Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-44: Recording of testimony - Admissibility

The testimony of any witness or witnesses admitted at a hearing

on a petition to probate a will shall be recorded in one of the

following methods:

(a) filing with the court clerk a written summary of the

testimony, subscribed and sworn to by each witness in the presence

of a judge having jurisdiction of probate matters; or

(b) having the testimony taken down verbatim in shorthand,

stenotype, or any other method approved by the court; or

(c) having the testimony recorded verbatim by a sound recorder

approved by the court; or

(d) having the testimony recorded verbatim by an official court

reporter.

If the testimony is recorded by one of the methods described in

subdivisions (b) or (c), the same shall be transcribed, subscribed

and sworn to by each witness, and filed with the court clerk. If

the testimony is recorded by the method described in subdivision

(d), the same shall be transcribed and certified by the official

court reporter who took the testimony, and filed with the clerk of

the court. Such evidence shall be admissible in any subsequent

proceedings concerning the validity of the will, or the sufficiency

of the proof if the subscribing witness is dead, or has permanently

left this state.

R.L. 1910, § 6213; Laws 1965, c. 340, § 1, emerg. eff. June 28,

1965; Laws 1974, c. 26, § 1, emerg. eff. April 11, 1974; Laws 1992,

c. 395, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.