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House bill adds felony penalties for foreign land buys

  • February 23, 2026

Legislator wants to get tough on foreign owners of Oklahoma land Rep. Jim Shaw, R-Chandler, secured committee passage of a bill that would add criminal penalties to Oklahoma’s existing prohibitions on hostile foreign ownership of land. The measure, House Bill 1453, builds on current Oklahoma statutes that restrict certain foreign ownership of property but, according …

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