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Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 136 (2026)

Requisites of a trust

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No trust in relation to real property is valid, unless created or declared: 1. By a written instrument, subscribed by the grantor or by his agent thereto authorized by writing. 2. By the instrument under which the trustee claims the estate affected; or, 3. By operation of law. R.L.1910, § 6659.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1957–2000 · leading case: State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Taylor, 2000 OK 35, 4 P.3d 1242.
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State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Taylor, 2000 OK 35, 4 P.3d 1242. “The duty owed that stranger to the attorney/client relation is breached when the lawyer fails to hold separately funds to which the third party claims an interest.”
Meadows v. Fain, 776 P.2d 1270 (Okla. 1989). “60 O.S.1981, § 136(3): No trust in relation to real property is valid, unless created or declared: 1.”
Morris v. Leverett, 434 P.2d 912 (Okla. 1967). “In the Abraham case plaintiffs plead a parol contract to convey land, which was invalid under the statute of frauds, and *922 also because such agreement was an attempt to create an express trust by oral contract and so invalid under (60 O.S.1961, § 136) the statute of uses and…”
Powell v. Chastain, 318 P.2d 859 (Okla. 1957). “60 O.S.1951 § 136 provides, in effect, that no trust in relation to real property is valid unless created or declared by a written instrument, except those trusts created by operation of law.”
Rockett v. Ford, 326 P.2d 787 (Okla. 1958). “Defendants also rely on 60 O.S.1951 § 136, Subsection 1, which provides that no trust in relation to real property is valid unless created by a written instrument.”
Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 136(3): 1 case
Meadows v. Fain, 776 P.2d 1270 (Okla. 1989). “60 O.S.1981, § 136(3): No trust in relation to real property is valid, unless created or declared: 1.”
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