Title Examination Standards
Chapter 1, App.
Chapter 18. Conveyances by Miscellaneous Entities
§18.1. Conveyances by Religious Associations.

1. A. the conveyance recites that the grantor is a corporation and is executed in proper corporate form; or B. alternative articles of religious association are of record for the grantor and the conveyance is executed in conformity therewith.

   All other religious associations are considered to be unincorporated charitable associations and title must be vested in a legal entity capable of holding title in trust for the religious association prior to its conveyance.

   Authority: 18 O.S. §§ 543, 562, 1002. Jones v. Alpine Investments, Inc., 764 P.2d 513 (Okla. 1987); Richardson et al. v. Harsha, 98 P. 897 (Okla. 1908).

A conveyance from a grantor which the examiner concludes to be a religious association, may be approved if

History: The 1994 Report of the Title Examination Standards Committee recommended this new standard. 65 O.B.J. 3334 (10/22/94). The Committee's recommendation was approved by the Real Property Section on November 17, 1994, and adopted by the House of Delegates on November 18,1994.