{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-165.3a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-165.3a","heading":"Payment of wages to surviving spouse and children","body":"Other than an employee provided with an option of beneficiary\n\ndesignation with respect to his wages and benefits by his employer,\n\nall wages earned by an employee, not exceeding Three Thousand\n\nDollars ($3,000.00), shall, upon the employee's death, become due\n\nand payable to the employee's surviving spouse, or if there is no\n\nsurviving spouse, the dependent children, or their guardians or the\n\nconservators of their estates, in equal shares, without the\n\nnecessity of a probate court action.","path":["OK Code","Title 40"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os40.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"34fee4aaea5a8cc2433193548ad4c313ad503629b42becf0ef6147028159b652","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-165.3","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-165.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}