Oklahoma Statutes

Okla. Stat. tit. 58, § 692.1 (2026)

Title to omitted property without subsequent letters

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In the event any property is not specifically described in the inventory or in the final decree or in any other part of the proceedings, if the order or decree names the heirs, or devisees or legatees and the proportions or parts they are entitled to have distributed to them in the residue of the estate, the title of said omitted property is established in the heirs, devisees or legatees in the proportions or parts named, without the necessity of the issuing or subsequent letters testamentary, or of administration, or of administration with the will annexed. Laws 1953, p. 253, § 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1982–2005 · leading case: Bovasso v. Sample, 649 P.2d 521 (Okla. 1982).
Bovasso v. Sample, 649 P.2d 521 (Okla. 1982). “in Chisum, Sharen Ann Sample, and Karen Sue Sample are the heirs of Jesse Edwin Sample and: “That, by written assignment, filed herein on the 17th day of June, 1976, Jesse Edwin Chisum, his wife, Trenace Chisum, Sharen Ann Sample, and Karen Sue Sample have assigned their entire…”
Mack Oil Co. v. Garvin, 2001 OK 34, 39 P.3d 775. · cites it 2× “Aitken also points out that 58 O.S.1991 § 692.1 allows for distribution of after-discovered property, although it was not described in the decrees.”
In Re Est. of Carnes, 2005 OK CIV APP 76, 122 P.3d 495. “1, which provides that title to property omitted from the trial court’s order is established in the heirs, without the necessity of further court action, if the order or decree names the heirs and the proportions they are entitled to have distributed to them in the residue of…”
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