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.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank FL-797 — Lien Release Affidavit Letter PDF at oklahoma.gov · new tab View the blank FL-797

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.

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.

Last updated August 22, 2026.

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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 form	What to put in it
Date	The only blank on the sheet, at the head of the letter.
Name of the Secured Party	The first statutory requirement, with a parenthetical: if successor by merger, succession papers must be attached.
Name of the Debtor	The 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 motor	The third, covering all three kinds of property Oklahoma titles.
Notarized signature of the Secured Party's representative	The 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 rule	The original lien release statement must be submitted; a faxed copy may be accepted provided the fax clearly originated from the lien holder.
Contact details	A 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

•A release on letterhead with no notarised signature. That is the fourth requirement and the one lenders most often skip.
•A handwritten statement. The instruction that everything must be typed is printed on its own line for a reason.
•A successor lender writing without succession papers. Where the secured party is a successor by merger, the papers proving it have to be attached.
•A lease with the lessee named as debtor. The letter says to use the lessor's name instead.
•A photocopy in place of the original. Only the original is accepted, with a fax from the lien holder as the single exception.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•It is aimed at the lender, not at you. Its own salutation is To Whom It May Concern, and the useful thing a seller can do with it is forward it - it saves the argument about what a release has to say.
•The standard release comes first. This route only opens when a standard lien release form cannot be obtained. A lender who can produce one should.

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.

Forms that go with this one

MV-21-A · Lien Entry Form

The original typed statement this letter describes has to be submitted, and our Oklahoma City page points to Service Oklahoma's office on N Classen, or a licensed operator.

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