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57 OK Stat § 57-632 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-632. Savings and averted costs from implementation of the Oklahoma Smart Justice Reform Act.

|No later than July 31 of the year following the effective date of this act, and no later than July 31 every year thereafter, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall calculate the savings and averted costs that accrued to the state from the implementation of the Oklahoma Smart Justice Reform Act. In making the calculation required by this section, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall use actual data or best available estimates where actual data is not available. The calculation shall be final and shall not be adjusted for any subsequent changes in the underlying data. |Added by State Question No. 781, Initiative Petition No. 405, § 3, adopted at General Election held on November 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017.NOTE: Section 5 of this Initiative read: "The provisions of this initiative shall not become effective if the Oklahoma Smart Justice Reform Act is not approved by the people of this State." State Question 780, Initiative Petition No. 404.
57 OK Stat § 57-633 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories|§57-633. Compliance.

|An amount equal to the savings calculated by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services pursuant to Section 632 of Title 57 shall, subject to appropriation by the Legislature, be paid to the County Community Safety Investment Fund. |This section is intended to comply with, and is subject to, Article V, Section 55, Article VI, Section 12, Article X, Section 23, and the other applicable provisions of the Oklahoma Constitution.Added by State Question No. 781, Initiative Petition No. 405, § 4, adopted at General Election held on November 8, 2016, eff. July 1, 2017.NOTE: Section 5 of this Initiative read: "The provisions of this initiative shall not become effective if the Oklahoma Smart Justice Reform Act is not approved by the people of this State." State Question 780, Initiative Petition No. 404.
58 OK Stat § 58-1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-1. Probate jurisdiction and venue of district court.

|A. The district court has probate jurisdiction, and the judge thereof power, which must be exercised in the cases and in the manner prescribed by statute: |1. To open and receive proof of last wills and testaments, and to admit them to proof and to revoke the probate thereof, and to allow and record foreign wills;2. To grant letters testamentary, of administration and of guardianship, and to revoke the same;3. To appoint appraisers of estates of deceased persons and of minors and incapacitated persons;4. To compel personal representatives and guardians to render accounts;5. To order the sale of property of estates, or belonging to minors or to incapacitated persons;6. To order the payments of debts from estates or guardianships;7. To order and regulate all distribution of property or estates of deceased persons;8. To compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of title deeds, papers, and other property of an estate, or of a minor, or incapacitated persons;9. To exercise all the powers conferred by this chapter or by other law;10. To make such orders as may be necessary to the exercise of the powers conferred upon it; and11. To appoint and remove guardians for infants, and for persons insane or who are otherwise incapacitated persons; to compel payment and delivery by them of money or property belonging to their wards, to control their conduct and settle their accounts.B. The district court which has jurisdiction and venue of the administration of any estate is granted jurisdiction and venue to cause Oklahoma and federal estate taxes to be equitably apportioned and collected.C. The district court which has jurisdiction and venue of the administration of any estate is granted unlimited concurrent jurisdiction and venue to hear and determine:1. In whom the title to any property is vested, whether the property is real, personal, tangible, intangible, or any combination thereof;2. Rights with respect to such property as to all persons and entities;3. Whether or not such property is subject to the jurisdiction of the court in the decedent's estate; and4. Issues relating to trusts or issues involving a guardian or ward that may arise.D. For proceedings under subsection C of this section, service of notice and process shall be required as in other cases and the provisions of the Oklahoma Pleading Code, Section 2001 et seq. of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be followed.R.L. 1910, § 6189. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 232, § 1; Laws 1963, c. 98, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1963; Laws 1989, c. 276, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1995, c. 253, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 224, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2001, c. 58, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
58 OK Stat § 58-5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-5. Venue of probate acts.

|Wills must be proved, and letters testamentary or of administration granted in the following applicable situations: |1. In the county of which the decedent was a resident at the time of his death, regardless where he died.2. In the county in which the decedent died, leaving an estate therein, the deceased not being a resident of this state.3. In the county in which any part of the estate of the deceased may be, where the decedent died out of this state, and the decedent was not a resident of this state at the time of his death.4. In the county in which any part of the estate may be and the decedent was not a resident of this state, but died within it, and did not leave an estate in the county in which he died.5. In all other cases, in the county where application for letters is first made.Amended by Laws 1982, c. 176, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1982.
58 OK Stat § 58-6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-6. Venue in certain cases.

|When the estate of the decedent is in more than one county, he having died out of the state, and not having been a resident thereof at the time of his death, or being such nonresident and dying within the state, and not leaving estate in the county where he died, the district court of that county in which application is first made for letters testamentary or of administration, has exclusive jurisdiction of the settlement of the estate. |R.L.1910, § 6194.
58 OK Stat § 58-7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-7. Jurisdiction coextensive with state.

|The district court of the county in which application is first made for letters testamentary or of administration in any of the cases above mentioned, shall have jurisdiction coextensive with the State in the settlement of the estate of the decedent and the sale and distribution of his real estate and excludes the jurisdiction of the district court of every other county. |R.L.1910, § 6195.
58 OK Stat § 58-8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-8. Transfer of old matters authorized.

|When it is made to appear that any probate matter pending in any court of this state which, by acts of Congress and the Constitution, was transferred from the courts of the Territory of Oklahoma and the United States courts in the Indian Territory to the courts of this state, is not in the county where the venue of such suit, matter or proceeding would lie if arising after the admission of this state into the Union, the court where such suit, matter or proceeding is pending shall, upon the application of the guardian, executor or administrator, or any other person having a substantial interest therein, or upon its own motion, when a proper showing has been made for a removal, within twenty (20) days after application is made therefor, make an order transferring such suit, matter or proceeding to the county where the venue would properly lie if such suit, matter or proceeding had arisen since the admission of this state into the Union, by transmitting to such county the original papers, together with certified copies of all orders and judgments, upon the payment of all accrued costs: Provided, that where any minor is the owner of an estate situate in a county or in counties other than that of his domicile and a guardian or curator has heretofore been appointed for such minor or his estate in any such county other than that of the domicile of such minor, such suit, matter or proceedings shall be transferred in the manner and upon the conditions herein provided, to the county of the domicile of such minor; And provided, further, that such original papers, together with such certified copies of all orders and judgments, shall be filed in the court to which such matter is removed, and the same shall proceed as if ordinarily filed therein, without further service of notice. |R.L.1910, § 6196.
58 OK Stat § 58-9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-9. Transfers already made legalized.

|All transfers of records, suits or proceedings of a probate nature which, by Acts of Congress and the Constitution, were transferred from the Territory of Oklahoma and the United States courts in the Indian Territory to the courts of this state, and thereafter transferred to another county, where such county would have been the proper venue had such suit, matter or proceeding, been commenced after the admission of this state into the Union, are hereby legalized; and no sale or other proceeding by the court to which such suit, matter or proceeding has been transferred shall be void because of such transfer. |R.L.1910, § 6197.
58 OK Stat § 58-10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-10. Transfer to county of domicile of minor or ward.

|In any case where it is shown to the court that the domicile of a minor or ward has been changed from the county where the guardianship is pending to another county in this state, the guardianship may, upon application verified by oath, after notice has been given to the next of kin of such minor or ward and upon good cause shown, be removed to such other county, which would be the proper venue, in the manner and upon the conditions prescribed in the second preceding section for the transfer of suits, matters or proceedings if the court finds that the domicile of the minor or ward has been changed in good faith and that such transfer would be for the best interest of such minor or ward. |R.L.1910, § 6198.
58 OK Stat § 58-11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-11. Personal representative defined.

|As used in this title, "personal representative" includes executor, administrator, administrator with will annexed, conservator, guardian and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status and includes a successor personal representative appointed to succeed a previously appointed personal representative. |Laws 1980, c. 310, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
58 OK Stat § 58-21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-21. Custodian of will to deliver same to district court.

|Every custodian of a will, within thirty days after receipt of information that the maker thereof is dead, must deliver the same to the district court having jurisdiction of the estate, or to the executor named therein. A failure to comply with the provisions of this section makes the person failing responsible for all damages sustained by any one injured thereby. |R.L.1910, § 6199.
58 OK Stat § 58-22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-22. Who may petition court for proof of will.

|Any executor, devisee or legatee named in a will, or any other person interested in the estate, may at any time after the death of the testator, petition the court having jurisdiction to have the will proved, whether the same be in writing, in his possession or not, or is lost or destroyed, or beyond the jurisdiction of the state, or a nuncupative will. |R.L.1910, § 6200.
58 OK Stat § 58-23 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-23. Requisites of petition for probate.

|A petition for the probate of a will must show: |1. the jurisdictional facts;2. whether the person named as executor consents to act, or renounces his right to the letters testamentary;3. the names, ages, and residence of the heirs, legatees, and devisees of the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner;4. the probable value and character of the property of the estate;5. the name of the person for whom letters testamentary are prayed.The petition for the probate of a will must be in writing and signed by the applicant or his counsel.No defect of form, or in the statement of jurisdictional facts actually existing, shall make void the probate of a will.R.L.1910, § 6201; Laws 1963, c. 102, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1963.
58 OK Stat § 58-24 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-24. Court may compel production of will by one having possession.

|If it be alleged in the petition that the will is in the possession of a third person and the court is satisfied that the allegation is correct, an order must be issued and served upon the person having possession of the will, requiring him to produce it in the court at the time named in the order. If he has possession of the will and neglects or refuses to produce it in obedience to the order, he may by warrant of the court be committed to the jail of the county, and kept in close confinement until he produces it. |R.L.1910, § 6202.
58 OK Stat § 58-24.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-24.1. Preservation of original will - Removal from custody.

|Upon the filing of a petition for the probate of a will and upon the production of the will, the clerk of the district court shall safely preserve the original will and shall not permit it to be removed from the county courthouse building until after a photographic, photostatic or certified copy thereof has been filed in the court; provided, however, that after such copy is prepared and filed, the judge of the district court may, for good cause shown and upon written order filed with the court clerk, permit the original will to be removed from the courthouse building. |Laws 1965, c. 231, § 1.
58 OK Stat § 58-25 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-25. Hearing - Notice, how given.

|When a petition for probate of a will is filed, the court must fix a day for hearing the petition, not less than ten (10) nor more than thirty (30) days from the date of filing of the petition, and if the names and addresses of all heirs, legatees, and devisees of the testator are known to the petitioner and are set out in the petition, the court shall cause notice of such hearing to be given as provided in Section 34 of this title, by mailing copies of the notice to all heirs, legatees, and devisees, other than devisees and legatees whose devises and bequests are conditioned upon another named person's predeceasing the testator in accordance with terms stated in the will and such named person did not predecease the testator in accordance with terms stated in the will, postage prepaid, at their last-known place of residence not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing; provided, however, if the name or address of one or more heirs, legatees, or devisees of the testator is not known to the petitioner, or if one or more heirs, legatees, or devisees of the testator are alleged to have survived the testator but died prior to the filing of the petition and the petitioner alleges that he knows of no personal representative for the decedents' estates, notice of the hearing of the petition shall be given by mailing, as above provided, and, in addition thereto, the notice shall be published in one issue of a newspaper, and in such case the hearing shall not be less than ten (10) days from the date of publication of the notice. For purposes of this section, if a legatee or devisee is the trustee of an express trust or testamentary trust, notice need be given only to the trustee and not to the beneficiaries of the trust unless the beneficiaries are otherwise entitled to notice as heirs or as legatees or devisees of property not devised or bequeathed to the trust. |R.L. 1910, § 6203; Laws 1953, p. 232, § 2; Laws 1963, c. 99, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1963; Laws 1967, c. 178, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1967; Laws 1969, c. 302, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1970; Laws 1970, c. 218, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970; Laws 1993, c. 345, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
58 OK Stat § 58-26 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-26. Heirs, legatees, devisees and executors to be given notice by mail.

|Written or printed copies of the notice of the time appointed for the probate of the will, must be addressed to the heirs, legatees and devisees of the testator, at their places of residence, if known to the petitioner, and deposited in the post office, with the postage thereon prepaid by the petitioner, at least ten (10) days before the hearing; the notice must be issued by the judge over the seal of the court. Proof of the mailing of the notice must be made at the hearing; the same notice and proof of service thereof on the person named as executor must be made if he be not the petitioner; also on any person named as coexecutor, not petitioning, if his place of residence be known. |R.L.1910, § 6204; Laws 1953, p. 233, § 3.
58 OK Stat § 58-27 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-27. Powers of judge at chambers.

|The judge of the district court may, at any time, receive petitions for the probate of wills, make and issue all necessary orders and writs to enforce the production of wills and the attendance of witnesses, hear petitions, trials of issues, admit wills to probate, and do all other things coming under his probate jurisdiction. |R.L.1910, § 6205.
58 OK Stat § 58-28 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-28. Proof of notice - Waiver of notice.

|At the time appointed for the hearing, or at the time to which the hearing may have been postponed, the court, unless the parties appear, must require proof that the notice has been given, which being made, the court must hear testimony in proof of the will. If such notice is not proved to have been given, or if from any other cause it is necessary, the hearing may be postponed to a day certain. The appearance in court of parties interested is a waiver of notice. |R.L.1910, § 6206; Laws 1951, p. 161, § 1.
58 OK Stat § 58-29 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-29. Contest before probate - Persons entitled.

|Any person interested may appear and contest the will. Devisees, legatees or heirs of an estate may contest the will through their guardians or attorneys appointed by themselves, or by the court for that purpose; but a contest made by an attorney appointed by the court does not bar a contest, after probate, by the party so represented, if commenced within three (3) months from the date the will was admitted to probate; nor does the nonappointment of an attorney by the court of itself invalidate the probate of a will. |R.L.1910, § 6207; Laws 1953, p. 233, § 4; Laws 1967, c. 136, § 2, emerg. eff. April 27, 1967.
58 OK Stat § 58-30 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-30. Admission on testimony of one subscribing witness.

|If no person appears to contest the probate of a will, the court may admit it to probate on the testimony or affidavit given after the will has been filed of one of the subscribing witnesses only if satisfied from the testimony or affidavit of such witness that the will was executed in all particulars as required by law, and that the testator was of sound mind at the time of its execution. This section shall not apply to self-proved wills as described in Title 84 O.S., Section 55. |R.L.1910, § 6208; Laws 1976, c. 159, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1976.
58 OK Stat § 58-31 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-31. Olographic will, how proved.

|An olographic will may be proved in the same manner that other private writings are proved. |R.L.1910, § 6209.
58 OK Stat § 58-32 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-32. Notices required to be published once each week for two or more consecutive weeks - Interval.

|When notice is required by this act to be published once each week for two (2) or more consecutive weeks, the interval between the first publication and each successive publication shall be not less than six (6) days. |Laws 1969, c. 302, § 36, eff. Jan. 1, 1970.
58 OK Stat § 58-33 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-33. "Newspaper" defined.

|Wherever the term "newspaper" appears herein, it shall mean newspaper as defined by 25 O.S.1961, Sec. 106, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 63, O.S.L.1967 (25 O.S.Supp.1968 Section. 106), and by House Bill No. 1253, First Session, Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Oklahoma. |Laws 1969, c. 302, § 37, eff. Jan. 1, 1970.
58 OK Stat § 58-34 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-34. Mailing and proof of mailing - Persons authorized to make.

|When mailing is required by Section 21 et seq. of this title, the mailing shall be made by the court clerk or a deputy court clerk or by the attorney for the party and proof of the mailing shall be by affidavit of the court clerk or deputy court clerk or attorney filed in the case. Any mailing made pursuant to this section after June 22, 1988, which is in compliance with the provisions of this section at the time this act becomes effective, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section. |Added by Laws 1969, c. 302, § 38, eff. Jan. 1, 1970. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 228, § 1, emerg. eff. June 22, 1988; Laws 1995, c. 286, § 11, eff. July 1, 1995.
58 OK Stat § 58-41 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-41. Proceedings on contest.

|If anyone appears to contest the will, he must file written grounds of opposition to the probate thereof, and serve a copy on the petitioner and other residents of the county interested in the estate, any one or more of whom may demur thereto upon any of the grounds of demurrer allowed by law in civil actions. If the demurrer be sustained, the court must allow the contestant a reasonable time, not exceeding ten (10) days, within which to amend his written opposition. If the demurrer is overruled, the petitioner and others interested may jointly or separately answer the contestant's grounds, traversing or otherwise obviating or avoiding the objections. Any issues of fact thus raised, involving: |1. The competency of the decedent to make a last will and testament.2. The freedom of the decedent at the time of the execution of the will from duress, menace, fraud, or undue influence.3. The due execution and attestation of the will by the decedent or subscribing witnesses; or,4. Any other questions substantially affecting the validity of the will must be tried and determined by the court.On the trial the contestant is plaintiff, and the petitioner is defendant.R.L. 1910, § 6210.
58 OK Stat § 58-42 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 58. Probate Procedure|§58-42. Judgment - Recording.

|The district court, after hearing the evidence on petitions for the probate of wills, must set forth its findings of fact and conclusions of law in writing and render a judgment based upon such findings, either admitting, or refusing to admit, the will to probate. The judgment and the will must be recorded where the will is admitted to probate. |R.L.1910, § 6211; Laws 1965, c. 205, § 1.