Oklahoma § 60-71 - Appointment of trustee where there are contingent
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 60-71 — Appointment of trustee where there are contingent, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 60-71. Appointment of trustee where there are contingent
remainders.
In any case where, by will or deed or other instrument, title to
real estate is in a tenant for life or other person having the right
to the use thereof and income therefrom, with the remainder interest
left to one or more contingent remaindermen, so that it is
impossible to determine until the death of the life tenant or the
future happening of some other determining event, what interest, if
any, the various contingent remaindermen will take; the district
court, upon the application of the life tenant, shall have
jurisdiction and authority to appoint a trustee under proper bond,
over said real estate, for the purpose of leasing the same for oil
and gas developing purposes.
Added by Laws 1939, p. 355, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 1939.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 60-71 ("Appointment of trustee where there are contingent") 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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