Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-25
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Hearing - Notice, how given
Official statutory text
When a petition for probate of a will is filed, the court must
fix a day for hearing the petition, not less than ten (10) nor more
than thirty (30) days from the date of filing of the petition, and
if the names and addresses of all heirs, legatees, and devisees of
the testator are known to the petitioner and are set out in the
petition, the court shall cause notice of such hearing to be given
as provided in Section 34 of this title, by mailing copies of the
notice to all heirs, legatees, and devisees, other than devisees and
legatees whose devises and bequests are conditioned upon another
named person's predeceasing the testator in accordance with terms
stated in the will and such named person did not predecease the
testator in accordance with terms stated in the will, postage
prepaid, at their last-known place of residence not less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of the hearing; provided, however, if
the name or address of one or more heirs, legatees, or devisees of
the testator is not known to the petitioner, or if one or more
heirs, legatees, or devisees of the testator are alleged to have
survived the testator but died prior to the filing of the petition
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 58. Probate Procedure Page 16
and the petitioner alleges that he knows of no personal
representative for the decedents' estates, notice of the hearing of
the petition shall be given by mailing, as above provided, and, in
addition thereto, the notice shall be published in one issue of a
newspaper, and in such case the hearing shall not be less than ten
(10) days from the date of publication of the notice. For purposes
of this section, if a legatee or devisee is the trustee of an
express trust or testamentary trust, notice need be given only to
the trustee and not to the beneficiaries of the trust unless the
beneficiaries are otherwise entitled to notice as heirs or as
legatees or devisees of property not devised or bequeathed to the
trust.
R.L. 1910, § 6203; Laws 1953, p. 232, § 2; Laws 1963, c. 99, § 1,
emerg. eff. May 27, 1963; Laws 1967, c. 178, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1,
1967; Laws 1969, c. 302, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1970; Laws 1970, c. 218,
§ 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970; Laws 1993, c. 345, § 5, eff. Sept.
1, 1993.
fix a day for hearing the petition, not less than ten (10) nor more
than thirty (30) days from the date of filing of the petition, and
if the names and addresses of all heirs, legatees, and devisees of
the testator are known to the petitioner and are set out in the
petition, the court shall cause notice of such hearing to be given
as provided in Section 34 of this title, by mailing copies of the
notice to all heirs, legatees, and devisees, other than devisees and
legatees whose devises and bequests are conditioned upon another
named person's predeceasing the testator in accordance with terms
stated in the will and such named person did not predecease the
testator in accordance with terms stated in the will, postage
prepaid, at their last-known place of residence not less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of the hearing; provided, however, if
the name or address of one or more heirs, legatees, or devisees of
the testator is not known to the petitioner, or if one or more
heirs, legatees, or devisees of the testator are alleged to have
survived the testator but died prior to the filing of the petition
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 58. Probate Procedure Page 16
and the petitioner alleges that he knows of no personal
representative for the decedents' estates, notice of the hearing of
the petition shall be given by mailing, as above provided, and, in
addition thereto, the notice shall be published in one issue of a
newspaper, and in such case the hearing shall not be less than ten
(10) days from the date of publication of the notice. For purposes
of this section, if a legatee or devisee is the trustee of an
express trust or testamentary trust, notice need be given only to
the trustee and not to the beneficiaries of the trust unless the
beneficiaries are otherwise entitled to notice as heirs or as
legatees or devisees of property not devised or bequeathed to the
trust.
R.L. 1910, § 6203; Laws 1953, p. 232, § 2; Laws 1963, c. 99, § 1,
emerg. eff. May 27, 1963; Laws 1967, c. 178, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1,
1967; Laws 1969, c. 302, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1970; Laws 1970, c. 218,
§ 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970; Laws 1993, c. 345, § 5, eff. Sept.
1, 1993.
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