Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-42-102
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Application by owner for vacation of platted tract,
Official statutory text
street, alley, easement or public way - Power of district court.
A. If the owner of any tract of land platted for municipal
purposes, or the owner of any portion of such platted tract, desires
to vacate the whole or some part thereof, or desires to vacate a
platted street, alley, easement or portion thereof, the owner shall
file a verified application setting forth his current address and
briefly stating the reason for vacating, in the district court in
the county where the land is located.
B. Notwithstanding provisions in subsection A of this section,
if the owner of any tract of land platted for municipal purposes for
a public way desires to vacate some part thereof and the portion
thus vacated would not obstruct the use of the balance of the tract
as a street, avenue, alley, lane or thoroughfare open for public
use, and which tract after vacation would remain bounded on all
sides by land platted for municipal purposes, the owner may file a
verified application in the district court in the county where the
property is located. The district court is authorized, upon
application by such owner and upon showing that previous use of the
tract as a street would remain unobstructed, to alter or vacate the
platted tract or any part thereof.
C. In cases where a portion of a tract is vacated but remains
bounded on all sides by public ways and public grounds, title to the
portion vacated shall pass to the municipality or public entity
created by the municipality for the purpose of managing, developing,
maintaining or leasing, for any lawful purpose, public or private,
the tract so vacated. The title to said tract shall remain with the
municipality or other public entity until such time as any adjacent
tract comprising the public way or street is subsequently vacated
and no longer used for a public purpose.
A. If the owner of any tract of land platted for municipal
purposes, or the owner of any portion of such platted tract, desires
to vacate the whole or some part thereof, or desires to vacate a
platted street, alley, easement or portion thereof, the owner shall
file a verified application setting forth his current address and
briefly stating the reason for vacating, in the district court in
the county where the land is located.
B. Notwithstanding provisions in subsection A of this section,
if the owner of any tract of land platted for municipal purposes for
a public way desires to vacate some part thereof and the portion
thus vacated would not obstruct the use of the balance of the tract
as a street, avenue, alley, lane or thoroughfare open for public
use, and which tract after vacation would remain bounded on all
sides by land platted for municipal purposes, the owner may file a
verified application in the district court in the county where the
property is located. The district court is authorized, upon
application by such owner and upon showing that previous use of the
tract as a street would remain unobstructed, to alter or vacate the
platted tract or any part thereof.
C. In cases where a portion of a tract is vacated but remains
bounded on all sides by public ways and public grounds, title to the
portion vacated shall pass to the municipality or public entity
created by the municipality for the purpose of managing, developing,
maintaining or leasing, for any lawful purpose, public or private,
the tract so vacated. The title to said tract shall remain with the
municipality or other public entity until such time as any adjacent
tract comprising the public way or street is subsequently vacated
and no longer used for a public purpose.
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