Okla. Stat. tit. 84, § 84-46
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Nuncupative wills - Requisites
Official statutory text
To make a nuncupative will valid, and to entitle it to be
admitted to probate, the following requisites must be observed:
1. The estate bequeathed must not exceed in value the sum of
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
2. It must be proved by two witnesses who were present at the
making thereof, one of whom was asked by the testator at the time to
bear witness that such was his will, or to that effect.
3. The decedent must at the time, have been in actual military
service in the field, or doing duty on shipboard at sea, and in
either case in actual contemplation, fear or peril of death, or the
decedent must have been at the time in expectation of immediate
death from an injury received the same day.
admitted to probate, the following requisites must be observed:
1. The estate bequeathed must not exceed in value the sum of
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
2. It must be proved by two witnesses who were present at the
making thereof, one of whom was asked by the testator at the time to
bear witness that such was his will, or to that effect.
3. The decedent must at the time, have been in actual military
service in the field, or doing duty on shipboard at sea, and in
either case in actual contemplation, fear or peril of death, or the
decedent must have been at the time in expectation of immediate
death from an injury received the same day.
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