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60 OK Stat § 60-63 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-63. Action for injury to inheritance.

|A person having an estate in fee, in remainder, or reversion, may maintain an action for any injury done to the inheritance, notwithstanding an intervening estate for life or years, and although, after its commission, his estate is transferred, and he has no interest in the property at the commencement of the action. R.L. 1910 Sec. 6637. |R.L.1910, § 6637.
60 OK Stat § 60-64 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-64. Fee title covers what.

|The owner of land in fee has the right to the surface and to everything permanently situated beneath or above it. R.L. 1910 Sec. 6638. |R.L.1910, § 6638.
60 OK Stat § 60-66 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-66. Lateral and subjacent support, right to.

|Each coterminous owner is entitled to the lateral and subjacent support which his land receives from the adjoining land, subject to the right of the owner of the adjoining land to make proper and usual excavations on the same for purposes of construction, on using ordinary care and skill, and taking reasonable precautions to sustain the land of the other, and giving previous reasonable notice to the other of his intention to make such excavations. R.L. 1910 Sec. 6641. |R.L.1910, § 6641.
60 OK Stat § 60-67 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-67. Trees on land, ownership of.

|Trees whose trunks stand wholly upon the land of one owner, belong exclusively to him, although their roots grow into the land of another. R.L. 1910 Sec. 6642. |R.L.1910, § 6642.
60 OK Stat § 60-68 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-68. Trees on line, ownership of.

|Trees whose trunks stand partly on the land of two or more coterminous owners belong to them in common. R.L. 1910 Sec. 6643. |R.L.1910, § 6643.
60 OK Stat § 60-69 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-69. Duties of life tenant.

|The owner of a life estate must keep the buildings and fences in repair from ordinary waste, and must pay the taxes and other annual charges, and a just proportion of extraordinary assessments benefiting the whole inheritance. R.L. 1910 Sec. 6644. |R.L.1910, § 6644.
60 OK Stat § 60-70 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-70. Boundaries and fences.

|Coterminous owners are mutually bound equally to maintain: |1. The boundaries and monuments between them.2. The fences between them, unless one of them chooses to let his land lie open as a public common, in which case, if he afterwards encloses it, he must refund to the other a just proportion of the value, at that time, of any division fence made by the latter. R.L. 1910 Sec. 6645.R.L.1910, § 6645.
60 OK Stat § 60-71 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-71. Appointment of trustee where there are contingent remainders.

|In any case where, by will or deed or other instrument, title to real estate is in a tenant for life or other person having the right to the use thereof and income therefrom, with the remainder interest left to one or more contingent remaindermen, so that it is impossible to determine until the death of the life tenant or the future happening of some other determining event, what interest, if any, the various contingent remaindermen will take; the district court, upon the application of the life tenant, shall have jurisdiction and authority to appoint a trustee under proper bond, over said real estate, for the purpose of leasing the same for oil and gas developing purposes. |Added by Laws 1939, p. 355, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1939.
60 OK Stat § 60-72 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-72. Trustee may make oil and gas leases and other mining leases.

|Said trustee shall have the power and authority to make valid oil and gas leases and other mining leases, upon said lands, for a term not to exceed ten (10) years, and as long thereafter as oil, gas or other minerals may be produced in paying quantities, said leases to be executed and approved under the same procedure now followed in leasing lands for oil and gas purposes in guardianships and estates, the bonus and rentals therefrom to be paid to the life tenant or other person entitled thereto. |Added by Laws 1939, p. 355, § 2, emerg. eff. May 10, 1939.
60 OK Stat § 60-73 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-73. Trustee's authority to invest income from royalties - Payments to life tenant or other person.

|Under proper court order the trustee shall be authorized to invest income from royalties pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Uniform Prudent Investor Act, unless otherwise provided by law, which investments shall remain intact until the ultimate taker is determined and shall then be paid over to the ultimate taker and the trust closed. Income from investments shall be paid to the life tenant or other person entitled thereto. |Added by Laws 1939, p. 355, § 3, emerg. eff. May 10, 1939. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 351, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
60 OK Stat § 60-74 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-74. Joint tenancy and tenancy by entirety.

|A joint interest is one owned by several persons in either real or personal property in equal shares, being a joint title created by a single instrument, will or transfer when expressly declared in the instrument, will or transfer to be a joint tenancy, or as between husband and wife a tenancy by entirety or joint tenancy as the grantor may elect, or when granting or devising to executors or trustees as joint tenants. A tenancy by entirety can only be created between husband and wife. |Such joint tenancy or tenancy by entirety may be created by transfer to persons as joint tenants or tenants by entirety from an owner or a joint owner to himself and one or more persons, or from tenants in common to themselves, or by coparceners in voluntary partition, and such estates may be created by or for persons who have elected to become bound under any community property act now in existence or which may hereafter be enacted. An adjudication of incompetency shall not operate to terminate such an estate.Where a deed, transfer or conveyance grants an estate in joint tenancy or tenancy by entirety in the granting clause thereof, the granting clause shall control over the habendum clause containing language inconsistent to the granting clause.In the event of the death of a joint tenant or tenant by entirety, leaving estate subject to probate, a certified copy of letters testamentary or of administration shall constitute prima facie evidence of such death.The provisions of this act shall apply to all estates in joint tenancy or tenancy by entirety in either real or personal property heretofore or hereafter created.Nothing herein contained shall prevent execution, levy and sale of the interest of the judgment debtor in such estates and such sale shall constitute a severance.Added by Laws 1945, p. 213, § 1, emerg. eff. May 7, 1945.
60 OK Stat § 60-74.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-74.1. Partial invalidity.

|The provisions of this act shall be severable and if any section, subsection, sentence or clause of this act is for any reason held to be invalid such holding shall not affect the validity fo the remaining portions thereof. |Added by Laws 1945, p. 213, § 2, emerg. eff. May 7, 1945.
60 OK Stat § 60-75 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-75. Reformation of interests violating rule against perpetuities - Intent.

|Any interest in real or personal property that would violate the rule against perpetuities shall be reformed, or construed within the limits of the rule, to give effect to the general intent of the creator of that interest whenever that general intent can be ascertained. This provision shall be liberally construed and applied to validate such interest to the fullest extent consistent with such ascertained intent. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 139, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1971.
60 OK Stat § 60-76 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-76. Construction in accordance with cy pres doctrine.

|To effectuate the provisions hereof, all courts of this state are, within their otherwise jurisdictional limits, hereby granted the power to reform or construe interests in real or personal property, as provided in Section 1 hereof, in accordance with the doctrine of cy pres. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 139, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1971.
60 OK Stat § 60-77 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-77. Reformation of offending instruments.

|If an instrument violates the rule against perpetuities, but can be reformed or construed in accordance with the provisions of this act, is shall not be declared totally invalid. Rather, the provisions thereof that do not offend the rule shall be enforced, and only the provisions thereof that do violate, or might violate, the rule shall be subject to reformation or construction under the doctrine of cy pres within the terms of this act. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 139, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1971.
60 OK Stat § 60-78 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-78. Applicability to certain inter vivos instruments, wills and appointments.

|This act shall apply to inter vivos instruments and wills taking effect after the act becomes effective, and to appointments made after the act becomes effective, including appointments by inter vivos instruments or wills under powers created before the act becomes effective. The act shall apply to both legal and equitable interests. |Added by Laws 1971, c. 139, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1971.
60 OK Stat § 60-121 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-121. Alien may not hold land - Ownership of personalty.

|No alien or any person who is not a citizen of the United States shall acquire title to or own land in the State of Oklahoma, except as hereinafter provided, but he shall have and enjoy in the State of Oklahoma such rights as to personal property as are, or shall be accorded a citizen of the United States under the laws of the nation to which such alien belongs, or by the treaties of such nation with the United States, except as the same may be affected by the provisions of this act or the Constitution of this state. |R.L.1910, § 6646.
60 OK Stat § 60-122 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-122. Exceptions.

|This article shall not apply to lands now owned in this state by aliens so long as they are held by the present owners, nor to any alien who is or shall take up bona fide residence in this state: and any alien who is or shall become a bona fide resident of the State of Oklahoma shall have the right to acquire and hold lands in this state upon the same terms as citizens of the State of Oklahoma during the continuance of such bona fide residence of such alien in this state: Provided, that if any such resident alien shall cease to be a bona fide inhabitant of this state, such alien shall have five (5) years from the time he ceased to be such bona fide resident in which to alienate such lands. |R.L.1910, § 6647.
60 OK Stat § 60-123 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-123. Five-year limitation in certain cases.

|All nonresident aliens who may hereinafter acquire real estate in Oklahoma by devise, descent or by purchase, where such purchase is made under any legal proceeding foreclosing liens in favor of such alien, may hold the same for five (5) years from the date of so acquiring such title. |R.L.1910, § 6648.
60 OK Stat § 60-124 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-124. Escheat to state, unless conveyance made.

|Any alien who shall hereafter hold lands in the State of Oklahoma in contravention of the provisions of this article, may nevertheless convey the fee simple title thereof at any time before the institution of escheat proceedings as hereinafter provided: Provided, however, that if any such conveyance shall be made by such alien either to an alien or a citizen of the United States in trust, and for the purpose and with the intention of evading the provisions of this article, or the provisions of the Constitution of this state, such conveyance shall be null and void, and any such lands so conveyed shall be forfeited and escheated to the state absolutely. |R.L.1910, § 6649.
60 OK Stat § 60-125 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-125. Procedure to enforce escheat.

|It shall be the duty of the Attorney General or the district attorney of the county where the land is situate, when he shall be informed or have reason to believe that any lands in the state are being held contrary to the provisions of this act, or the provisions of the Constitution of this state, to institute suit in behalf of the State of Oklahoma in the district court of the county in which said lands are situate, praying for the escheat of the same in behalf of the state, and proceed therein as in cases provided by law for escheats of lands or property where such property has no known owner: Provided, that before any such suit is instituted, the Attorney General, or district attorney aforesaid, as the case may be, shall give thirty (30) days' notice by registered letter of his intention to sue, directed to the owner of the lands, at his last-known post office address or to the persons who last rendered the same for taxes, or to any known agents of the owner; proof of having mailed such registered letter shall be deemed and held prima facie evidence of the giving of such notice. |R.L.1910, § 6650.
60 OK Stat § 60-126 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-126. Procedure - Minors and incompetents as defendants.

|In case the lands, at the time escheat proceedings are about to be commenced, are owned by minors, or by persons of unsound mind, such notice shall be addressed to the guardian of the said minors, or persons of unsound mind, and if there is no such guardian, the Attorney General of the state, or district attorney shall make application in the name of the state to the court and procure the appointment of a guardian ad litem to represent such minor, or person of unsound mind in such proceedings; thereafter the district attorney shall direct the clerk of such court to ascertain the residence or postoffice address of the next of kin of such minor, or person of unsound mind, and to transmit to such next of kin a copy of the petition or application to escheat such lands, and such minor or person of unsound mind shall have ninety (90) days after the mailing of such notice to appear and defend the action. |R.L.1910, § 6651.
60 OK Stat § 60-127 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-127. Trial and judgment.

|If it shall be determined upon the trial of any such escheat proceedings that lands are held contrary to the provisions of this article, or the Constitution of this state, the court trying said cause shall render judgment condemning such lands, and order the same to be sold under the order of court, at such time, terms, and conditions as to the court may seem best; the proceeds of such sale after deducting the cost of the proceeding, shall be paid to the clerk of the court rendering the judgment where the same shall remain for one (1) year from the date of such payment, subject to the order of the alien owner of such lands, his heirs and legal representatives, and if not claimed within the period of one (1) year, such clerk shall pay the same into the treasury of the state for the benefit of the available school fund of the State: Provided, that when any money shall have been paid to the State Treasurer as hereinabove provided, an alien or his heirs may procure the same to be returned by applying for and procuring an order from the court condemning the property showing that such judgment escheating said property was procured by fraud, or mistake, or that there was material irregularity in the proceedings; this application, however, must be made within two (2) years from the date such monies were turned over into the State Treasury; and in no event shall the state be liable or called on to refund any further sum than the actual cash transmitted and delivered to such Treasurer: Provided, further, that the defendant in such escheat proceedings may at any time before final judgment suggest and prove to the court, that he has conformed to, or complied with the law, under and by which they will be entitled to hold such estate; which, it being admitted or proved, said suit shall be dismissed on payment by defendant of the costs and reasonable attorney's fees, to be fixed by the court. |R.L.1910, § 6652.
60 OK Stat § 60-131 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-131. Trusts of real property.

|Uses and trusts, in relation to real property, are those only which are specified in this article. |R.L.1910, § 6653.
60 OK Stat § 60-132 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-132. Former uses confirmed.

|Every estate which is now held as a use, executed under any former statute of this state, is confirmed as a legal estate. |R.L.1910, § 6654.
60 OK Stat § 60-136 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-136. Requisites of a trust.

|No trust in relation to real property is valid, unless created or declared: |1. By a written instrument, subscribed by the grantor or by his agent thereto authorized by writing.2. By the instrument under which the trustee claims the estate affected; or,3. By operation of law.R.L.1910, § 6659.
60 OK Stat § 60-137 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-137. Trust presumed, when.

|When a transfer of real property is made to one person, and the consideration therefor is paid by or for another, a trust is presumed to result in favor of the person by or for whom such payment is made. |R.L.1910, § 6660.
60 OK Stat § 60-140 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-140. Surplus liable to creditors.

|Where a trust is created to receive the rents and profits of real property, and no valid direction for accumulation is given, the surplus of such rents and profits, beyond the sum that may be necessary for the education and support of the person for whose benefit the trust is created, is liable to the claims of the creditors of such person, in the same manner as personal property which cannot be reached by execution. |R.L.1910, § 6664.
60 OK Stat § 60-143 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-143. Realty passes subject to power.

|In every case where a trust is valid as a power in trust, the real property to which the trust relates, remains in or passes by succession to the persons otherwise entitled, subject to the execution of the trust as a power in trust. |R.L.1910, § 6667.
60 OK Stat § 60-156 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-156. Deeds and conveyances - Works not giving notice of existence of trust - Recorded written evidence.

|A. The appearance of the words "trustee" or "as trustee" or "agent" following the names of the grantee in any deed of conveyance of land or other property, or an interest therein, heretofore or hereafter executed, without other language showing a trust, shall not be deemed to give notice to or put on inquiry any person dealing with said property that a trust exists, or that there are other beneficiaries of said conveyance except the grantee named therein, and such conveyance shall vest the title to such property in such grantee and a conveyance by such grantee, whether followed by the words "trustee" or "as trustee" or "agent" or not, shall vest title in his grantee free from any claims of all persons or corporations. |B. Subsection A of this section shall not apply if other written evidence is recorded, whether before or after the grantor's death, which establishes that an express trust does exist with respect to property which the grantor has conveyed by deed to his grantee followed by the words "trustee" or "as trustee" provided such other written evidence is recorded prior to conveyance of such property by such grantee.Amended by Laws 1988, c. 319, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
60 OK Stat § 60-157 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-157. Mortgages - Words not giving notice of existence of trust.

|The appearance of the words "trustee" or "as trustee" or "agent" following the name of the mortgagee in any mortgage on real estate or personal property heretofore or hereafter executed, without other language showing a trust, shall not be deemed to give notice to or put on inquiry any person dealing with said property or mortgage that a trust exists, or that there are other beneficiaries of said mortgage except the mortgagee named therein, and such mortgage shall vest full rights and ownership to such mortgage and lien created thereby in such mortgagee, and an assignment or release of said mortgage by such mortgagee, whether followed by the words "trustee" or "as trustee" or "agent" or not, shall vest full and complete title and ownership in said mortgage in the assignee, or shall constitute a full and complete release of said mortgage, free from any claims of all persons or corporations. This act shall not apply to any suits now pending. |Laws 1953, p. 65, § 2.
60 OK Stat § 60-161 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-161. Property in which trustee may invest - Judgment and care required.

|Unless otherwise authorized, directed or restricted by order of court or by the will, trust agreement, or other document which is the source of the trust, the trustee may invest trust funds in any property, real, personal or mixed, in which an individual may invest the individual's own funds. In making investments, the trustee shall comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Uniform Prudent Investor Act. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize a trustee to buy or sell property and investments from or to the trustee personally or to commingle trust funds with the individual funds of the trustee. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 412, § 1. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 351, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
60 OK Stat § 60-163 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-163. Retention of property originally received.

|A trustee may retain in trust any property originally received into the trust and any substitution therefor without liability for such retention. |Laws 1949, p. 413, § 3.
60 OK Stat § 60-164 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-164. Trust as furtherance of public function.

|The uses and purposes of the said Oklahoma Ordinance Works Authority Trust are hereby declared to be in furtherance of a public function and purpose and vital to the public welfare of the people of Oklahoma, and all actions heretofore taken by said authority are hereby in all respects approved and ratified. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 730, § 1.
60 OK Stat § 60-165 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-165. Acquisition of property.

|It is hereby declared to be the intention and desire of the State of Oklahoma that the Oklahoma Ordinance Works Authority, as an agency of the State of Oklahoma, continue its negotiations with the General Services Administration and complete the acquisition of said property for the use and benefit of the State of Oklahoma and its people. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 730, § 2.
60 OK Stat § 60-166 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-166. Appropriation.

|It is hereby directed that the State Contingency and Emergency Fund Board allocate and pay over to the Oklahoma Ordinance Works Authority Trust the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) in aid of such acquisition, to be expended by said Oklahoma Ordinance Works Authority Trust for expenses necessarily incurred in the acquisition and operation of said property. |Laws 1961, p. 730, § 3.