Okla. Stat. tit. 67, § 67-2: What necessary when certified copies cannot be had

Whenever the loss or destruction of any such record or part

thereof shall have happened, and such defect cannot be supplied, as

provided in the next preceding section, any person interested

therein may make a written application to the proper court of the

county wherein the records were kept, verified by affidavit, showing

the loss or destruction thereof; that certified copies thereof

cannot be obtained by the person making such application; the

substance of the record so lost or destroyed; that such loss or

destruction occurred without the fault or neglect of the person

making such application, and that the loss or destruction of such

record, unless supplied, will or may result in damage to the person

making such application; and thereupon said court shall cause said

application to be entered of record in said court, and due notice of

said application shall be given that said application will be heard

by said court. And if, upon such hearing, said court shall be

satisfied that the statements contained in said written application

are true, said court shall make an order, reciting the substance and

effect of said lost or destroyed record; which order shall be

entered of record in said court, and have the same effect which said

original record would have had if the same had not been lost or

destroyed, so far as concerns the person making such application,

and the persons who shall have been notified, as provided in this

section. The record, in all cases where the proceeding was in rem,

and no personal service was had, may be supplied upon like notice,

as nearly as may be, as in the original proceeding. The court in

which the application is pending may, in all cases in which

publication is required, direct, by order, to be entered of record,

the form of the notice, and designate the newspaper in which the

same shall be published.