Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-83
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Court's certificate - Filing - Letters testamentary
Official statutory text
When a lost or destroyed will is established, the provisions
thereof must be distinctly stated and certified by the judge of the
district court, under his hand and the seal of the court, and the
certificate must be filed and recorded as wills are filed and
recorded, and letters testamentary or of administration with the
will annexed, must be issued thereon in the same manner as upon
wills produced and duly proved; if the court has admitted into
evidence a copy of the lost or destroyed will and finds that the
copy distinctly states the provisions of the will, the court may
certify the copy of the will as distinctly stating the provisions of
the will; the testimony must be reduced to writing; signed,
certified and filed as in other cases, and shall be admissible as
evidence in any subsequent proceeding.
R.L. 1910, § 6228; Laws 1993, c. 345, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
thereof must be distinctly stated and certified by the judge of the
district court, under his hand and the seal of the court, and the
certificate must be filed and recorded as wills are filed and
recorded, and letters testamentary or of administration with the
will annexed, must be issued thereon in the same manner as upon
wills produced and duly proved; if the court has admitted into
evidence a copy of the lost or destroyed will and finds that the
copy distinctly states the provisions of the will, the court may
certify the copy of the will as distinctly stating the provisions of
the will; the testimony must be reduced to writing; signed,
certified and filed as in other cases, and shall be admissible as
evidence in any subsequent proceeding.
R.L. 1910, § 6228; Laws 1993, c. 345, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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