{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-23","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-23","heading":"Requisites of petition for probate","body":"A petition for the probate of a will must show:\n\n1. the jurisdictional facts;\n\n2. whether the person named as executor consents to act, or\n\nrenounces his right to the letters testamentary;\n\n3. the names, ages, and residence of the heirs, legatees, and\n\ndevisees of the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner;\n\n4. the probable value and character of the property of the\n\nestate;\n\n5. the name of the person for whom letters testamentary are\n\nprayed.\n\nThe petition for the probate of a will must be in writing and\n\nsigned by the applicant or his counsel.\n\nNo defect of form, or in the statement of jurisdictional facts\n\nactually existing, shall make void the probate of a will.","path":["OK Code","Title 58"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os58.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b1492339fb2679b4bdecf3aab5c43cba9d360e230a7d74e47434506d068fcb23","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-221","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-231"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}