Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-943
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Contents of petition
Official statutory text
The petition for letters testamentary or letters of
administration shall show:
1. the jurisdictional facts;
2. the names, ages and residence of the heirs, devisees, or
legatees of the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 58. Probate Procedure Page 133
3. a description and probable value and character of the
property of the estate belonging to said absent person at the time
of his disappearance;
4. the name and address of the person for whom letters
testamentary or of administration are prayed;
5. the time and circumstances when the absentee was last seen
or heard from;
6. that the absentee has not been seen or heard from for a
continuous period of seven (7) years by the persons likely to have
seen or heard from the absentee (naming them and their relationship
to the absentee) and that the location of the absentee is unknown to
those persons and to the petitioner; and
7. a description of the search or the inquiry concerning the
location of the absentee.
administration shall show:
1. the jurisdictional facts;
2. the names, ages and residence of the heirs, devisees, or
legatees of the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 58. Probate Procedure Page 133
3. a description and probable value and character of the
property of the estate belonging to said absent person at the time
of his disappearance;
4. the name and address of the person for whom letters
testamentary or of administration are prayed;
5. the time and circumstances when the absentee was last seen
or heard from;
6. that the absentee has not been seen or heard from for a
continuous period of seven (7) years by the persons likely to have
seen or heard from the absentee (naming them and their relationship
to the absentee) and that the location of the absentee is unknown to
those persons and to the petitioner; and
7. a description of the search or the inquiry concerning the
location of the absentee.
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