Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-161
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Oath - Records
Official statutory text
Before letters testamentary or of administration are issued to
the executor or administrator, he must take and subscribe an oath,
before some officer authorized to administer oaths, that he will
perform, according to law, the duties of executor or administrator,
which oath must be attached to the letters. All letters
testamentary and of administration issued to, and all bonds executed
by executors or administrators, with the affidavits and certificates
thereon must be forthwith recorded by the judge in books to be kept
by him in his office for that purpose.
the executor or administrator, he must take and subscribe an oath,
before some officer authorized to administer oaths, that he will
perform, according to law, the duties of executor or administrator,
which oath must be attached to the letters. All letters
testamentary and of administration issued to, and all bonds executed
by executors or administrators, with the affidavits and certificates
thereon must be forthwith recorded by the judge in books to be kept
by him in his office for that purpose.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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