Okla. Stat. tit. 84, § 84-260
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Service by publication - Mailing notice to persons named
Official statutory text
in petition.
When such petition is filed, the party may proceed to make
service by publication upon such defendants, in the manner
following: The publication notice must, in such case, be addressed
in terms, to "the heirs, executors, administrators, devisees,
trustees and assigns, of __________ deceased" (naming such deceased
person). It shall be issued over the official signature of the clerk
of the court; shall state the court in which the petition is filed,
the name of the plaintiff, the above description of such defendants,
and must notify the defendants thus described that they have been
sued and must answer the petition filed by the plaintiff, on or
before a time to be stated (which shall not be less than forty-one
(41) days from the date of the first publication), or the petition
will be taken as true, and judgment, the nature of which shall be
stated, will be rendered accordingly. The publication must be made
three (3) consecutive weeks in some newspaper authorized by law to
publish notices in legal proceedings, printed in the county where
the petition is filed, if there be any printed in such county, and
if there be not, then in some newspaper printed in this state of
general circulation in that county. A copy of the publication
notice, with a copy of the petition (without exhibits), shall,
within six (6) days after the first publication of the notice is
made, be enclosed in an envelope and addressed to each of such
devisees, grantees, or heirs at law, as are named in the petition,
or his place of residence, postage prepaid, and deposited in the
nearest post office, unless such place of residence is unknown to
the plaintiff.
When such petition is filed, the party may proceed to make
service by publication upon such defendants, in the manner
following: The publication notice must, in such case, be addressed
in terms, to "the heirs, executors, administrators, devisees,
trustees and assigns, of __________ deceased" (naming such deceased
person). It shall be issued over the official signature of the clerk
of the court; shall state the court in which the petition is filed,
the name of the plaintiff, the above description of such defendants,
and must notify the defendants thus described that they have been
sued and must answer the petition filed by the plaintiff, on or
before a time to be stated (which shall not be less than forty-one
(41) days from the date of the first publication), or the petition
will be taken as true, and judgment, the nature of which shall be
stated, will be rendered accordingly. The publication must be made
three (3) consecutive weeks in some newspaper authorized by law to
publish notices in legal proceedings, printed in the county where
the petition is filed, if there be any printed in such county, and
if there be not, then in some newspaper printed in this state of
general circulation in that county. A copy of the publication
notice, with a copy of the petition (without exhibits), shall,
within six (6) days after the first publication of the notice is
made, be enclosed in an envelope and addressed to each of such
devisees, grantees, or heirs at law, as are named in the petition,
or his place of residence, postage prepaid, and deposited in the
nearest post office, unless such place of residence is unknown to
the plaintiff.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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