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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1283 By: Stewart
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to probate procedure; amending 58
7 O.S. 2021, Section 162, which relates to appointment
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8 residency requirement; updating statutory language;
9 making language gender neutral; and providing an
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 58 O.S. 2021, Section 162, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 162. Every executor, administrator, or guardian
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16 appointed in, but residing out of, the state, shall, before entering
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17 upon the duties of his or her trust, in writing, appoint an agent
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18 residing in the county where he is appointed this state, and shall
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19 by such writing stipulate and agree that the service of any legal
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20 process against him or her as such executor, administrator, or
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21 guardian if made on said the agent shall be of the same legal effect
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22 as if made on himself or herself personally within the state. Such
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23 writing shall give the proper address of such the agent and shall be
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3 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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