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Okla. Stat. tit. 67, § 67-42: Owner of lands may petition for confirmation of title

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 67

It shall be lawful for any person claiming title to any lands in

such county at the time of the destruction of such records, and for

all claiming under any such person, to file a petition in the

district court in such county, praying for a decree establishing and

confirming his said title. Any number of parcels of land may be

included in one petition, or separate petitions may be filed, as the

petitioner may elect. Said petition shall state clearly the

description of said lands, the character and extent of the estate

claimed by the petitioner, and from whom, and when, and by what mode

he derived his title thereto. It shall give the names of all

persons owning or claiming any estate in fee in said lands, or any

part thereof, and also all persons in possession of said lands, or

any part thereof, and also all persons to whom any such lands shall

have been conveyed, and the deeds of such conveyances recorded in

the office of the register of deeds of such county, since the time

of the destruction of such records as aforesaid, and prior to the

time of filing of such petition, and their residences, so far as the

same are known to said petitioner; and if no such persons are known

to said petitioner, it shall be so stated in said petition. All

persons so named in said petition shall be made defendants, and

shall be notified of said suit by summons, if residents of this

state, in the same manner as required in civil proceedings by the

laws of this state: Provided, that the notice specified in Sections

7287 and 7288 shall be the only publication notice required, either

in case of residents, nonresidents or otherwise; all other persons

shall be deemed and taken as defendants, by the name or designation

of "All whom it may concern". Said petition shall be verified by

the affidavit of the petitioner, or by the agent of said petitioner;

and any party so swearing falsely shall be deemed guilty of perjury

and punished accordingly and shall be liable in damages to any

person injured by such false statement, to be recovered in an action

on the case in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

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