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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2388 By: Kannady
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to probate procedure; amending 58
O.S. 2021, Section 162, which relates to the
appointment of an agent by a nonresident
representative; removing cert ain residency
requirement for agents; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 58 O.S. 2021, Section 162, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 162. Every executor, administrator or guardian
appointed in, but residing out of the state, shall, before entering
upon the duties of his or her trust, in writing, appoint an agent
residing in the county where he is appointed Oklahoma, and shall by
such writing stipulate and agree that the service of any legal
process against him or her as such executor, administrator or
guardian if made on said agent shall be of the same legal effect as
if made on himself or herself personally within the state. Such
writing shall give the proper addre ss of such agent and shall be
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filed in the office of the judge of the district court where such
appointment is made.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-5196 JL 11/18/22