Okla. Stat. tit. 66, § 66-60
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Unknown owner
Official statutory text
If upon the location of said railroad it shall be found to run
through the real property of any nonresident owner who is unknown to
the corporation, or who has not been by it informed thereof, and has
neither granted nor refused to grant the right-of-way through and
over his said premises, the said corporation may give four (4)
weeks' notice to such owner, if known, and if not known, by a
description of such real property, by publication four (4)
consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the county or
subdivision where such real property may lie, if there be any, and
if not, in one nearest thereto on the line of their said road, that
said railroad has been located through and over his lands; and if
said owner do not, within thirty (30) days thereafter, apply to the
district judge to have the damages assessed, in the mode prescribed
in this article, said corporation may proceed to have the damages
assessed as herein before provided, subject to the same right of
review and appeal, as in case of resident owners; and upon payment
of damages assessed to the clerk of the district court, the
corporation shall acquire all the rights and privileges mentioned in
this article.
R.L. 1910, § 1407.
through the real property of any nonresident owner who is unknown to
the corporation, or who has not been by it informed thereof, and has
neither granted nor refused to grant the right-of-way through and
over his said premises, the said corporation may give four (4)
weeks' notice to such owner, if known, and if not known, by a
description of such real property, by publication four (4)
consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the county or
subdivision where such real property may lie, if there be any, and
if not, in one nearest thereto on the line of their said road, that
said railroad has been located through and over his lands; and if
said owner do not, within thirty (30) days thereafter, apply to the
district judge to have the damages assessed, in the mode prescribed
in this article, said corporation may proceed to have the damages
assessed as herein before provided, subject to the same right of
review and appeal, as in case of resident owners; and upon payment
of damages assessed to the clerk of the district court, the
corporation shall acquire all the rights and privileges mentioned in
this article.
R.L. 1910, § 1407.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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