Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-903
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Hearings in district court - Terms of sale
Official statutory text
The district court shall establish a date upon which all
petitions for the approval of deeds to lands inherited by full-blood
Indians shall be heard which date shall be at least twice per month.
At a hearing the court shall take the testimony of disinterested
parties to establish the value of the lands to be conveyed, and may
in its discretion call in any United States probate attorney as
counsel for grantor. The attendance of the grantor or any other
person to testify in such matters may be required in like manner as
if his testimony were to be heard in a civil action. The court may
decline to approve any deed when in his judgment the price is not
commensurate with his fair judgment and the grantor is not an heir
of deceased. Provided, the district court may authorize the sale
and conveyance of any such land for cash or one-fourth (1/4) cash
and the balance in yearly payments of one-fourth (1/4) each, with
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 58. Probate Procedure Page 123
interest on such deferred payments at the rate of not less than six
percent (6%) per annum; Provided further, that in all sales upon
deferred payments such payments shall be secured by first mortgage
upon the lands conveyed.
petitions for the approval of deeds to lands inherited by full-blood
Indians shall be heard which date shall be at least twice per month.
At a hearing the court shall take the testimony of disinterested
parties to establish the value of the lands to be conveyed, and may
in its discretion call in any United States probate attorney as
counsel for grantor. The attendance of the grantor or any other
person to testify in such matters may be required in like manner as
if his testimony were to be heard in a civil action. The court may
decline to approve any deed when in his judgment the price is not
commensurate with his fair judgment and the grantor is not an heir
of deceased. Provided, the district court may authorize the sale
and conveyance of any such land for cash or one-fourth (1/4) cash
and the balance in yearly payments of one-fourth (1/4) each, with
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 58. Probate Procedure Page 123
interest on such deferred payments at the rate of not less than six
percent (6%) per annum; Provided further, that in all sales upon
deferred payments such payments shall be secured by first mortgage
upon the lands conveyed.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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