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How to fill out Oklahoma FL-797

Not a form at all - a letter from Motor Vehicle Services setting out what Oklahoma will accept when a lender cannot produce a standard lien release. It names four things a statement from the secured party has to contain, adds that all the information in it must be typed, and says the original must be submitted although a fax may be accepted where it clearly originated from the lien holder. A seller trying to clear an old lien hands this letter to the lender, because it is the specification the lender's letter has to meet.

Written against FL-797 (Rev 01/2023), issued under 47 O.S. 1110. Getting a lien off an Oklahoma record is a lender's act, not a seller's. Service Oklahoma will file a release posted to it and charges nothing to do so - but if you want a certificate that no longer shows the lien, that is a fresh title transaction with its own fee. Sort it out before the car is advertised, not while a buyer is waiting.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank FL-797 from the oklahoma.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.

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Why there is no completed FL-797 here

This is a letter from Service Oklahoma's Motor Vehicle Services to lienholders rather than a form for anybody to complete: the only blank on the whole page is the date at the top, and the document it specifies - the lender's own typed, notarised lien satisfied statement - is written by the lender on the lender's own paper. There is nothing here to show filled in, so the page shows what the letter requires instead.

At a glance

What goes where

On the formWhat to put in it
DateThe only blank on the sheet, at the head of the letter.
Name of the Secured PartyThe first statutory requirement, with a parenthetical: if successor by merger, succession papers must be attached.
Name of the DebtorThe second, with its own instruction - if the vehicle is leased, use the lessor's name and not the lessee.
Vehicle identification number (VIN) for a vehicle, hull identification number (HIN) for a boat, or serial number for an outboard motorThe third, covering all three kinds of property Oklahoma titles.
Notarized signature of the Secured Party's representativeThe fourth, and the one that makes this a sworn document rather than a letterhead.
All information in the lien satisfied statement must be typed!Printed as its own line, with the exclamation mark on the page.
The submission ruleThe original lien release statement must be submitted; a faxed copy may be accepted provided the fax clearly originated from the lien holder.
Contact detailsA direct number, an in-state toll-free number and the Service Oklahoma website, for a lender that wants to check before writing.

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

Every line here was read off FL-797 (Rev 01/2023) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Service Oklahoma, Motor Vehicle Services pages. This is plain-language help with a form, not legal advice, and where our wording and the agency's differ, theirs governs.

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