Oklahoma § 67-2 - What necessary when certified copies cannot be had
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§ 67-2. What necessary when certified copies cannot be had
Whenever the loss or destruction of any such record or part
thereof shall have happened, and such defect cannot be supplied, as
provided in the next preceding section, any person interested
therein may make a written application to the proper court of the
county wherein the records were kept, verified by affidavit, showing
the loss or destruction thereof; that certified copies thereof
cannot be obtained by the person making such application; the
substance of the record so lost or destroyed; that such loss or
destruction occurred without the fault or neglect of the person
making such application, and that the loss or destruction of such
record, unless supplied, will or may result in damage to the person
making such application; and thereupon said court shall cause said
application to be entered of record in said court, and due notice of
said application shall be given that said application will be heard
by said court. And if, upon such hearing, said court shall be
satisfied that the statements contained in said written application
are true, said court shall make an order, reciting the substance and
effect of said lost or destroyed record; which order shall be
entered of record in said court, and have the same effect which said
original record would have had if the same had not been lost or
destroyed, so far as concerns the person making such application,
and the persons who shall have been notified, as provided in this
section. The record, in all cases where the proceeding was in rem,
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and no personal service was had, may be supplied upon like notice,
as nearly as may be, as in the original proceeding. The court in
which the application is pending may, in all cases in which
publication is required, direct, by order, to be entered of record,
the form of the notice, and designate the newspaper in which the
same shall be published.
R.L. 1910, § 7268.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 67-2 ("What necessary when certified copies cannot be had") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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