Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 128 - Notice of hearingA. When a petition praying for letters of administration is filed, the judge of the court must set a day for hearing the same and cause notice thereof to be given, containing the name of the decedent, the name of the applicant for letters, and the day on which the application will be heard.B. If the names and addresses of all heirs of the decedent are known to the petitioner and are set out in the petition, the notice must be given, as provided in Section 34 of this title, by mailing a copy of the same to each of the heirs of the deceased with the postage thereon prepaid at least ten (10) days before the day set for the hearing.C. If the name or address of one or more heirs of the decedent is not known to the petitioner, notice of the hearing of the petition shall be given by mailing, as above provided, and by publishing the same one time in a legal newspaper in the county at least ten (10) days before the day set for the hearing.D. If the petition asks for the appointment of some person entitled under the law to appointment, and there shall accompany such petition a waiver of all persons having a prior right to appointment or if the applicant has a prior right of appointment, then no notice shall be given and the court shall proceed without delay to hear such petition.Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 128
R.L. 1910, § 6251; Amended by Laws 1953, HB 676, p. 234, § 12; Amended by Laws 1955, SB 43, p. 299, § 1; Amended by Laws 1967, SB 398, c. 179, § 1, emerg. eff. 5/1/1967; Amended by Laws 1969, HB 1471, c. 302, § 4, eff. 1/1/1970; Amended by Laws 1970, SB 594, c. 218, § 2, emerg. eff. 4/15/1970; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 652, c. 184, § 1, eff. 9/1/1994.