{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-245","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-245","heading":"Petition for summary administration - Conditions -","body":"Requirements.\n\nA. A petition for summary administration may be filed by any\n\nperson interested in an estate that meets one of the following\n\nconditions:\n\n1. The value of the estate is less than or equal to Two Hundred\n\nThousand Dollars ($200,000.00);\n\n2. The decedent has been deceased for more than five (5) years;\n\nor\n\n3. The decedent resided in another jurisdiction at the time of\n\ndeath.\n\nB. The petition shall set forth the following:\n\n1. A statement of the interest of the petitioner;\n\n2. The name, age and date of death of the decedent, and the\n\ncounty and state of the decedent's domicile at the time of death;\n\n3. If the decedent died testate, the original or certified copy\n\nof the will of the decedent shall be attached to the petition,\n\ntogether with a statement that:\n\na. the petitioner, to the best of the knowledge of the\n\npetitioner, believes the will to have been validly\n\nexecuted, and\n\nb. after the exercise of due diligence, the petitioner is\n\nunaware of any instrument revoking the will, and that\n\nthe petitioner believes that the instrument attached\n\nto the application is the decedent's last will;\n\n4. Whether the will attached to the petition has been admitted\n\nto probate in any other jurisdiction;\n\n5. If the decedent died intestate, the petitioner shall state\n\nthat the petitioner has diligently searched for and failed to find a\n\nwill;\n\n6. The names, ages and last-known addresses of the\n\nadministrators, executors, nonpetitioning conominees, heirs,\n\nlegatees and devisees of the decedent, so far as known to the\n\npetitioner;\n\n7. The names and last-known addresses of all known creditors of\n\nthe decedent. The petitioner shall state that the petitioner has\n\nexercised due diligence in determining the identities, last-known\n\naddresses and claims of the decedent's creditors;\n\n8. The probable value and character of the property of the\n\nestate and the legal description of all real property owned by the\n\ndecedent in Oklahoma;\n\n9. Whether an application or petition for the appointment of a\n\npersonal representative is pending or has been granted in any\n\njurisdiction;\n\n10. A statement of the relief requested, which may include a\n\nprayer for the court to admit the will, if any, to probate, to\n\nappoint the person requested in the petition as personal\n\nrepresentative, to determine the heirs, devisees and legatees of the\n\ndecedent, to approve the final account, to distribute the property\n\nof the estate and to discharge the personal representative; and\n\n11. A waiver of the final accounting pursuant to Section 541 of\n\nthis title, if applicable.\n\nC. The petition shall be verified by the petitioner or signed\n\nby the attorney for the petitioner.\n\nD. The court, without a hearing, shall issue letters of special\n\nadministration to the person requested in the petition if the\n\npetition is in proper form and:\n\n1. The proposed personal representative is named as personal\n\nrepresentative in the will;\n\n2. The proposed personal representative has prior right to\n\nappointment; or\n\n3. The petition is accompanied by a waiver of all persons\n\nentitled to letters testamentary and all persons with a prior right\n\nof appointment.\n\nThe special administrator shall have the powers set forth in\n\nsubsection A of Section 215 of this title. The court, in its\n\ndiscretion, may require a bond.","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":"d67fc94ef590d1c5bf780477dfdc343be57e0bee60fc3bfc013f738338ad6f48","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-243","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-246"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}