If any judgment or judgments, in satisfaction of which any lands or tenements are sold, shall at any time thereafter be reversed, such reversal shall not defeat or affect the title of the purchaser or purchasers; but in such cases, restitution shall be made, by the judgment creditors, of the money, for which such lands or tenements were sold, with lawful interest from the day of sale.
§ 774.Reversal of Judgment After Sale of Land
Chapter 13: Limitation of Actions · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceSection 774 protects a purchaser's title at an execution sale from a later reversal of the judgment that the sale satisfied, requiring the judgment creditor to refund the sale proceeds, with lawful interest from the date of sale, instead of unwinding the sale itself.
Full Text of § 774
Amendment History
R.L. 1910, § 5176.
Plain-English Summary
Section 774 protects buyers at execution sales from a risk they can't control: what happens if the judgment behind the sale gets reversed later. If that happens, the reversal doesn't undo the sale or affect the purchaser's title to the land.
Instead, the judgment creditors who received the sale proceeds have to make restitution, paying back the money the land sold for, plus lawful interest running from the day of the sale.
Frequently Asked Questions
If a judgment gets reversed on appeal after the debtor's land was already sold to satisfy it, does the buyer lose the land?
No. Section 774 says a later reversal doesn't defeat or affect the purchaser's title.
What does the judgment creditor have to do instead if the judgment is reversed?
Make restitution of the money the property sold for, with lawful interest from the day of the sale.
Does this protection cover the buyer even if the reversal happens years after the sale?
The text says the reversal can come “at any time thereafter” and still won't disturb the purchaser's title.
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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