{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-83","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-83","heading":"Court's certificate - Filing - Letters testamentary","body":"When a lost or destroyed will is established, the provisions\n\nthereof must be distinctly stated and certified by the judge of the\n\ndistrict court, under his hand and the seal of the court, and the\n\ncertificate must be filed and recorded as wills are filed and\n\nrecorded, and letters testamentary or of administration with the\n\nwill annexed, must be issued thereon in the same manner as upon\n\nwills produced and duly proved; if the court has admitted into\n\nevidence a copy of the lost or destroyed will and finds that the\n\ncopy distinctly states the provisions of the will, the court may\n\ncertify the copy of the will as distinctly stating the provisions of\n\nthe will; the testimony must be reduced to writing; signed,\n\ncertified and filed as in other cases, and shall be admissible as\n\nevidence in any subsequent proceeding.","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":"a503da4e5fb27c7c4bc3eb8ea9095b206c7bfb077ba693b4ab4ed2f960598ad9","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-82","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-84"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}