§ 132.Realty Located In Two Or More Counties - Specific Performance

Chapter 5: Venue · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026

In one sentenceSection 132 lets a suit over real property spanning multiple counties be filed in any county touching the property, but requires separate possession suits for separate tracts in different counties, and allows a specific-performance action over a land sale contract to be filed where the land lies or where the defendants can be reached.

Full Text of § 132

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If real property, the subject of an action, be an entire tract, and situated in two or more counties, or if it consists of separate tracts, situated in two or more counties, the action may be brought in any county in which any tract, or part thereof, is situated, unless it be an action to recover possession thereof, and if the property be an entire tract situated in two or more counties, an action to recover possession thereof may be brought in either of such counties; but if it consists of separate tracts, in different counties, the possession of such tracts must be recovered by separate actions brought in the counties where such tracts are situated. An action to compel the specific performance of a contract to sell real estate may be brought in the county where the land lies or where the defendants, or any of them reside or may be summoned.

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Amendment History

R.L. 1910, § 4672.

Plain-English Summary

When real property, whether one entire tract or several separate tracts, sits in two or more counties, the action may be brought in any county where any part of it is located. Recovering possession works differently: if it's one entire tract split across counties, a single possession action may go in either county, but if it's separate tracts in different counties, possession has to be recovered through separate actions filed where each tract sits.

The section also gives a specific venue for forcing specific performance of a contract to sell real estate: the county where the land lies, or the county where the defendants reside or may be summoned.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do I sue over property that crosses county lines in Oklahoma?

In any county where any part of the tract is located, so long as it's one entire tract, or separate tracts you're not seeking to recover possession of.

What if I'm trying to recover possession of separate tracts in different counties?

You must bring separate actions in each county where those tracts are located.

What if it's one entire tract split across counties and I want possession?

You may bring a single possession action in either of the counties.

Where can I file a suit to force specific performance of a land sale contract?

Either in the county where the land lies or in the county where the defendants reside or can be summoned.

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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