Okla. Stat. tit. 8, § 8-31
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Conveyance to Board of County Commissioners - Conveyance to
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corporation when formed.
The owner of land, any part of which has been used for human
burial and no cemetery corporation, including the same, has been
formed, as is now provided by law, to which title can be made, may
convey or devise any designated part or the whole of such land,
together with roads and rights of way for the ingress and egress of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 8. Cemeteries Page 8
the public and persons interested, to the Board of County
Commissioners of the County in which such land is situated, in
trust, for the use of the local community for cemetery purposes, and
when any cemetery corporation has been formed for any such land so
held in trust, the Board of County Commissioners shall, without
charge or fee, convey the said land and such right of way and road,
if any has been reserved, to such cemetery corporation.
The owner of land, any part of which has been used for human
burial and no cemetery corporation, including the same, has been
formed, as is now provided by law, to which title can be made, may
convey or devise any designated part or the whole of such land,
together with roads and rights of way for the ingress and egress of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 8. Cemeteries Page 8
the public and persons interested, to the Board of County
Commissioners of the County in which such land is situated, in
trust, for the use of the local community for cemetery purposes, and
when any cemetery corporation has been formed for any such land so
held in trust, the Board of County Commissioners shall, without
charge or fee, convey the said land and such right of way and road,
if any has been reserved, to such cemetery corporation.
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