Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-42-111
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Court action by owners to foreclose or reopen public
Official statutory text
way - Petition.
Any owner of any real estate to which any public way or
easement, or any part thereof, has heretofore reverted or may
hereafter revert by closing, within the corporate limits of any
municipality, may commence an action in the district court in the
county in which the real estate is situated, upon filing a verified
petition. The petition shall show the passage of an ordinance
closing the public way or easement and ask for the foreclosure of
the absolute right to reopen the public way or easement or ask for
the reopening of the public way or easement. Attached to the
verified petition shall be the certificate of a bonded abstractor
listing the names and mailing addresses of all persons required to
be notified as set forth in Section 42-112 of this title.
Any owner of any real estate to which any public way or
easement, or any part thereof, has heretofore reverted or may
hereafter revert by closing, within the corporate limits of any
municipality, may commence an action in the district court in the
county in which the real estate is situated, upon filing a verified
petition. The petition shall show the passage of an ordinance
closing the public way or easement and ask for the foreclosure of
the absolute right to reopen the public way or easement or ask for
the reopening of the public way or easement. Attached to the
verified petition shall be the certificate of a bonded abstractor
listing the names and mailing addresses of all persons required to
be notified as set forth in Section 42-112 of this title.
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