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34	29		BILL NO. 1060 By: Wilk of the House
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38	33		Standridge of the Senate
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43	42		An Act relating to easements; enacting the Oklahoma
44	43		Uniform Easement Relocation Act of 2025; defining
45	44		terms; making provisions of act applicable to certain
46	45		easements; excluding certain easements from relation;
47	46		establishing the right of a property owner to
48	47		relocate an easement in certain circumstances;
49	48		providing that a property owner may commence a civil
50	49		action to relocate an easement; provid ing the
51	50		requirements for commencing a civil action to
52	51		relocate an easement; provid ing the court guidelines
53	52		in creating an order for relocation of an easement;
54	53		requiring the recordation of certain documents prior
55	54		to relocation of an easement; providing for
56	55		reasonable expenses r elated to the relocation of an
57	56		easement; requiring the parties to a civil action for
58	57		easement relocation to act in good faith in
59	58		facilitating relocation; provid ing when a proposed
60	59		easement relocation is considered to be final and
61	60		complete; providing and limiting the effect of an
62	61		easement relocation; provid ing that the right of a
63	62		property to relocate a n easement under this act
64	63		cannot be waived, excluded, or restricted by
65	64		agreement; providing that the law should be applied
66	65		and construed to promote uniformity with other states
67	66		that enact the act; providing relation to the
68	67		Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce
69	68		Act; providing that this act applies to an easement
70	69		created before, on, or after the effective date of
71	70		this act; providing for codification; and providing
72	71		an effective date.
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103	101		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
104	102		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
105	103		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1501 of Title 60, unless there
106	104		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
107	105		This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma
108	106		Uniform Easement Relocation Act of 2025 ".
109	107		SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
110	108		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1502 of Title 60, unless there
111	109		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
112	110		As used in this act:
113	111		1. "Appurtenant easement " means an easement tied to or
114	112		dependent on ownership or occupancy of a unit or a parcel of real
115	113		property;
116	114		2. "Conservation easement " means a nonpossessory prop erty
117	115		interest created for one or more of the following conservation
118	116		purposes:
119	117		a. retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, wildlife,
120	118		wildlife-habitat, biological, ecological, or open -
121	119		space values of real property ,
122	120		b. ensuring the availability of real pr operty for
123	121		agricultural, forest, outdoor -recreational, or open -
124	122		space uses,
125	123		c. protecting natural resources, including wetlands,
126	124		grasslands, and riparian areas ,
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154	151		d. maintaining or enhancing air or water quality , or
155	152		e. preserving the historical, architectural ,
156	153		archeological, paleontological, or cultural aspects of
157	154		real property;
158	155		3. "Dominant estate" means an estate or interest in real
159	156		property benefitted by an appurtenant easement ;
160	157		4. "Easement" means a nonpossessory property interest that:
161	158		a. provides a right to enter, use, or enjoy real property
162	159		owned by or in the possession of another , and
163	160		b. imposes on the owner or possessor a duty not to
164	161		interfere with the entry, use, or enjoyment permitted
165	162		by the instrument creating the easement or, in the
166	163		case of an easement not established by express grant
167	164		or reservation, the entry, use, or enjoyment
168	165		authorized by law;
169	166		5. "Easement holder" means:
170	167		a. in the case of an appurtenant easement, the dominant
171	168		estate owner, or
172	169		b. in the case of an easement in gross, public -utility
173	170		easement, conservation easement, or negative easement,
174	171		the grantee of the easement or a successor ;
175	172		6. "Easement in gross" means an easement not tied to or
176	173		dependent on ownership or occupancy of a unit or a parcel of real
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205	201		7. "Lessee of record" means a person holding a lessee 's
206	202		interest under a recorded lease or memorandum of lease ;
207	203		8. "Negative easement" means a nonpossessory property interest
208	204		whose primary purpose is to impose on a servient estate owner a duty
209	205		not to engage in a specified use of the estate;
210	206		9. "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit
211	207		entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision,
212	208		agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity ;
213	209		10. "Public-utility easement" means a nonpossessory p roperty
214	210		interest in which the easement holder is a publicly regulated or
215	211		publicly owned utility under federal law or law of this state or a
216	212		municipality. The term includes an easement benefiting an
217	213		intrastate utility, an interstate utility, or a utility c ooperative;
218	214		11. "Real property" means an estate or interest in, over, or
219	215		under land, including structures, fixtures, and other things that by
220	216		custom, usage, or law pass with a conveyance of land whether or not
221	217		described or mentioned in the contract of sal e or instrument of
222	218		conveyance. The term includes the interest of a lessor and lessee
223	219		and, unless the interest is personal property under law of this
224	220		state other than this act, an interest in a common -interest
225	221		community;
226	222		12. "Record", used as a noun, mean s information that is
227	223		inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or
228	224		other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form ;
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256	251		13. "Security instrument" means a mortgage, deed of trust,
257	252		security deed, contract for deed, lease, or other re cord that
258	253		creates or provides for an interest in real property to secure
259	254		payment or performance of an obligation, whether by acquisition or
260	255		retention of a lien, a lessor 's interest under a lease, or title to
261	256		the real property. The term includes:
262	257		a. a security instrument that also creates or provides
263	258		for a security interest in personal property ,
264	259		b. a modification or amendment of a security instrument ,
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266	261		c. a record creating a lien on real property to secure an
267	262		obligation under a covenant running with the real
268	263		property or owed by a unit owner to a common -interest
269	264		community association ;
270	265		14. "Security-interest holder of record " means a person holding
271	266		an interest in real property created by a recorded security
272	267		instrument;
273	268		15. "Servient estate" means an estate or interest in real
274	269		property that is burdened by an easement ;
275	270		16. "Title evidence" means a title insurance policy,
276	271		preliminary title report or binder, title insurance commitment,
277	272		abstract of title, attorney 's opinion of title based on examination
278	273		of public records or an abstract of title, or any other means of
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306	300		reporting the state of title to real property which is customary in
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308	302		17. "Unit" means a physical portion of a common -interest
309	303		community designated for separate ownership or occupancy with
310	304		boundaries described in a declaration establishing the common -
311	305		interest community; and
312	306		18. "Utility cooperative" means a non-profit entity whose
313	307		purpose is to deliver a utility service, such as electricity, oil,
314	308		natural gas, water, sanitary sewer, sto rm water, or
315	309		telecommunications, to its customers or members and includes an
316	310		electric cooperative, rural electric cooperative, rural water
317	311		district, and rural water association.
318	312		SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
319	313		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1503 of Title 60, unless there
320	314		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
321	315		A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this
322	316		section, this act applies to an easement established by express
323	317		grant or reservation or by prescription, implication, necessity,
324	318		estoppel, or other method.
325	319		B. This act may not be used to relocate:
326	320		1. A public-utility easement, conservation easement, or
327	321		negative easement; or
328	322		2. An easement if the proposed location would e ncroach on an
329	323		area of an estate burdened by a conservation easement or would
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357	350		interfere with the use or enjoyment of a public-utility easement or
358	351		an easement appurtenant to a conservation easement.
359	352		C. This act does not apply to relocation of an easement by
360	353		consent.
361	354		SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
362	355		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1504 of Title 60, unless there
363	356		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
364	357		A servient estate owner may relocate a n easement under this act
365	358		only if the relocation does not materially:
366	359		1. Lessen the utility of the easement;
367	360		2. After the relocation, increase the burden on the easement
368	361		holder in its reasonable use and enjoyment of the easement;
369	362		3. Impair an affirmative, easement-related purpose for which
370	363		the easement was created;
371	364		4. During or after the relocation, impair the safety of the
372	365		easement holder or another entitled to use and enjoy the easement;
373	366		5. During the relocation, disrupt the use and enjoyment of the
374	367		easement by the easement holder or another entitled to use and enjoy
375	368		the easement, unless the servient estate owner substantially
376	369		mitigates the duration and nature of the disruption;
377	370		6. Impair the physical condition, use, or value of the dominant
378	371		estate or improvements on the dominant estate; or
379	372		7. Impair the value of the collateral of a security -interest
380	373		holder of record in the servient estate or dominant estate, impair a
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408	400		real-property interest of a lessee of record in the dominant estate,
409	401		or impair a recorded real-property interest of any other person in
410	402		the servient estate or dominant estate.
411	403		SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
412	404		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1505 of Title 60, unless there
413	405		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
414	406		A. To obtain an order to relocate an easement under this act, a
415	407		servient estate owner must commence a civil action.
416	408		B. A servient estate owner that commences a civil action under
417	409		subsection A of this section:
418	410		1. Shall serve a summons and petition on:
419	411		a. the easement holder whose easement is the subject of
420	412		the relocation,
421	413		b. a security-interest holder of record of an interest in
422	414		the servient estate or dominant estate ,
423	415		c. a lessee of record of an interest in the domi nant
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425	417		d. except as otherwise provided in paragraph 2 of this
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427	419		property interest if the relocation would encroach on
428	420		an area of the servient estate or dominant estate
429	421		burdened by the interest ; and
430	422		2. Is not required to serve a summons and petition on the owner
431	423		of a recorded real-property interest in oil, gas, or minerals unless
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459	450		the interest includes an easement to facilitate oil, gas, or mineral
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461	452		C. A petition under this section must stat e:
462	453		1. The intent of the servient estate owner to seek the
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464	455		2. The nature, extent, and anticipated dates of commencement
465	456		and completion of the proposed relocation;
466	457		3. The current and proposed locations of the easement;
467	458		4. The reason the easement is eligible for relocation under
468	459		Section 3 of this act;
469	460		5. The reason the proposed relocation satisfies the conditions
470	461		for relocation under Section 4 of this act; and
471	462		6. That the servient estate owner has made a reasonable attempt
472	463		to notify the holders of any public-utility easement, conservation
473	464		easement, or negative easement on the servient estate or dominant
474	465		estate of the proposed relocation.
475	466		D. At any time before the court renders a final order in an
476	467		action under subsection A of this section, a person served under
477	468		subparagraph b, c, or d of subsection B of this section may file a
478	469		document, in recordable form, that waives its rights to contest or
479	470		obtain relief in connection with the relocation or subordinates its
480	471		interests to the relocation. On filing of the document, the court
481	472		may order that the person is not required to answer or participate
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510	500		SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
511	501		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1506 of Title 60, unless there
512	502		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
513	503		A. The court may not approve relocation of an easement under
514	504		this act unless the servient estate owner:
515	505		1. Establishes that the easement is eligible for relocation
516	506		under Section 3 of th is act; and
517	507		2. Satisfies the conditions for relocation under Section 4 of
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519	509		B. An order under this act approving relocation of an easement
520	510		must:
521	511		1. State that the order is issued in accordance with this act;
522	512		2. Recite the recording data of the instrument creating the
523	513		easement, if any, and any amendments, and any notice as described by
524	514		Section 71 of Title 16 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
525	515		3. Identify the immediately preceding location of the easement;
526	516		4. Describe in a legally sufficient manner the n ew location of
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528	518		5. Describe mitigation required of the servient estate owner
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530	520		6. Refer in detail to the plans and specifications of
531	521		improvements necessary for the easement holder to enter, use, and
532	522		enjoy the easement in the new location;
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560	549		7. Specify conditions to be satisfied by the servient estate
561	550		owner to relocate the easement and construct improvements necessary
562	551		for the easement holder to enter, use, and enjoy the easement in the
563	552		new location;
564	553		8. Include a provision for payment by the servient estate owner
565	554		of expenses under Section 7 of this act;
566	555		9. Include a provision for compliance by the parties with the
567	556		obligation of good faith under Section 8 of this act; and
568	557		10. Instruct the servient estate owner to record an affi davit,
569	558		if required under subsection A of Section 9 of this act, when the
570	559		servient estate owner substantially completes relocation.
571	560		C. An order under subsection B of this section may include any
572	561		other provision consistent with this act for the fair and equ itable
573	562		relocation of the easement.
574	563		D. Before a servient estate owner proceeds with relocation of
575	564		an easement under this act, the owner must record, in the county
576	565		records of each jurisdiction where the servient estate is located, a
577	566		certified copy of the or der under subsection B of this section.
578	567		SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
579	568		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1507 of Title 60, unless there
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581	570		A servient estate owner is responsible for reasonable expenses
582	571		of relocation of an easement under this act, including the expense
583	572		of:
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611	599		1. Constructing improvements on the servient estate or dominant
612	600		estate in accordance with an order under Section 6 of this act;
613	601		2. During the relocation, mitigating disruption in the use and
614	602		enjoyment of the easement by the easement holder or another person
615	603		entitled to use and enjoy the easement;
616	604		3. Obtaining a governmental approval or permit to relocate the
617	605		easement and construct nece ssary improvements;
618	606		4. Preparing and recording the certified copy required by
619	607		subsection D of Section 6 of this act and any other document
620	608		required to be recorded;
621	609		5. Any title work required to complete the relocation or
622	610		required by a party to the civil action as a result of the
623	611		relocation;
624	612		6. Applicable premiums for title insurance related to the
625	613		relocation;
626	614		7. Any expert necessary to review plans and specifications for
627	615		an improvement to be constructed in the relocated easement or on the
628	616		dominant estate and to confirm compliance with the plans and
629	617		specifications referred to in the order under paragraph 6 of
630	618		subsection B of Section 6 of this act;
631	619		8. Payment of any maintenance cost associated with the
632	620		relocated easement which is greater than the maintena nce cost
633	621		associated with the easement before relocation; and
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661	648		9. Obtaining any third-party consent required to relocate the
662	649		easement.
663	650		SECTION 8. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
664	651		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1508 of Title 60, unless there
665	652		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
666	653		After the court, under Section 6 of this act, approves
667	654		relocation of an easement and the servient estate owner commences
668	655		the relocation, the servient estate owner, the easemen t holder, and
669	656		other parties in the civil action shall act in good faith to
670	657		facilitate the relocation in compliance with this act.
671	658		SECTION 9. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
672	659		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1509 of Title 60, unless there
673	660		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
674	661		A. If an order under Section 6 of this act requires the
675	662		construction of an improvement as a condition for relocation of an
676	663		easement, relocation is substantially complete, and th e easement
677	664		holder is able to enter, use, and enjoy the easement in the new
678	665		location, the servient estate owner shall:
679	666		1. Record, in the land records of each jurisdiction where the
680	667		servient estate is located, an affidavit certifying that the
681	668		easement has been relocated; and
682	669		2. Send, by certified mail, a copy of the recorded affidavit to
683	670		the easement holder and parties to the civil action.
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711	697		B. Until an affidavit under subsection A of this section is
712	698		recorded and sent, the easement holder may enter, use, and enjoy the
713	699		easement in the current location, subject to the court's order under
714	700		Section 6 of this act approving relocation.
715	701		C. If an order under Section 6 of this act does not require an
716	702		improvement to be constructed as a condition of the relocation,
717	703		recording the order under subsection D of Section 6 of this act
718	704		constitutes relocation.
719	705		SECTION 10. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
720	706		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1510 of Title 60, unless there
721	707		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
722	708		A. Relocation of an easement under this act:
723	709		1. Is not a new transfer or a n ew grant of an interest in the
724	710		servient estate or the dominant estate;
725	711		2. Is not a breach or default of, and does not trigger, a due -
726	712		on-sale clause or other transfer -restriction clause under a security
727	713		instrument, except as otherwise determined by a court under law
728	714		other than this act;
729	715		3. Is not a breach or default of a lease, except as otherwise
730	716		determined by a court under law other than this act;
731	717		4. Is not a breach or default by the servient estate owner of a
732	718		recorded document affected by the relocatio n, except as otherwise
733	719		determined by a court under law other than this act;
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761	746		5. Does not affect the priority of the easement with respect to
762	747		other recorded real-property interests burdening the area of the
763	748		servient estate where the easement was located before the
764	749		relocation; and
765	750		6. Is not a fraudulent conveyance or voidable transactio n under
766	751		law.
767	752		B. This act does not affect any other method of relocating an
768	753		easement permitted under law of this state other than this act.
769	754		SECTION 11. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
770	755		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1511 of Title 60, unless there
771	756		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
772	757		The right of a servient estate owner to relocate an easement
773	758		under this act may not be waived, excluded, or restricted by
774	759		agreement even if:
775	760		1. The instrument creati ng the easement prohibits relocation or
776	761		contains a waiver, exclusion, or restriction of this act;
777	762		2. The instrument creating the easement requires consent of the
778	763		easement holder to amend the terms of the easement; or
779	764		3. The location of the easement is fixed by the instrument
780	765		creating the easement, another agreement, previous conduct,
781	766		acquiescence, estoppel, or implication.
782	767		SECTION 12. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
783	768		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1512 of Title 60, unless there
784	769		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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812	796		In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must
813	797		be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect
814	798		to its subject matter among the states that enact it.
815	799		SECTION 13. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
816	800		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1513 of Title 60, unless there
817	801		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
818	802		This act modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic
819	803		Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. , Section
820	804		7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section
821	805		101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. , Section 7001(c), or authorize
822	806		electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section
823	807		103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. , Section 7003(b).
824	808		SECTION 14. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
825	809		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1514 of Title 60, unless there
826	810		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
827	811		This act applies to an easement created before, on, or after the
828	812		effective date of this act.
829	813		SECTION 15. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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