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Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-42-102: Application by owner for vacation of platted tract,

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 11

street, alley, easement or public way - Power of district court.

A. If the owner of any tract of land platted for municipal

purposes, or the owner of any portion of such platted tract, desires

to vacate the whole or some part thereof, or desires to vacate a

platted street, alley, easement or portion thereof, the owner shall

file a verified application setting forth his current address and

briefly stating the reason for vacating, in the district court in

the county where the land is located.

B. Notwithstanding provisions in subsection A of this section,

if the owner of any tract of land platted for municipal purposes for

a public way desires to vacate some part thereof and the portion

thus vacated would not obstruct the use of the balance of the tract

as a street, avenue, alley, lane or thoroughfare open for public

use, and which tract after vacation would remain bounded on all

sides by land platted for municipal purposes, the owner may file a

verified application in the district court in the county where the

property is located. The district court is authorized, upon

application by such owner and upon showing that previous use of the

tract as a street would remain unobstructed, to alter or vacate the

platted tract or any part thereof.

C. In cases where a portion of a tract is vacated but remains

bounded on all sides by public ways and public grounds, title to the

portion vacated shall pass to the municipality or public entity

created by the municipality for the purpose of managing, developing,

maintaining or leasing, for any lawful purpose, public or private,

the tract so vacated. The title to said tract shall remain with the

municipality or other public entity until such time as any adjacent

tract comprising the public way or street is subsequently vacated

and no longer used for a public purpose.

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