Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 60-172
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Express trust, how created - Duration - Specification of
Official statutory text
duration - Extension of term.
No such express trust shall be valid unless created first, by a
written instrument subscribed by the grantor or grantors duly
acknowledged, as conveyances of real estate are acknowledged, and
recorded in the office of the county clerk of each county wherein is
situated any real estate conveyed to such trustee, as well as in the
county where the principal property is located or business
conducted; or, second, by a will duly executed, as required by the
law of the state. Such express trusts shall be limited in the
duration thereof either to a definite period of not to exceed
twenty-one (21) years, or to the period of the life or lives of the
beneficiary or beneficiaries thereof in being at the time of the
creation of the trust. The instrument creating the trust shall
specify the period of duration thereof within the limitations herein
provided. When such express trust has originally been created for a
definite term of years by a writing other than a will, the time of
the existence of such express trust may be extended for a period of
not exceeding twenty-one (21) years at any one time, by a written
instrument subscribed by all beneficiaries of such express trust,
duly acknowledged as are conveyances of real estate, and recorded in
the office of the county clerk of the county where is located the
principal office of said trust, and in each county where is situated
any real estate owned by such express trust. Provided the
provisions of this section shall be applicable and limited to
business trusts and shall have no application to personal trusts.
No such express trust shall be valid unless created first, by a
written instrument subscribed by the grantor or grantors duly
acknowledged, as conveyances of real estate are acknowledged, and
recorded in the office of the county clerk of each county wherein is
situated any real estate conveyed to such trustee, as well as in the
county where the principal property is located or business
conducted; or, second, by a will duly executed, as required by the
law of the state. Such express trusts shall be limited in the
duration thereof either to a definite period of not to exceed
twenty-one (21) years, or to the period of the life or lives of the
beneficiary or beneficiaries thereof in being at the time of the
creation of the trust. The instrument creating the trust shall
specify the period of duration thereof within the limitations herein
provided. When such express trust has originally been created for a
definite term of years by a writing other than a will, the time of
the existence of such express trust may be extended for a period of
not exceeding twenty-one (21) years at any one time, by a written
instrument subscribed by all beneficiaries of such express trust,
duly acknowledged as are conveyances of real estate, and recorded in
the office of the county clerk of the county where is located the
principal office of said trust, and in each county where is situated
any real estate owned by such express trust. Provided the
provisions of this section shall be applicable and limited to
business trusts and shall have no application to personal trusts.
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