Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-190
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Payment of checks or vouchers to recipients of assistance,
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relief or welfare, upon death of the beneficiary after issuance.
Whenever any qualified recipient or beneficiary of old-age
assistance, aid to the blind, or aid to the permanently and totally
disabled, or of other relief or welfare, under the laws of the State
of Oklahoma, shall have died after the issuance of assistance checks
or vouchers to him, or on or after the due date of said checks or
vouchers and before the same is endorsed or presented for payment by
the recipient or beneficiary, the judge of the district court of the
county in which said recipient resided at the time of his death
shall by the filing of an affidavit by one of the next of kin or
next friend of said deceased recipient make an order authorizing and
directing such next of kin or next friend, or some other reputable
person, to endorse said checks or vouchers which shall be paid upon
presentation, and it shall not be necessary that an administrator be
appointed for the estate of said decedent in order to collect said
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checks or vouchers. No costs shall be charged in said proceedings.
This act shall apply to checks and vouchers heretofore issued as
well as to those hereafter issued.
Whenever any qualified recipient or beneficiary of old-age
assistance, aid to the blind, or aid to the permanently and totally
disabled, or of other relief or welfare, under the laws of the State
of Oklahoma, shall have died after the issuance of assistance checks
or vouchers to him, or on or after the due date of said checks or
vouchers and before the same is endorsed or presented for payment by
the recipient or beneficiary, the judge of the district court of the
county in which said recipient resided at the time of his death
shall by the filing of an affidavit by one of the next of kin or
next friend of said deceased recipient make an order authorizing and
directing such next of kin or next friend, or some other reputable
person, to endorse said checks or vouchers which shall be paid upon
presentation, and it shall not be necessary that an administrator be
appointed for the estate of said decedent in order to collect said
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 64
checks or vouchers. No costs shall be charged in said proceedings.
This act shall apply to checks and vouchers heretofore issued as
well as to those hereafter issued.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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