{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-903","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-903","heading":"Hearings in district court - Terms of sale","body":"The district court shall establish a date upon which all\n\npetitions for the approval of deeds to lands inherited by full-blood\n\nIndians shall be heard which date shall be at least twice per month.\n\nAt a hearing the court shall take the testimony of disinterested\n\nparties to establish the value of the lands to be conveyed, and may\n\nin its discretion call in any United States probate attorney as\n\ncounsel for grantor. The attendance of the grantor or any other\n\nperson to testify in such matters may be required in like manner as\n\nif his testimony were to be heard in a civil action. The court may\n\ndecline to approve any deed when in his judgment the price is not\n\ncommensurate with his fair judgment and the grantor is not an heir\n\nof deceased. Provided, the district court may authorize the sale\n\nand conveyance of any such land for cash or one-fourth (1/4) cash\n\nand the balance in yearly payments of one-fourth (1/4) each, with\n\ninterest on such deferred payments at the rate of not less than six\n\npercent (6%) per annum; Provided further, that in all sales upon\n\ndeferred payments such payments shall be secured by first mortgage\n\nupon the lands conveyed.","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":"2850582c4e0823a9facdd6e68ae44db70be9ba9c860ca599f1719f9668db4189","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-902","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-905"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}