Oklahoma § 58-331 - Notice to creditors to present claims

§ 58-331. Notice to creditors to present claims

Every personal representative must, unless the notice has been

given by a special administrator as provided in Section 215 of this

title, within two (2) months after the issuance of his letters, file

notice to the creditors of the decedent stating that claims against

said deceased will be forever barred unless presented to such

personal representative, at the personal representative's place of

residence or business, or at the place of business of the attorney

for the personal representative, as specified in the notice, by the

presentment date stated in the notice. The presentment date shall

be a date certain which is at least two (2) months following the

date said notice is filed, and the first publication of said notice

shall appear on or before the tenth day after the filing of said

notice. If the presentment date stated is a Saturday, Sunday, or

legal holiday, the presentment date shall be deemed to be the next

succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

The notice to creditors shall be given by publication in some

newspaper in the county in which the probate is filed once each week

for two (2) consecutive weeks, and by mail to all known creditors of

the decedent at their respective last-known available addresses, in

accordance with Section 6 of this act. The notice shall be

substantially in the following form:

All creditors having claims against A B, deceased, are required

to present the same, with a description of all security interests

and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to

such claim, to the named personal representative at ______ (address

of the personal representative or attorney for the personal

representative) on or before the following presentment date:

_________________, or the same will be forever barred.

C D, Personal Representative

for the Estate of A B, deceased.

or

E F, Attorney for Personal Representative

Dated ________________, 19__.

Provided, that in all proceedings wherein the decedent has been

dead for a period of more than five (5) years prior to the

commencement of a probate proceeding for said decedent's estate, or

where regular proceedings have been dispensed with pursuant to

Section 241 of this title, the presentment date may be stated to be

a date certain (subject to the above provisions regarding the

stating of the presentment date as a Saturday, Sunday, or legal

holiday) which is at least one (1) month following the date said

notice is filed with the district court clerk for the county in

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 58. Probate Procedure

which the probate is pending, and the first publication of said

notice shall appear on or before the tenth day after the filing of

said notice with said district court clerk.

Amended by Laws 1988, c. 228, § 4, emerg. eff. June 22, 1988.