Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-331
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Notice to creditors to present claims
Official statutory text
Every personal representative must, unless the notice has been
given by a special administrator as provided in Section 215 of this
title, within two (2) months after the issuance of his letters, file
notice to the creditors of the decedent stating that claims against
said deceased will be forever barred unless presented to such
personal representative, at the personal representative's place of
residence or business, or at the place of business of the attorney
for the personal representative, as specified in the notice, by the
presentment date stated in the notice. The presentment date shall
be a date certain which is at least two (2) months following the
date said notice is filed, and the first publication of said notice
shall appear on or before the tenth day after the filing of said
notice. If the presentment date stated is a Saturday, Sunday, or
legal holiday, the presentment date shall be deemed to be the next
succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
The notice to creditors shall be given by publication in some
newspaper in the county in which the probate is filed once each week
for two (2) consecutive weeks, and by mail to all known creditors of
the decedent at their respective last-known available addresses, in
accordance with Section 6 of this act. The notice shall be
substantially in the following form:
All creditors having claims against A B, deceased, are required
to present the same, with a description of all security interests
and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to
such claim, to the named personal representative at ______ (address
of the personal representative or attorney for the personal
representative) on or before the following presentment date:
_________________, or the same will be forever barred.
C D, Personal Representative
for the Estate of A B, deceased.
or
E F, Attorney for Personal Representative
Dated ________________, 19__.
Provided, that in all proceedings wherein the decedent has been
dead for a period of more than five (5) years prior to the
commencement of a probate proceeding for said decedent's estate, or
where regular proceedings have been dispensed with pursuant to
Section 241 of this title, the presentment date may be stated to be
a date certain (subject to the above provisions regarding the
stating of the presentment date as a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
holiday) which is at least one (1) month following the date said
notice is filed with the district court clerk for the county in
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 58. Probate Procedure Page 61
which the probate is pending, and the first publication of said
notice shall appear on or before the tenth day after the filing of
said notice with said district court clerk.
given by a special administrator as provided in Section 215 of this
title, within two (2) months after the issuance of his letters, file
notice to the creditors of the decedent stating that claims against
said deceased will be forever barred unless presented to such
personal representative, at the personal representative's place of
residence or business, or at the place of business of the attorney
for the personal representative, as specified in the notice, by the
presentment date stated in the notice. The presentment date shall
be a date certain which is at least two (2) months following the
date said notice is filed, and the first publication of said notice
shall appear on or before the tenth day after the filing of said
notice. If the presentment date stated is a Saturday, Sunday, or
legal holiday, the presentment date shall be deemed to be the next
succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
The notice to creditors shall be given by publication in some
newspaper in the county in which the probate is filed once each week
for two (2) consecutive weeks, and by mail to all known creditors of
the decedent at their respective last-known available addresses, in
accordance with Section 6 of this act. The notice shall be
substantially in the following form:
All creditors having claims against A B, deceased, are required
to present the same, with a description of all security interests
and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to
such claim, to the named personal representative at ______ (address
of the personal representative or attorney for the personal
representative) on or before the following presentment date:
_________________, or the same will be forever barred.
C D, Personal Representative
for the Estate of A B, deceased.
or
E F, Attorney for Personal Representative
Dated ________________, 19__.
Provided, that in all proceedings wherein the decedent has been
dead for a period of more than five (5) years prior to the
commencement of a probate proceeding for said decedent's estate, or
where regular proceedings have been dispensed with pursuant to
Section 241 of this title, the presentment date may be stated to be
a date certain (subject to the above provisions regarding the
stating of the presentment date as a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
holiday) which is at least one (1) month following the date said
notice is filed with the district court clerk for the county in
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 58. Probate Procedure Page 61
which the probate is pending, and the first publication of said
notice shall appear on or before the tenth day after the filing of
said notice with said district court clerk.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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