GUIDELINES FOR

PREPARING DOCUMENTS
to be Recorded by Your
Tulsa County Clerk

MICHAEL WILLIS
TULSA COUNTY CLERK
Ray Jordan Administrative Building · Rm. 121
500 South Denver · Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
918.596.5801 · www.tulsacounty.org
This brochure provides illustrated instructions to help ensure your vital legal documents
meet legibility and formating standards for recording of public records by your Tulsa
County Oerk under Oklahoma laws (16 O.S. 1991 §28 and 19 O.S. 1991 §298.)
To inquire what date we are indexing, or to receive other assistance regarding
services of your Tulsa County Oerk, please telephone us at 918.596.5801.
 Help Us Ensure Your
Documents Can Be
Successfully Recorded!
State laws require public records accepted for filing in the office of the County Clerk to be clearly legible
and reproducible , and to meet certain other basic requirements. By following the simple guidelines
below, and by avoiding the mistakes illustrated on the facing page, you can be confident that your vital
legal documents can be accepted by your Tulsa County Clerk.

PLEASE AVOID USING:

• ITALIC/BOLD TYPE

•UNDERLINED LEGAL
Page format is simple, DESCRIPTIONS
but extremely important:
• COMPRESSED
• Use pages no larger than 8.5" x 14". LETTERING

•Leave at least a 1" blank top margin •NON-REPRODUCIBLE

where the County Clerk's office must CONTENT (SEE FACING
attach a recording label! PAGE)
•And at least a 1/2" blank margin at
the left, right, and bottom of the page.

FOR CLARITY, ALWAYS USE:

• Original documents

• White paper

• Black or blue ink

• 12-Point font (type) size as

shown in this paragraph
 Although the original(s) you submit to the County Clerk's office for recording may be legible,
Oklahoma law requires that they also be reproducible using the Clerk's recording equipment.
Documents with certain characteristics commonly result in illegible document images when
electronically scanned and thus may not be acceptable as official public records.

Avoid These Trouble Spots, Which Often Result

in Unacceptable Document Reproduction:
·Shadows
·AVOID decorative shading
behind typefaces
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·AVOID text printed
against shaded, colored,
or screened backgrounds
:» Do not use colored or screened backgrounds.

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• Colored ink
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blue or black ink preferred
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(type) sizes :» Results after document has been reduced to 77% of original:

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Souvenir 8 point font Souvenir 10 point font ._..........
 MICHAEL WILLIS
TULSA COUNTY CLERK
Ray Jordan Administrative Building • Rm . 121
500 South Denver• Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
918.596.5801 • www.tulsacounty.org

FEE SCHEDULE
Effective November 1, 2019 (0828-32)

COUNTY CLERK - RECORDER OF DEEDS

Recording Fees
1. Deeds or Other Recorded Instruments (First Page) ........................................ $18.00
Additional pages, per page ........................................................................... $2.00
2. Mortgages (Mortgage Tax may apply)............................................................... $18.00
Additional pages, per page.......................................................................... $2.00
3. Plat of one block or less ...................................................................................... $20.00
4. Plat of two blocks or more .................................... ............................................. $35.00
5. Fictitious Name Certificate ..................................................................................... $15.00
6. Judgments, Release of Judgments .................................................................... $18.00
Additional pages, per page ................................................................................. $2.00
7. Execution/Renewal of Judgment ............................................................................ $10.00
8. Materialmen's/ Mechanic's Lien .............................................................................. $20.00
Additional pages, per page ................................................................................. $2.00
9. Mailing a Notice of Materialmen's Mechanic's Lien............................................. $13.75
10. Physician's Liens, Hospital Liens, Ambulance Liens, Personal Liens ............. $20.00
Additional pages, per page ................................................................................. $2.00
11. Non-Conforming Documents ............................................................................... $35.00
Additional pages, per page ............................................................................... $10.00

Copy Fees
1. Copies, per page .......................................................................................................... $1.00
2. Certification, per instrument .................................................................................... $1.00
3. Copies of Plats (51 OS 24A.5) 11 x 17 (all pages inclusive) ................................... $5.00
24 x 36 (priced per page) ..................................................................................... $5.00

Miscellaneous Fees
1. Notary Fee ..................................................................................................................... $5.00
2. Cover Sheet ................................................................................................................... $2.00
3. Military Discharge (DD214) Filing or Copy ........................................................... No Fee

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