{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-924","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 58-924","heading":"Oil, gas and mineral leases by executors and","body":"administrators or guardians - Proceeding in district court -\n\nPetition.\n\nAdministrators and executors of estates of deceased persons and\n\nguardians of the estates of minors and incompetent persons are\n\nhereby authorized to sell and execute oil and gas or other mining\n\nleases upon the lands belonging to the estates of said deceased\n\npersons, or of said minors or incompetent persons, for a term not to\n\nexceed ten (10) years and as long thereafter as oil, gas or other\n\nminerals may be produced in paying quantities, upon compliance with\n\nthis act, and the district court in which said guardianship or\n\nadministration proceedings are pending shall have jurisdiction to\n\norder said sale upon the filing of a petition therein alleging that\n\nthe estate of said deceased person or the estate of said minor or\n\nincompetent ward is the owner of the lands which shall be described\n\nin said petition, and that the same have a probable value for oil\n\nand gas mining purposes, and that the estate of said deceased person\n\nor of said ward is not financially able or that it is impractical\n\nfor said estate to explore said land for oil and gas, and that it is\n\nto the best interest of the estate to lease said lands at public\n\nauction to the highest bidder for cash, which petition shall be\n\nverified by said administrator, executor or guardian, and if it\n\ninvolves lands belonging to the estates of deceased persons, the\n\npetition shall set forth the names and post office addresses of the\n\nheirs of such deceased persons. If the will of any such deceased\n\nperson empowers the executor to sell oil and gas or other mineral\n\nleases upon the lands of the testator, it shall not be necessary for\n\nthe executor, or the administrator with the will annexed, to comply\n\nwith this act, but in such case the sale and execution of the lease\n\nshall be deemed to be a sale of property and subject to Section 1299\n\nof Oklahoma Statutes, 1931. The word \"land\" or \"lands\" as used\n\nherein, includes any oil, gas or other mineral rights or interests\n\nin lands which may be leaseable.","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":"052c15c52d24bc504271c4afb8ab8f7ba2d4380a71d0ee585fe3423b4b6b773a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-92","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-58-58-925"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}