Transfer on Death Deed for Garvin County, Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, a transfer-on-death deed is signed before a notary and 2 witnesses, then recorded with the county before the owner's death. In Garvin County, the County Clerk records it for $18 for the first page plus $2 for each additional page.

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Oklahoma provides a statutory form, and a deed in substantially that form is accepted. The deed carries the notice the statute requires: "THIS TRANSFER-ON-DEATH DEED IS REVOCABLE. IT DOES NOT TRANSFER ANY OWNERSHIP UNTIL THE DEATH OF THE OWNER."

An Oklahoma transfer-on-death deed is recorded with the County Clerk for the county where the property sits and must be on record before the owner's death to take effect. The deed must be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the office of the county clerk in the county where the property is located before the grantor's death. After the owner's death, the beneficiary records an affidavit of death to put the death on the land records.

Co-owners may sign one deed together. Oklahoma offers a spouse's joinder signature because the effect of one spouse signing alone is unsettled; the document carries the signature line and a notice of the point.

Oklahoma lapses the share of a beneficiary who dies before the owner. Oklahoma does not provide for a successor beneficiary on the deed.

The beneficiary takes the property subject to the mortgages, liens and other encumbrances on it at death. A transfer-on-death deed does not defeat a medical-assistance lien already of record. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority may file a lien against the homestead of a recipient who is an inpatient of a nursing facility or ICF/IID and cannot reasonably be expected to be discharged, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing (63 O.S. 5051.3(A), (B), (E)). The deed moves this parcel alone; a revocable living trust set up with SimplyTrust carries the rest of the estate.

Recording a Transfer-on-Death Deed in Garvin County

A transfer-on-death deed for Garvin County property is recorded with the County Clerk at 201 West Grant Street, Pauls Valley, OK 73075. Phone: 1-405-238-2772. Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:30 PM.

Recording costs $18 for the first page plus $2 for each additional page; a 2-page TOD deed records for $20; no transfer tax applies to TOD deeds. Page count, cover sheets, and any local transfer-tax add-ons can change the final amount, so confirm the total with the County Clerk before submitting. Garvin County doesn't offer e-recording. Plan to record by mail or in person.

Before recording, a Oklahoma transfer-on-death deed needs 2 witnesses and notary acknowledgment. The deed must be recorded before the owner's death to take effect.

If submitting by mail, use the office's mailing address: P.O. Box 239, Pauls Valley, OK 73075. Include any required return envelope or recording cover sheet requested by the County Clerk.

After the owner's death, the beneficiary records an affidavit of death with the County Clerk to put the death on the land records: prepare it for Garvin County.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated March 22, 2026

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58 O.S. 1251 to 1258
28 O.S. § 32
oklahoma.gov

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