Okla. Stat. tit. 72, § 72-23
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The court clerks and judges of the district courts of the
several counties of this state, and the Registrar of the Bureau of
Vital Statistics of this state, when requested so to do by any
member of the armed forces of the United States, those serving
during World War II, or by their dependents or by any person in
behalf of such enlisted members or their dependents, or by any
honorably discharged person who served in any branch of the military
or naval forces of the United States during any war in which the
United States participated as a belligerent, or by the dependents of
such honorably discharged persons, or by any person in their behalf,
or by the Commissioner of Pensions of the United States, or by the
Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, or Regional Manager
of any Regional office of the United States Veterans' Bureau, shall
furnish, without charge or fee therefor, duly certified copies of
any decree of divorce, marriage license, certificate of marriage,
birth certificate, certificate of death, order appointing
administrator or guardian, letters of administration or
guardianship, bond of administrator or guardian, order discharging
administrator or guardian, or other judgment, decree or document
required by law or by any rule or regulation of the Bureau of
Pensions or the United States Veterans' Bureau to be furnished as
evidence to establish a claim on behalf of those persons enumerated
above, for issuance of a birth certificate, pension, compensation,
family allowance, bonus, or other money or moneys claimed to be due
and payable by or through said Bureau of Pensions or United States
Veterans' Bureau.
The court clerks and judges of the district courts of the
several counties of this state, and the Registrar of the Bureau of
Vital Statistics of this state, when requested so to do by any
member of the armed forces of the United States, those serving
during World War II, or by their dependents or by any person in
behalf of such enlisted members or their dependents, or by any
honorably discharged person who served in any branch of the military
or naval forces of the United States during any war in which the
United States participated as a belligerent, or by the dependents of
such honorably discharged persons, or by any person in their behalf,
or by the Commissioner of Pensions of the United States, or by the
Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, or Regional Manager
of any Regional office of the United States Veterans' Bureau, shall
furnish, without charge or fee therefor, duly certified copies of
any decree of divorce, marriage license, certificate of marriage,
birth certificate, certificate of death, order appointing
administrator or guardian, letters of administration or
guardianship, bond of administrator or guardian, order discharging
administrator or guardian, or other judgment, decree or document
required by law or by any rule or regulation of the Bureau of
Pensions or the United States Veterans' Bureau to be furnished as
evidence to establish a claim on behalf of those persons enumerated
above, for issuance of a birth certificate, pension, compensation,
family allowance, bonus, or other money or moneys claimed to be due
and payable by or through said Bureau of Pensions or United States
Veterans' Bureau.
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