Okla. Stat. tit. 60, § 60-199

animals.

A. A trust for the care of designated domestic or pet animals

is valid. Unless the trust instrument provides for an earlier

termination, the trust terminates when no living animal is covered

by the trust.

B. The instrument creating the trust shall be liberally

construed to bring the transfer within the scope of trusts governed

by this section, to presume against the mere precatory or honorary

nature of the disposition, and to carry out the general intent of

the transferor. Extrinsic evidence is admissible in determining the

intent of the transferor.

C. If a trustee is not designated or no designated or successor

trustee is willing or able to serve, a court shall name a trustee.

Unless otherwise permitted by the trust, the trustee and the

enforcer as provided in subsection D of this section shall not be

the same person. The trustee shall be entitled to reasonable

trustee fees and expenses for the administration, unless otherwise

provided in the trust instrument. The trustee of a trust created in

accordance with this section shall ensure that care is provided for

the benefit of the animal in accordance with the terms of the trust

or, in absence of any terms, shall ensure that care is provided that

is reasonable under the circumstances. The trustee may employ

agents or contractors to provide any care and pay for the care from

the assets of the trust. The trustee shall also ensure that the

property of a trust authorized by this section is applied only to

its intended use.

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D. A trust authorized by this section may be enforced by a

person appointed in the trust instrument, the caretaker of the

designated animal or animals, and the remainder beneficiary, or, if

none, by an individual appointed by a court upon application to it

by an individual.

E. Accountings otherwise required by law shall be provided to

those persons qualified as an enforcer as provided for in subsection

D of this section. However, if the value of the assets in the trust

does not exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), no filing,

report, registration, periodic accounting, separate maintenance of

funds, appointment, or fee shall be required by reason of the

existence of the fiduciary relationship of the trustee, unless

ordered by the court or required by the trust instrument.

F. Each trust created pursuant to this section shall identify a

remainder beneficiary. If none is named, the trustee shall transfer

any unexpended trust property upon termination of the trust to the

transferor, if then living, or if not living, to the transferor’s

successors in interest.

G. For purposes of Section 175.47 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, the beneficiary or beneficiaries in being at the creation

of the trust shall include the caretaker of the designated animal or

animals and the remainder beneficiaries.