It shall be lawful for any person claiming title to any lands in such county at the time of the destruction of such records, and for all claiming under any such person, to file a petition in the district court in such county, praying for a decree establishing and confirming his said title. Any number of parcels of land may be included in one petition, or separate petitions may be filed, as the petitioner may elect. Said petition shall state clearly the description of said lands, the character and extent of the estate claimed by the petitioner, and from whom, and when, and by what mode he derived his title thereto. It shall give the names of all persons owning or claiming any estate in fee in said lands, or any part thereof, and also all persons in possession of said lands, or any part thereof, and also all persons to whom any such lands shall have been conveyed, and the deeds of such conveyances recorded in the office of the register of deeds of such county, since the time of the destruction of such records as aforesaid, and prior to the time of filing of such petition, and their residences, so far as the same are known to said petitioner; and if no such persons are known to said petitioner, it shall be so stated in said petition. All persons so named in said petition shall be made defendants, and shall be notified of said suit by summons, if residents of this state, in the same manner as required in civil proceedings by the laws of this state: Provided, that the notice specified in Sections 7287 and 7288 shall be the only publication notice required, either in case of residents, nonresidents or otherwise; all other persons shall be deemed and taken as defendants, by the name or designation of "All whom it may concern". Said petition shall be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner, or by the agent of said petitioner; and any party so swearing falsely shall be deemed guilty of perjury and punished accordingly and shall be liable in damages to any person injured by such false statement, to be recovered in an action on the case in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
R.L. 1910, § 7286.
Structure Oklahoma Statutes
§67-1. Petition to restore record by certified copy.
§67-2. What necessary when certified copies cannot be had.
§67-3. Restoration of lost probate records.
§67-4. Restoration from Supreme Court files.
§67-11. County records destroyed replaced by other records.
§67-12. County clerk authorized to rerecord without expense.
§67-13. Recording of certified copies of records of another county.
§67-14. County record supplied by court records.
§67-15. Restoration of plat or map.
§67-16. Hearing - Filing and recording.
§67-17. Costs to be taxed against county.
§67-18. Duty of county commissioners in restoring records.
§67-19. Procuring documents or copies.
§67-20. Restoration of records by means of abstracts.
§67-21. Abstract records may be purchased.
§67-22. Abstractor may petition.
§67-23. Effect of record of abstracts.
§67-24. County clerk to furnish copies - Compensation.
§67-41. Power of courts after destruction of records.
§67-42. Owner of lands may petition for confirmation of title.
§67-44. Publication of notice.
§67-45. Opposition to petition.
§67-46. Proceedings on hearing.
§67-47. Court to determine title - Liens not affected.
§67-48. Decree conclusive - Except when.
§67-61. Copy of record may be recorded.
§67-62. Legal representative may act hereunder.
§67-63. Special commissioners - Fees.
§67-81. Copies of old records for new counties.
§67-82. Custodians of records to facilitate copying.
§67-83. Obstructing copying a felony.
§67-92. Contractor's bond - Term of contract.
§67-93. Procedure in making photographic record - Place of doing work - Liability for instruments.
§67-95. Replacements - Charges.
§67-204. State Records Administrator, State Librarian - Program.
§67-205. Duties of Administrator.
§67-206. Duties of agency heads - Records exempt from act.
§67-207. Local records management.
§67-208. Records management program for legislative and judicial branches.
§67-209. Prohibition on mutilation, destruction, etc. of records.
§67-210. Disposition of records.
§67-211. Destruction of nonrecord materials - Procedure.
§67-212. Rules and regulations.
§67-213. Report to Governor by State Administrator.
§67-214. Personnel - Expenditure of funds - Contract for records management - Bond.
§67-215. Provisions cumulative.
§67-217. Transfer of state records to Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation.
§67-254. Destruction of records by state officers.
§67-302. Instruments filed for record - Microfilming - Security copies - Sale of copies.
§67-303. Court or judicial records.
§67-305. Creation - Composition - Delegation of duties - Authority - Exemptions.
§67-307. Commission - Power to require assistance.
§67-309. Microfilm - Deemed original record for all purposes.
§67-310. Termination of office or department - Records disposed of.
§67-311. Secretary - Powers - Attorney General powers.
§67-312. Equipment and supplies - Film library.
§67-315. Delivery of records for disposition - Reports for noncompliance.