Okla. Stat. tit. 6, § 6-1308
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Search procedure on death - Removal of certain contents
Official statutory text
A. A lessor shall permit the person named in a court order, or
if no order has been served upon the lessor, the spouse, a parent,
an adult descendant, or a person named as an executor in a copy of a
purported will produced by the person, to open and examine the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies Page 177
contents of a safe deposit box leased by a decedent, or any
documents delivered by a decedent for safekeeping, in the presence
of an officer of the lessor. In addition, the lessor, if so
requested by such person, shall deliver:
1. Any writing purported to be a will of the decedent to the
court having jurisdiction of the decedent's estate according to his
or her residence declared in such writing or may, at the option of
the bank, be delivered to the person, so long as the bank retains a
copy;
2. Any writing purported to be a deed to a burial plot or to
give burial instructions to the person making the request for a
search;
3. Any document purporting to be an insurance policy on the
life of the decedent to the beneficiary named therein; and
4. Any document purporting to be a trust agreement or
Declaration of Trust wherein the decedent was the grantor, so long
as the bank retains a copy.
B. No other contents shall be removed pursuant to this
subsection until an executor or administrator qualifies and makes
claim to the contents, except where the safe deposit box was held by
the decedent and his or her surviving spouse or any other person as
joint tenants, in which case any part of the contents thereof may be
removed by such surviving spouse or other surviving joint tenant.
C. All contents of a safe deposit box shall be presumed to
belong to the lessee(s) of the safe deposit box, and the lessor may
rely on that assumption unless and until it receives a court order
to the contrary.
D. The lessor shall be under no duty to conduct an inventory of
the contents of the safe deposit box.
if no order has been served upon the lessor, the spouse, a parent,
an adult descendant, or a person named as an executor in a copy of a
purported will produced by the person, to open and examine the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies Page 177
contents of a safe deposit box leased by a decedent, or any
documents delivered by a decedent for safekeeping, in the presence
of an officer of the lessor. In addition, the lessor, if so
requested by such person, shall deliver:
1. Any writing purported to be a will of the decedent to the
court having jurisdiction of the decedent's estate according to his
or her residence declared in such writing or may, at the option of
the bank, be delivered to the person, so long as the bank retains a
copy;
2. Any writing purported to be a deed to a burial plot or to
give burial instructions to the person making the request for a
search;
3. Any document purporting to be an insurance policy on the
life of the decedent to the beneficiary named therein; and
4. Any document purporting to be a trust agreement or
Declaration of Trust wherein the decedent was the grantor, so long
as the bank retains a copy.
B. No other contents shall be removed pursuant to this
subsection until an executor or administrator qualifies and makes
claim to the contents, except where the safe deposit box was held by
the decedent and his or her surviving spouse or any other person as
joint tenants, in which case any part of the contents thereof may be
removed by such surviving spouse or other surviving joint tenant.
C. All contents of a safe deposit box shall be presumed to
belong to the lessee(s) of the safe deposit box, and the lessor may
rely on that assumption unless and until it receives a court order
to the contrary.
D. The lessor shall be under no duty to conduct an inventory of
the contents of the safe deposit box.
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