Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1509
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Duty of commissioners - Report - Notice of time limit for
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filing exception or election.
A. The commissioners shall make partition of the property among
the parties according to their respective interests, if such
partition can be made without manifest injury. But if such
partition cannot be made, the commissioners shall make a valuation
and appraisement of the property. They shall make a report of their
proceedings to the court, forthwith. For the purpose of this
section the term "party" shall mean one who has been adjudged to own
an undivided interest in the property involved in the action.
B. Within ten (10) days after the report of commissioners is
filed with the court clerk, the attorney for the plaintiff shall
forward by certified mail to the attorney of record for every other
party in the case and to each party not represented by an attorney,
a copy of the commissioners' report and a notice stating that the
time limit for filing an exception or an election to take the
property at the appraisement, if partition cannot be made, is not
later than twenty (20) days from the date the report was filed.
Before the expiration of the said twenty (20) days, the court may
fix a different and longer period for the filing of an election.
The mailing of notice as required herein shall be certified by
affidavit to be filed, attached to the original notice. If a party
has been served by publication, the notice of said time limit shall
be published in one issue of a newspaper qualified to publish legal
notices, at least ten (10) days prior to the expiration of the date
to file exception or election.
C. The time limit for filing an exception or an election to
take property at appraisement, as prescribed in subsection B of this
section, shall be calculated from the date the report of the
commissioners is filed in the case. On failure of the attorney for
plaintiff to give notice within the time prescribed in subsection B
of this section, the court, on application of any party, may extend
the time for filing an exception or an election for the period not
to exceed twenty (20) days from the date the application is heard.
A. The commissioners shall make partition of the property among
the parties according to their respective interests, if such
partition can be made without manifest injury. But if such
partition cannot be made, the commissioners shall make a valuation
and appraisement of the property. They shall make a report of their
proceedings to the court, forthwith. For the purpose of this
section the term "party" shall mean one who has been adjudged to own
an undivided interest in the property involved in the action.
B. Within ten (10) days after the report of commissioners is
filed with the court clerk, the attorney for the plaintiff shall
forward by certified mail to the attorney of record for every other
party in the case and to each party not represented by an attorney,
a copy of the commissioners' report and a notice stating that the
time limit for filing an exception or an election to take the
property at the appraisement, if partition cannot be made, is not
later than twenty (20) days from the date the report was filed.
Before the expiration of the said twenty (20) days, the court may
fix a different and longer period for the filing of an election.
The mailing of notice as required herein shall be certified by
affidavit to be filed, attached to the original notice. If a party
has been served by publication, the notice of said time limit shall
be published in one issue of a newspaper qualified to publish legal
notices, at least ten (10) days prior to the expiration of the date
to file exception or election.
C. The time limit for filing an exception or an election to
take property at appraisement, as prescribed in subsection B of this
section, shall be calculated from the date the report of the
commissioners is filed in the case. On failure of the attorney for
plaintiff to give notice within the time prescribed in subsection B
of this section, the court, on application of any party, may extend
the time for filing an exception or an election for the period not
to exceed twenty (20) days from the date the application is heard.
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