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Every source behind the Oklahoma guide

5 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 23 named presence or absence conditions that must pass against the live government text. Open the record, read the words the publishing body actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch September 15, 2026

What each source establishes

The Oklahoma guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and any statutory creditor-deadline gaps the related guide names rather than guesses through.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

58 O.S. § 393

Oklahoma State Senate · Laws 2017, c. 73, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017. · Verified August 9, 2026

1. The fair market value of property located in this state owned by the decedent and subject to disposition by will or intestate succession at the time of the decedent's death, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00);

What was published from this source

  • OK 58 O.S. § 393

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • affidavit threshold 50000
  • ten day wait
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Simplified-procedure rule

58 O.S. § 241

Oklahoma State Senate · Laws 2004, c. 114, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004. · Verified August 9, 2026

it appears that the value of the real and personal property in the estate does not exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), the court shall order the personal representative to make an inventory of the estate, and the court shall appoint appraisers unless the court determines that appraisement is not necessary.

What was published from this source

  • OK 58 O.S. § 241

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • OK 241 dispensing threshold 150000
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Simplified-procedure rule

58 O.S. § 245

Oklahoma State Senate · Added by Laws 1998, c. 359, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998. · Verified August 9, 2026

§58-245. Petition for summary administration - Conditions - Requirements. A. A petition for summary administration may be filed by any person interested in an estate that meets one of the following conditions: 1. The value of the estate is less than or equal to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00); 2. The decedent has been deceased for more than five (5) years; or 3. The decedent resided in another jurisdiction at the time of death.

What was published from this source

  • OK 58 O.S. § 245

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • OK summary admin threshold 200000
  • OK summary admin alternate conditions
  • OK 245 section identity
  • section identity

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Executor compensation rule

58 O.S. § 527

Oklahoma State Senate · Laws 1992, c. 395, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. · Verified August 9, 2026

For the first thousand dollars, at the rate of five percent (5%); 2. For the next Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), at the rate of four percent (4%); and 3. For all amounts above Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00), at the rate of two and one-half percent (2 1/2%); and the same commission must be allowed administrators.

What was published from this source

  • OK 58 O.S. § 527

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • commission percentage schedule
  • whole estate accounted for base
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Court cost rule

28 O.S. § 152

Oklahoma State Senate · Laws 2019, c. 354, § 7, eff. July 1, 2019. · Verified August 9, 2026

3. Probate and guardianship.....................$135.00 4. Annual guardianship report....................$33.00 5. Any proceeding for sale or lease of real or personal property or mineral interest in probate or guardianship........$43.00 6.

What was published from this source

  • OK 28 O.S. § 152

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • probate base fee 135
  • law library surcharge
  • ocis surcharge
  • casa surcharge five dollars
  • judicial complaints and interpreter surcharge two dollars
  • records management sunset
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Oklahoma source decision map

How the Oklahoma records fit together

The source record is most useful when each citation has a job. This map links the Oklahoma procedure, cost, compensation, and deadline records to the decision each one can and cannot answer.

QuestionRecorded Oklahoma answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Affidavit for collection (58 O.S. § 393); dispensing with regular proceedings in estates under $150,000 (58 O.S. § 241); summary administration (58 O.S. § 245)Confirm that the will, prior appointment, family facts, and asset titles fit this route.
What property and basis count?probate property within the rule's stated scope; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances.Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately.
What is the amount screen?$50,000Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut.
What is the time or deadline record?10 days after death; No deadline is recorded here: Oklahoma runs a presentation period keyed to publication of notice to creditors plus special rules for known creditors; a single number would conflate publication and actual-notice triggers.Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number.
What does the cost record establish?$173 is the recorded statewide amount.Ask the District Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
What does compensation use?Where the will fixes no compensation, 58 O.S. § 527 allows commissions on the amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets: 5% of the first $1,000; 4% of the next $5,000 (i.e., $1,000 to $6,000); and 2.5% of all amounts above $6,000. The court may allow further just-and-reasonable amounts for extraordinary services, and a will provision on compensation controls. The relevant base is the estate accounting.Keep the will, task log, receipts, and accounting base together; extraordinary work is separate.

Decision boundary

What the Oklahoma source set does not silently decide

The Oklahoma records establish the rules listed above, but they do not turn a source citation into advice about title, family priority, tax filing, contested proceedings, or the exact clerk practice in every county. Those questions stay with the official court or a qualified adviser. The useful next step is to match the question to the citation rather than treating the longest quote as the answer to every estate problem.

Arithmetic illustration

See the Oklahoma amount screen without mistaking it for a result

The recorded Oklahoma ceiling is $50,000, and it is tested against probate property within the rule's stated scope, on a basis this site records as net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. Counted that way, $37,500 sits below the Oklahoma figure and $62,500 sits above it. Both are comparisons to a published number rather than legal outcomes: two estates holding the same total can land on opposite sides of this line, because what Oklahoma counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.

Illustrative counted amountComparison to the Oklahoma ceilingWhat it does not decide
$37,500Below $50,000Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties
$62,500Above $50,000Whether another statutory route or court process applies

Next evidence to collect

Open the quoted record for the row you rely on and check the publisher's current text before filing.

  1. Record the date of death, the county, and the exact proceeding or affidavit being considered.
  2. Classify each asset by title, beneficiary, trust, real-property status, and the value basis shown above.
  3. Open the official court material below and keep its form or schedule with the estate record.
  4. Do not distribute property until the route, creditor position, and required approvals are resolved.

Official material

Oklahoma publishes no court artifact in this registry. Oklahoma probate is heard in the District Court of each county. There is no single statewide small-estate affidavit form promulgated by the Oklahoma courts; the affidavit is a statutory instrument under 58 O.S. § 393.

Oklahoma probate is heard in the District Court of each county. There is no single statewide small-estate affidavit form promulgated by the Oklahoma courts; the affidavit is a statutory instrument under 58 O.S. § 393.

The Oklahoma State Courts Network (oscn.net) now answers automated requests with a bot-challenge page rather than the document, so no Oklahoma court link is published here: this site links only court material it can prove reachable. OSCN remains the official source for Oklahoma court forms and dockets -- open it directly in a browser, or ask the court clerk in the county of filing.

Source trail

Records used by this Oklahoma map

  • 58 O.S. § 39358 O.S. § 393 - Payment or delivery of property to successor by affidavit (small estate affidavit); reviewed August 9, 2026
  • 58 O.S. § 24158 O.S. § 241 - Dispensing with regular proceedings in estates under $150,000; reviewed August 9, 2026
  • 58 O.S. § 24558 O.S. § 245 - Petition for summary administration - Conditions - Requirements; reviewed August 9, 2026
  • 58 O.S. § 52758 O.S. § 527 - Fees and commissions; reviewed August 9, 2026
  • 28 O.S. § 15228 O.S. § 152 - Flat fee schedule - In forma pauperis; reviewed August 9, 2026

What Oklahoma courts publish

The statutes on this page state the rule. These are the documents the court itself publishes. Every link is probed before release, and any link that stops resolving fails the build rather than staying on the page.

No Oklahoma court document is linked here. The notes below state why, rather than leaving the absence unexplained.

Limits on court material

  • Oklahoma probate is heard in the District Court of each county. There is no single statewide small-estate affidavit form promulgated by the Oklahoma courts; the affidavit is a statutory instrument under 58 O.S. § 393.
  • The Oklahoma State Courts Network (oscn.net) now answers automated requests with a bot-challenge page rather than the document, so no Oklahoma court link is published here: this site links only court material it can prove reachable. OSCN remains the official source for Oklahoma court forms and dockets -- open it directly in a browser, or ask the court clerk in the county of filing.

Checking these Oklahoma records against the publishers

Every citation above links to the body that publishes it, and every quoted sentence is reproduced exactly, so a text search on the publisher’s own page should land on it. Where the publisher’s current wording differs from what is recorded here, the publisher governs and this page is wrong; naming the citation and the language you see maps the difference onto a specific condition rather than a general complaint. The full procedure, including how a source qualifies in the first place and what disqualifies one, is set out once on the methodology page instead of being restated on each of the254 state records.

These records cover the cost and route questions this site answers for Oklahoma. They do not cover intestate succession shares, spousal and family allowances, creditor priority, tax filing obligations, real-property transfer mechanics, or contested proceedings. Where an answer would require one of those, the site says so rather than estimating.

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