Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-262: Foreign executors and administrators - Right of action -
Where this section sits in the code
- OK Code
- Title 58
Proof of authority - Security - Release of mortgages.
It shall be lawful for any person or persons to whom letters
testamentary or of administration have been granted, by the proper
authority in any of the United States or the territories thereof, to
maintain or defend any suit or action, and to prosecute and recover
any claim in the courts of the State of Oklahoma, in the same manner
as if the letters testamentary or of administration had been granted
to such person by the proper authority in this state, and the
letters testamentary or of administration, or a copy thereof,
certified under the seal of the authority granting the same, shall
be sufficient evidence to prove the granting thereof, and that the
person therein named has administration; Provided, that the courts
in which any action may be brought by any nonresident executor or
administrator shall have power, and such power is hereby given to
the said court, upon motion, to require from such person the
security required by law in a like case from a resident
administrator or executor; Provided, further, that such executor or
administrator shall have the authority to release mortgages in this
state upon filing with the county clerk of the county in which such
mortgage is recorded a showing properly certified to that such
executor or administrator is the duly qualified and acting executor
or administrator of such estate.
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