A. The requestor shall prepare the notice as described in Section 3 of this act and shall transmit the notice by certified mail to the person or entity identified in the notice as the respondent.
§ 1141.4.Notice - Respondent's Request For Clarification Or Information - Failure of Respondent to Deliver Curative Instrument Or Take Corrective Action
Chapter 20: Actions Regarding Real Property · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceSection 1141.4 gives a respondent thirty days after receiving a Section 1141.3 notice to respond, allows a formal written request for clarification to add twenty days for each side, and shields a respondent who complies from the damages Section 1141.5 otherwise allows.
Full Text of § 1141.4
B. The respondent shall have a period of thirty (30) days from the receipt of the notice within which to respond to the notice and any request for the execution or delivery of a curative instrument or for corrective action.
C. A respondent may ask for clarification by the requestor or for further information prior to making either a negative response or an affirmative response. The respondent may communicate with the requestor within the period of time required for the respondent to make a response to the requestor, but any request made pursuant to this subsection shall not extend the time within which to respond.
D. The respondent may make a formal request of the requestor for clarification or for further information by certified mail if the formal request for clarification or additional information is received by the original requestor within the original period of time prescribed by subsection B of this section for a response by the respondent. If a respondent makes a formal request for clarification or for additional information, the original requestor shall have a period of twenty (20) days within which to transmit a clarification or additional information. The respondent shall then have a period of twenty (20) days from the date the clarification or additional information is received in order to provide a final response.
E. If a respondent declines to execute and deliver the curative instrument requested or take the corrective action requested, and the respondent communicates the refusal to the requestor, the requestor may pursue the remedies authorized by this section.
F. If the requestor properly transmits the notice by certified mail and the respondent does not claim the item as indicated by the records of the United States Post Office, the refusal to claim the item shall be treated as a refusal to respond to the request.
G. If a respondent executes and delivers or causes to be executed and delivered the curative instrument requested in the notice or takes the corrective action requested, the respondent shall not be liable for the damages specified in subsection A of Section 5 of this act in a quiet title action notwithstanding that the respondent is named as a defendant in such an action.
Amendment History
Added by Laws 2000, HB 2024, c. 147, §4, eff. 11/1/2000.
Plain-English Summary
The requestor sends the notice by certified mail, and the respondent then has thirty days from receipt to respond to the request for a curative instrument or corrective action. A respondent can informally ask the requestor for clarification during that window, but doing so doesn't buy any extra time. A formal written request for clarification, made by certified mail within the original thirty days, works differently: it gives the requestor twenty days to answer, then gives the respondent another twenty days to make a final response.
If the respondent refuses -- outright, after asking for clarification, or by refusing to claim the certified mail -- the requestor can pursue the damages remedy in Section 1141.5. But a respondent who does execute and deliver the curative instrument or take the requested corrective action is protected: Section 1141.4(G) says that respondent isn't liable for the Section 1141.5 damages even if later named as a defendant in a quiet title action.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does a respondent have to answer a notice under this act?
Thirty days from the date the respondent receives the notice.
Can asking for clarification buy the respondent more time?
An informal request doesn't extend the deadline, but a formal written request for clarification sent by certified mail within the original thirty days triggers a twenty-day period for the requestor to respond, followed by another twenty days for the respondent's final answer.
What if the respondent just refuses to pick up the certified mail?
Section 1141.4(F) treats a refusal to claim the certified mail as a refusal to respond to the notice.
Is a respondent who fixes the problem protected from being sued for damages later?
Yes. A respondent who executes and delivers the curative instrument or takes the corrective action requested isn't liable for the damages described in Section 1141.5(A), even if named as a defendant in a later quiet title action.
What can the requestor do if the respondent refuses to cooperate?
The requestor can pursue the damages remedy set out in Section 1141.5.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature.
Last verified August 3, 2026.
· Official source
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