upon the occupant of the property or the occupant of the improvements, as the case may be, in a like manner as is provided for service upon the owner thereof, or, if the same be unoccupied, the claimant may post a copy in a conspicuous place upon the property or any improvements thereon.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 207, § 9, eff. Oct. 1, 1977. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 251, § 1, emerg. eff. June 5, 1979; Laws 1983, c. 51, § 1, emerg. eff. April 26, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 268, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1985, c. 166, § 4, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1989, c. 366, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 2000, c. 363, § 23, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 21, § 2, emerg. eff. April 3, 2001; Laws 2010, c. 148, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
Structure Oklahoma Statutes
§42-4. Special lien - Prior lien.
§42-8. Lien on future interest.
§42-9. Lien to take immediate effect.
§42-10. Lien transfers no title.
§42-11. Contracts for forfeiture of property and restraining redemption.
§42-12. Lien does not imply obligation.
§42-13. Extent of lien limited.
§42-14. Holder of lien not entitled to compensation.
§42-15. Priority of liens according to date.
§42-16. Priority of mortgage for price of realty.
§42-17. Order of resort for payment of prior liens.
§42-18. Persons entitled to redeem lien - Federal right of first refusal - Rule of construction.
§42-19. Holder of inferior lien - Redemption.
§42-20. Redemption - How made.
§42-21. Lien is an accessory obligation.
§42-22. Sale or conversion of property extinguishes lien.
§42-24. Partial performance as extinguishing lien.
§42-25. Voluntary restoration as extinguishing lien.
§42-26. Vendor's lien for price of realty.
§42-27. Waiver of vendor's lien.
§42-28. Validity of liens of vendors and purchasers.
§42-30. Lien of purchaser of real property.
§42-33. Special lien of officer levying attachment or execution.
§42-43. Hospital liens in personal injury cases - Priority - Exception.
§42-44. Filing of notice of lien - Enforcement by civil action.
§42-45. Insurance agent's lien.
§42-47. Provider of seed, chemicals, pesticides, herbicides or fertilizer - Agricultural lien.
§42-49. Ambulance service provider liens.
§42-90. Notice preparers to register and submit annual fee.
§42-91.1. Abandoned vehicle auctions – Exemption from fees and taxes.
§42-91.2. Liens on farm equipment.
§42-92. Laborer's lien on products of labor.
§42-98. Filing of statement of lien with county clerk - Innocent purchasers.
§42-99. Priority of mortgage liens.
§42-100. Foreclosure of liens.
§42-101. Sale, disposal or removal of property covered by lien - Punishment.
§42-102. Discharge of lien when satisfied.
§42-104. Enforcement and foreclosure of liens on farm equipment.
§42-111. Persons entitled to liens - Commencement of lien.
§42-112. Filing statement of lien in office of county clerk - Right to lien as against purchaser.
§42-113. Priority of mortgage liens - Liability of mortgagee consenting in writing.
§42-114. Statement furnished owner by thresher - Forfeiture on failure to comply.
§42-116. Sale for purpose of paying threshing or combining bill.
§42-117. Selling in violation of lien.
§42-118. Satisfaction of lien - Discharge - Record - Duty of holders.
§42-120. Statement to be furnished owner or person in charge - False statements as to law.
§42-121. Removal of grain or seed with fraudulent intent - Fraudulent appropriation.
§42-131. Lien provided for work.
§42-132. Procedure to perfect lien.
§42-141. Right to lien - Priority - Enforceablility against property - Constructive notice.
§42-141.1. Transfer of records, funds, and powers and duties to county clerk.
§42-142. Statement to be filed.
§42-142.4. Fraudulent statement - Felony.
§42-142.6. Pre-lien notice - Requirements – Affidavit - Penalties.
§42-143. Lien by or through subcontractor.
§42-143.1. Notice - Filing of lien statement - Fees.
§42-143.3. Leased or rented equipment - Exemption from act.
§42-143.4. Leased or rented equipment - Property used for production of oil or gas.
§42-144. Oil and gas well liens.
§42-144.1. Effectiveness of lien against purchaser - Delivery of copy of statement of lien.
§42-144.2. Trust funds for payment of lienable claims.
§42-145. Oil and gas well lien by or through subcontractor.
§42-146. Enforcement of lien on oil and gas wells.
§42-148. Lien on mining property for work thereon.
§42-149. Suit within one year.
§42-151. Lightning rods not included herein.
§42-153. Payment of lienable claims.
§42-161. Right to lien against railroads.
§42-174. Consolidation of actions and stay of trial.
§42-175. Sale of property after judgment.
§42-177. Suit by owner to determine lien and cancellation of lien on docket.
§42-178. Proceeds insufficient.
§42-180. Liens against manufactured homes – Repossession - Notice.
§42-193. Applicability of Article 7 of Commercial Code.
§42-194. Duty of care - Disclosure.
§42-195. Default by occupant - Prevention of access - Liability for damage to property.
§42-196. Lien - Date of attachment - Disclosure of other lienholders.
§42-197. Priority - Enforcement - Notice - Sale of property.
§42-197.1. Abandonment or surrender – Possession – Disposal – Notice.
§42-198. Residential use prohibited.
§42-199. Other rights not impaired or affected.
§42-203. Real estate broker lien - Attachment.
§42-204. Notice of lien - Mailing.
§42-205. Suit to enforce lien - Extinguishment of lien.