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58 OK Stat § 58-461 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-461. Provisions of the will must be followed.

|If the testator makes provisions by his will or designates the estate to be appropriated for the payment of his debts, the expenses of administration, or family expenses, they must be paid according to such provisions or designation, out of the estate thus appropriated, so far as the same is sufficient. |R.L.1910, § 6393.
58 OK Stat § 58-462 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-462. Sale of property under the will - Confirmation.

|When property is directed or authorized by the will to be sold or dealt with in any other manner by the executor, the executor may sell or otherwise deal with any property of the estate without the order of the court on such basis and on such terms as the executor may determine; but the executor must make return of such sales as in other cases, unless the sale is made pursuant to Section 239 of this title. If directions are given in the will as to mode of selling, or the particular property to be sold, such directions must be observed. No title passes unless the sale is confirmed by the court, except if the sale was made pursuant to Section 239 of this title, then no confirmation of the sale by the court is necessary. |R.L.1910, § 6394; Laws 1969, c. 302, § 19, eff. Jan. 1, 1970.
58 OK Stat § 58-462.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-462.1. Partition of property under the will - Sale

|When the will of a testator authorizes the executor or personal representative of an estate being probated to institute partition of real property in which the testator at his death held an undivided interest, an order by the probate court authorizing the institution of such action, or the joinder of such action with a quiet title suit, shall be unnecessary. Further, in the event a sale is confirmed in the partition action, no confirmation of sale in the probate case shall be required. |Laws 1976, c. 77, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 1976.
58 OK Stat § 58-463 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-463. When provisions of will are insufficient.

|If the provision made by the will, or the estate appropriated therefor, is insufficient to pay the debts, expenses of administration, and family expenses, that portion of the estate not devised or disposed of by will, if any, must be appropriated and disposed of for that purpose according to the provisions of this chapter. |R.L.1910, § 6395; Laws 1953, p. 239, § 34.
58 OK Stat § 58-471 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-471. Estate liable for debts.

|The estate, real and personal, given by will to legatees or devisees, is liable for the debts, expenses of administration, and family expenses, in proportion to the value or amount of the several devises, or legacies, but specific devises or legacies are exempt from such liability if it appears to the court necessary to carry into effect the intention of the testator, and there is other sufficient estate. |R.L.1910, § 6396.
58 OK Stat § 58-471.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-471.1. Liability as dependent on time of granting letters.

|No real property of a deceased person shall be liable for debts of such person unless letters testamentary or of administration be granted within three (3) years from the date of the death of such decedent; provided, however, that this section shall not affect the lien of any mortgage, upon specific real property, existing and recorded as provided by law at the date of the death of such decedent. |Laws 1945, p. 188, § 1.
58 OK Stat § 58-472 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-472. Contribution from devisees and legatees.

|When an estate given by will has been sold for the payment of debts or expenses, all the devisees and legatees must contribute according to their respective interests to the devisee or legatee whose devise or legacy has been taken therefor, and the district court, when distribution is made, must, by decree for that purpose, settle the amount of the several liabilities, and decree the amount each person shall contribute, and reserve the same from their distributive shares respectively, for the purpose of paying such contribution. |R.L.1910, § 6397.
58 OK Stat § 58-481 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-481. Contract for the purchase of lands may be sold.

|If a decedent, at the time of his death, was possessed of a contract for the purchase of land, his interests in such land and under such contracts may be sold on the application of his executor or administrator, in the same manner as if he had died seized of such land, and the same proceedings may be had for that purpose as are prescribed in this article for the sale of lands of which he died seized, except as hereinafter provided. |R.L.1910, § 6398.
58 OK Stat § 58-482 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-482. Terms of the sale of land contract.

|The sale must be made subject to all payments that may hereafter become due on such contracts, and if there are any such the sale must not be confirmed by the district court until the purchasers execute a bond to the executor or administrator, for the benefit and indemnity of himself and of the person entitled to the interest of the decedent in the lands so contracted for, in double the whole amount of payments thereafter to become due on such contract, with such sureties as the judge of the district court shall approve. |R.L.1910, § 6399.
58 OK Stat § 58-483 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-483. What bond must specify.

|The bond must be conditioned that the purchaser will make all payments for such land that become due after the date of the sale, and will fully indemnify the executor or administrator and the persons so entitled against all demands, costs, charges and expenses by reason of any covenant or agreement contained in such contract. |R.L.1910, § 6400.
58 OK Stat § 58-484 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-484. Assignment of contract.

|Upon the confirmation of the sale, the executor or administrator must execute to the purchaser an assignment of the contract, which vests in the purchaser, his heirs and assigns, all the right, title and interest of the estate, or of the persons entitled to the interest of the decedent in the lands sold at the time of the sale and the purchaser has the same rights and remedies against the vendor of such land as the decedent would have had if he were living. |R.L.1910, § 6401.
58 OK Stat § 58-485 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-485. Sale of land subject to mortgage.

|When any sale is made by an executor or administrator, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, of lands subject to any mortgage or other lien, which is a valid claim against the estate of the decedent and has been presented and allowed, the purchase money must be applied, after paying the necessary expenses of the sale, first to the payment and satisfaction of the mortgage or lien, and the residue, if any, in due course of administration. The application of the purchase money to the satisfaction of the mortgage or lien must be made without delay; and the land is subject to such mortgage or lien until the purchase money has been actually so applied. No claim against any estate which has been presented and allowed is affected by the statute of limitations, pending the proceedings for the settlement of the estate. The purchase money, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to pay such mortgage or lien, with interest, and any lawful costs and charges thereon, may be paid into the district court, to be received by the judge thereof, whereupon the mortgage or lien upon the land must cease, and the purchase money must be paid over by the judge without delay, in payment of the expenses of the sale and in satisfaction of the debt, to secure which the mortgage or other lien was taken, and the surplus, if any, at once returned to the executor or administrator, unless, for good cause shown, after notice to the executor or administrator, the judge otherwise directs. |R.L.1910, § 6402; Laws 1953, p. 240, § 35.
58 OK Stat § 58-486 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-486. Holder of mortgage may purchase land.

|At any sale under order of the district court, of lands upon which there is a mortgage or lien, the holder thereof may become the purchaser, and his receipt for the amount due him from the proceeds of the sale is a payment pro tanto. If the amount for which he purchased the property is insufficient to defray the expenses and discharge his mortgage or lien, he must pay to the judge an amount sufficient to pay such expenses. |R.L.1910, § 6403.
58 OK Stat § 58-491 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-491. Misconduct in sale.

|If there is any neglect or misconduct in the proceedings of the executor or administrator in relation to any sale, by which any person interested in the estate suffers damage, the party aggrieved may recover the same in an action upon the bond of the executor or administrator or otherwise. |R.L.1910, § 6404.
58 OK Stat § 58-492 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-492. Fraudulent sale - Damages.

|Any executor or administrator who fraudulently sells any real estate of a decedent, contrary to or otherwise than under the provisions of this chapter, is liable in double the value of the land sold, as liquidated damages, to be recovered in action by the person having an estate of inheritance therein. |R.L.1910, § 6405; Laws 1953, p. 240, § 36.
58 OK Stat § 58-493 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-493. Limitation of action to recover.

|No action for the recovery of any estate sold by an executor or administrator, under the provisions of this chapter, can be maintained by any heirs, or other persons claiming under the decedent, unless it be commenced within two (2) years next after the sale. An action to set aside the sale on the ground of fraud may be instituted and maintained at any time within two (2) years from the discovery of the fraud. |R.L.1910, § 6406; Laws 1953, p. 240, § 37.
58 OK Stat § 58-494 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-494. Persons under disabilities excepted.

|The preceding section shall not apply to minors, or others under any legal disability to sue at the time when the right of action first accrues; but all such persons may commence an action at any time within two (2) years after the removal of the disability. |R.L.1910, § 6407; Laws 1953, p. 240, § 38.
58 OK Stat § 58-495 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-495. Account of sale.

|When a sale has been made by an executor or administrator, of any property of the estate, real or personal, he must return to the district court, within thirty (30) days, an account of sales, verified by his affidavit. If he neglect to make such return, he may be punished by attachment, or his letters may be revoked, one (1) day's notice having been first given him to appear and show cause why such attachment should not issue or such revocation should not be made. |R.L.1910, § 6408; Laws 1953, p. 240, § 39.
58 OK Stat § 58-496 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-496. Representative cannot be a purchaser.

|No executor or administrator must directly or indirectly, purchase any property of the estate he represents, nor must he be interested in any sale. |R.L.1910, § 6409.
58 OK Stat § 58-497 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-497. Contract with agent to procure purchaser.

|The district court may authorize the executor or administrator of any estate to enter into a written contract with any bona fide agent to secure a purchaser for any real or personal property of the estate, which contract shall provide for the payment to such agent, out of the proceeds of a sale to any purchaser secured by him, of a commission, the amount of which must be fixed and allowed by the court upon confirmation of the sale; and when said sale is confirmed to such purchaser, such contract shall be binding and valid as against the estate for the amount so allowed by the court. By the execution of any such contract no personal liability shall attach to the executor or administrator, and no liability of any kind shall be incurred by the estate unless an actual sale is made and confirmed by the court. |Laws 1953, p. 252, § 1.
58 OK Stat § 58-498 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-498. Sale on increased bid to purchaser not procured by agent holding contract.

|In case of sale on an increased bid made at the time of confirmation to a purchaser not procured by the agent holding the contract, the court shall allow a commission on the full amount for which the sale is confirmed, one-half (1/2) of said commission on the original bid to be paid to the agent whose bid was returned to the court for confirmation and the balance of the commission on the purchase price to the agent, if any, who procured the purchaser to whom the sale was confirmed. |Laws 1953, p. 252, § 2.
58 OK Stat § 58-499 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-499. Sale on increased bid procured by agent.

|Where an original bid is made by a purchaser direct to the estate and, thereafter, at the time of hearing the return of sale containing the original bid, an increased bid is made by a bona fide agent which results in the confirmation and sale of the property at such increased bid, the court shall allow a commission to the agent who procured the increased bid, which commission shall be fixed by the court at such amount as the court, in its discretion, finds will be a reasonable compensation for the services of the agent to the estate. |Laws 1953, p. 253, § 3.
58 OK Stat § 58-501 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-501. Representative to make deed under decedent's contract.

|When a person who is bound by contract in writing to convey any real estate, dies before making the conveyance, and such decedent, if living, might be compelled to make such conveyance, the district court may enter a decree authorizing and directing his executor or administrator to convey such real estate to the person entitled thereto. |R.L.1910, § 6410; Laws 1975, c. 13, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
58 OK Stat § 58-502 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-502. Application and hearing.

|On the filing of a verified application by either the executor or the administrator, or by any person claiming to be entitled to such conveyance from an executor or administrator, setting forth the facts upon which the claim is predicated, the court shall appoint a time for hearing the application, shall issue notice thereof, shall cause copies of such notice to be mailed to each of the heirs at law, devisees and legatees of the decedent, whose addresses are known, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing, and shall cause notice thereof to be published one time, at least ten (10) days before the date of hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county where the property is located. |R.L.1910, § 6411; Laws 1967, c. 126, § 1; Laws 1969, c. 302, § 20, eff. Jan. 1, 1970; Laws 1975, c. 13, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
58 OK Stat § 58-503 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-503. Hearing.

|At the time and place appointed for the hearing, or at such other time to which the same may be postponed, upon satisfactory proof, by affidavit or otherwise, of proper mailing and publication of notice, as required by the preceding sections, the court shall conduct said hearing, and the heirs at law, devisees and legatees of the decedent and all persons interested in the estate, may appear and contest such application, and the court may examine, under oath, the applicant and all other persons who come before the court for that purpose. |R.L.1910, § 6412; Laws 1975, c. 13, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
58 OK Stat § 58-504 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-504. Decree.

|If, after a full hearing upon the application and objections, and examination of the facts and circumstances of the claim, the court is satisfied that the person claiming to be entitled to such conveyance is entitled thereto, a decree authorizing and directing the executor or administrator to execute a conveyance of the real estate described in the application to such person shall be made, entered on the minutes of the court, and recorded. |R.L.1910, § 6413; Laws 1975, c. 13, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
58 OK Stat § 58-505 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-505. Deed and record.

|The executor or administrator must execute the conveyance according to the directions of the decree, a certified copy of which shall be recorded with the deed in the office of the county clerk of the county where the real estate is situated, and shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the proceedings and of the authority of the executor or administrator to make the conveyance. |R.L.1910, § 6414; Laws 1975, c. 13, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
58 OK Stat § 58-507 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-507. Effect of conveyance.

|Every conveyance made pursuant to a decree of the district court, as provided in this chapter, shall pass the title to the estate contracted for as fully as if the contracting party himself was still living and executed the conveyance. |R.L.1910, § 6416; Laws 1953, p. 241, § 41; Laws 1975, c. 13, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
58 OK Stat § 58-509 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-509. Enforcement of decree.

|The recording of any decree, as provided in the preceding section, shall not prevent the court which entered the decree from enforcing the same by other process. |R.L.1910, § 6418; Laws 1975, c. 13, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
58 OK Stat § 58-510 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-510. Death of claimant.

|If the person entitled to the conveyance dies before an application is filed, as provided in this chapter, or before the completion of the conveyance, any person entitled to succeed to his rights in the contract, or the executor or administrator of such decedent, may, for the benefit of the person or persons so entitled, commence such proceedings,or pursue any proceedings already commenced, and the conveyance shall be so made as to vest title in the person or persons entitled thereto, or in the executor or administrator, for their benefit. |R.L.1910, § 6419; Laws 1953, p. 241, § 42; Laws 1975, c. 13, § 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
58 OK Stat § 58-511 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-511. Decree may order possession.

|The decree provided for in this chapter may direct the possession of the real estate therein described to be surrendered to the person or persons entitled thereto, at the time when, by the terms of the contract, possession is to be surrendered. |R.L.1910, § 6420; Laws 1953, p. 241, § 43; Laws 1975, c. 13, § 9, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
58 OK Stat § 58-512 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-512. Transfer of property to governmental entities - Approval by district court.

|In any proceedings involving any estate which is being probated, or when a minor or incompetent person has a legal guardian, the administrator or executor of such estate, or the guardian of such minor or incompetent person, shall have authority to execute all instruments of conveyance of any degree of title to the State of Oklahoma or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or the United States Government or any agency thereof, on behalf of said estate, minor or incompetent person without other proceedings than approval by the judge of the district court endorsed on said instruments of conveyance and the amount of consideration shown thereon. |Laws 1967, c. 370, § 1, emerg. eff. May 22, 1967; Laws 1975, c. 13, § 10, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
58 OK Stat § 58-521 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-521. Promise to pay debts of decedent.

|No executor or administrator is chargeable upon any special promise to answer damages or to pay the debts of the testator or intestate out of his own estate, unless the agreement for that purpose, or some memorandum or note thereof, is in writing and signed by such executor or administrator, or by some other person by him thereunto specially authorized. |R.L.1910, § 6421.
58 OK Stat § 58-522 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-522. Representative chargeable with whole estate.

|Every executor or administrator is chargeable in his account with the whole of the estate of the decedent which may come into his possession, at the value of the appraisement contained in the inventory, except as provided in the following sections, and with all the interest, profit and income of such estate. |R.L.1910, § 6422.
58 OK Stat § 58-523 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-523. Representative shall not profit or lose.

|He shall not make profit by the increase, nor suffer loss by the decrease or destruction, without his fault, of any part of the estate. He must account for the excess when he sells any part of the estate for more than the appraisement, and if any part he sold for less than the appraisement, he is not responsible for the loss, if the sale has been justly made. |R.L.1910, § 6423.
58 OK Stat § 58-524 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-524. Representative not chargeable with uncollected debts.

|No executor or administrator is accountable for any debts due to the decedent, if it appears that they remain uncollected without his fault. |R.L.1910, § 6424.
58 OK Stat § 58-525 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-525. Expenses and compensation.

|He shall be allowed all necessary expenses in the care, management and settlement of the estate, and for his services such fees as are provided in this chapter, but when the decedent, by his will, makes some other provision for the compensation of his executor, that shall be a full compensation for his services, unless by a written instrument, filed in the district court, he renounces all claim for compensation provided by the will. |R.L.1910, § 6425. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 241, § 44.
58 OK Stat § 58-526 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-526. Cannot purchase claims.

|No administrator or executor shall purchase any claim against the estate he represents; and if he pays any claim for less than its nominal value, he is only entitled to charge in his account the amount he actually paid. |R.L.1910, § 6426.