{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-231","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-231","heading":"Resignation and settlement - Revoking letters","body":"Any executor or administrator may, at any time, by writing,\n\nfiled in the district court, resign his appointment, having first\n\nsettled his account and delivered up all the estate to the person\n\nwhom the court shall appoint to receive the same. If, however, by\n\nreason of any delays in such settlement and delivering up of the\n\nestate, or for any other cause, the circumstances of the estate or\n\nthe rights of those interested therein require it, the court may at\n\nany time before the settlement of accounts and delivering up of the\n\nestate is completed, revoke the letters of such executor or\n\nadministrator, and appoint in his stead an administrator, either\n\nspecial or general, in the same manner as directed in relation to\n\noriginal letters of administration. The liability of the outgoing\n\nexecutor or administrator, or of the sureties on his bond, shall not\n\nbe in any manner discharged, released or affected by such\n\nappointment or resignation.","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":"12a54751cd6f3bf7410451ebbd9f5298d79577b9fd55ff49167eef50ad6b494b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-23","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-232"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}