Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-190: Payment of checks or vouchers to recipients of assistance,

relief or welfare, upon death of the beneficiary after issuance.

Whenever any qualified recipient or beneficiary of old-age

assistance, aid to the blind, or aid to the permanently and totally

disabled, or of other relief or welfare, under the laws of the State

of Oklahoma, shall have died after the issuance of assistance checks

or vouchers to him, or on or after the due date of said checks or

vouchers and before the same is endorsed or presented for payment by

the recipient or beneficiary, the judge of the district court of the

county in which said recipient resided at the time of his death

shall by the filing of an affidavit by one of the next of kin or

next friend of said deceased recipient make an order authorizing and

directing such next of kin or next friend, or some other reputable

person, to endorse said checks or vouchers which shall be paid upon

presentation, and it shall not be necessary that an administrator be

appointed for the estate of said decedent in order to collect said

checks or vouchers. No costs shall be charged in said proceedings.

This act shall apply to checks and vouchers heretofore issued as

well as to those hereafter issued.