Oklahoma Attorney General Reports December 31, 1979 (Opinion No. 79-337 (1979) Ag)

The Attorney General has received your request for an opinion wherein you ask, in effect, the following question: Must a release of a mechanic's and materialmen's lien be executed and acknowledged before being received for filing by a county clerk? As defined by statute, a "lien" is "a charge imposed upon specific property, by which it is made security for the performance of an act." 42 O.S.