Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB1453: Property; foreign owners; procedures; divesting requirements; penalties; Attorney General; enforcement; effective date.
Status: In committee, February 19, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to foreign ownership of property; defining terms; prohibiting real property ownership by certain parties; providing certain exemptions; requiring divestment of violating property; requiring Attorney General to bring suit for violating; providing for judicial foreclosure of property; providing certain documents to be recorded in the county records office; providing for felony punishment and fines; providing affirmative defense to prosecution; providing when title to real property is not invalid or subject to divestiture…
From the introduced text, January 28, 2025:
An Act relating to foreign ownership of property; defining terms; prohibiting real property ownership by certain parties; providing certain exemptions; requiring divestment of violating property; requiring Attorney General to bring suit for violating; providing for judicial foreclosure of property; providing certain documents to be recorded in the county records office; providing for felony punishment and fines; providing affirmative defense to prosecution; providing when title to real property is not invalid or subject to divestiture; prohibiting agricultural land ownership by certain parties; providing certain exemptions; requiring divestment of violating property; requiring the Office of Agricultural Intelligence upon discovery of a violation to report such violation to the Attorney General; providing that the Attorney General may issue certain subpoenas; providing that the Attorney General upon a certain determination shall commence legal actions; providing for judicial foreclosure of property; providing certain documents to be recorded in the county records office; providing when title to agricultural land is not invalid or subject to divestiture; providing for felony punishment and fines; providing affirmative defense to prosecution; requiring inclusion of certain affidavit with recording of a deed; directing Attorney General to promulgate certain affidavit forms; creating within the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry the Office of Agricultural Intelligence; providing authorized duties; providing the office shall operate under the direction of the Secretary of the …