Property Ownership
In Oklahoma, when a property owner dies intestate (without a will) and has no surviving spouse or children, the property typically passes to:
AThe State of Oklahoma automatically
BThe decedent's nearest living relatives under Oklahoma's intestate succession statute✓ Correct
CThe property's last tenant
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Explanation
Oklahoma's intestate succession laws follow a hierarchy of relatives. Without a spouse or children, property passes to parents, then siblings, then more distant relatives, and only escheats to the state if no relatives exist.
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