Oklahoma Statutes

Okla. Stat. tit. 16, § 79 (2026)

Penalties for filing slanderous notices of claims - Quiet

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title action independent of criminal action. A. No person shall use the privilege of filing notices hereunder for the purpose of slandering the title to land and, in any action brought for the purpose of quieting title to land, if the court shall find that any person has filed a claim for that reason, he shall award the plaintiff all the costs of such action, including such attorney fees as the court may allow to the plaintiff, and, in addition, shall decree that the defendant asserting such claim shall pay to plaintiff three times the damages that plaintiff may have sustained as the result of such notice of claim having been so filed for record. B. A quiet title action shall be independent of any criminal action that may be filed against the defendant, and there shall be no requirement that the defendant in a quiet title action be convicted of any criminal act. Added by Laws 1963, c. 31, § 9. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 405, § 7, emerg. eff. June 13, 1997.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1980–2018 · leading case: Oak Tree Partners, LLC v. Williams, 2020 OK CIV APP 5 (Okla. Civ. App. 2018).

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Oak Tree Partners, LLC v. Williams, 2020 OK CIV APP 5 (Okla. Civ. App. 2018). · cites it 11× “OTP then moved for triple damages pursuant to 16 O.S.2011 § 79, and the court sustained the motion.”

Schwab v. Zajac, 823 N.W.2d 737 (N.D. 2012). “” [¶ 26] Other jurisdictions have similar statutory provisions.”

Mobile Components, Inc. v. Layon, 623 P.2d 591 (Okla. 1980). “Under our slander of title action, 16 O.S.1971 § 79 the landowner may recover costs, attorney fees and damages suffered for a slanderous notice of claim.”

Interest of A.J.L.H., 2012 ND 235 (N.D. 2012). “§ 76 - 296 (2009); Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 16, § 79 (1999); S.”

McDowell v. Glasscock, 672 P.2d 682 (Okla. Civ. App. 1983). “The first, 16 O.S.1981 § 79, is applicable only in quiet title actions.”

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