§ 6-1018 — Voluntary or involuntary liquidation or receivership.

A. Successor trustee upon liquidation or receivership; appointment and qualification; petition by Commissioner. Whenever any bank or national banking association doing a trust business or trust company goes into voluntary or involuntary liquidation or receivership, successor trustee or trustees shall be appointed and shall qualify in the following manner: (1) After the Commissioner has taken possession of any such bank or trust company, he shall file in the liquidation proceedings of the bank or trust company a petition setting forth in general terms that the bank or trust company is trustee under certain trusts and that it is desirable and necessary that a successor trustee or trustees be appointed under such trusts. It is not necessary for such petition to designate the parties to any such trust or the nature, purpose or extent of the trusts or the trust properties. (2) Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall make and enter an order requiring all persons interested in any and all such trusts either to designate and provide and take all necessary steps to appoint successor trustee or trustees within a time to be fixed in the order, or to show cause why a successor trustee or trustees should not be appointed by the court. Such order may be general in its terms and need not designate the trusts involved or the nature, purpose or extent thereof, or give the name of any of the beneficiaries or others interested therein. (3) In all trusts where all persons interested, or the court having jurisdiction of court trusts, take the steps to provide for the appointment and qualification of a successor trustee or trustees within the time limited in such order, or such further time as the court may allow, the successor trustee or trustees shall, with relation to such trusts, succeed to all the rights, powers, privileges, and obligations of the bank or trust company in liquidation, except claims or liabilities arising out of the management of the trust prior to the date of transfer. (4) In any trust where those interested therein fail to cause a successor trustee or trustees to be appointed prior to the time fixed in such order, the court shall, by order and decree, appoint a successor trustee or trustees, and such successor trustee or trustees shall, with relation to such trusts, succeed to all the rights, powers, privileges and obligations of the bank or trust company in liquidation, except claims or liabilities arising out of the management of the trust prior to the date of transfer. (5) A copy of the order provided for in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be published once a week for four (4) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation to be designated by the court and published in the county in which the liquidation proceedings of the bank or trust company are carried on. If there is no newspaper published in such county, publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation in the State of Oklahoma designated by the court. Proof of publication shall be made in the same manner as proof of publication of summons is made. (6) The filing of such petition and the making and entering of such order and the giving of notice of such order as required by this subsection gives the court full jurisdiction of the trusts and all parties interested therein. The court having jurisdiction in such matter shall require the Commissioner to mail, by registered mail postage prepaid, a copy of such order to each living trustor of all private trusts in which such bank or trust company is trustee or to the then directly participating beneficiaries of all private trusts in which there is no living trustor. Such notice shall be mailed to the last-known address of each such trustor or participating beneficiary as shown by or as may be ascertained by reasonably diligent efforts from the records of the bank or trust company. Proof of mailing shall be in such form as the court shall require. B. Successor trustee; petition by liquidating agent or receiver; National banking associations. Whenever a national banking association doing a trust business goes into voluntary or involuntary liquidation, the liquidating agent or the receiver thereof may file a petition in the district court of the county in which the national banking association has or had its principal office and place of business, setting forth the same matters as are required to be set forth in the petition filed by the Commissioner under subsection A of this section. Thereafter, successor trustee or trustees for the trusts of such national banking association shall be appointed in the same manner and the same procedure followed and the same jurisdiction acquired as set forth in subsection A of this section. C. Successor trustee; petition by bank or trust company. When any bank or trust company doing a trust business going into voluntary liquidation, such bank or trust company may file a petition in the district court of the county in which it has its principal office or place of business, setting forth the same matters as are required to be set forth in the petition filed by the Commissioner under subsection A of this section. Thereafter successor trustee or trustees for the trusts of such bank or trust company shall be appointed in the same manner and the same procedure followed and the same jurisdiction obtained as set forth in said subsection A of this section. Provided, however, with respect to those trust accounts for which those interested therein fail to cause a successor trustee or trustees to be appointed, the liquidating bank or trust company shall be responsible for mailing, by registered mail postage prepaid, a copy of the court’s order to each living trustor of all private trusts in which such bank or trust company is trustee or to the then directly participating beneficiaries of all private trusts in which there is no living trustor. Such notice shall be mailed to the last-known address of each such trustor or participating beneficiary as shown by or as may be ascertained by reasonably diligent efforts from the records of the bank or trust company. Proof of mailing shall be in such form as the court shall require. D. Transfer of trust property to successor trustee. Upon the appointment of any successor trustee or trustees, in the manner provided in this section, the Commissioner, the liquidating agent, the receiver or the bank or trust company in voluntary liquidation, as the case may be, may execute such deeds, conveyances, transfers and assignments as are necessary to transfer to and vest in the successor trustee or trustees all right, title, interest, power and authority in, over and to the trust property theretofore vested in the bank or trust company or national banking association so in liquidation. E. Discontinuance of trust business; determination of claims against deposit of securities. (1) Whenever a bank, trust company or national banking association doing a trust business discontinues such trust business, all claims of whatsoever kind and nature against the pledged or purchased security of such trust company, bank or national banking association required by law to be made with the Commissioner shall be determined, established and adjudicated in the manner provided in this section. If not so determined, established and adjudicated, such claims shall forever be barred and foreclosed. (2) The method of determining, establishing and adjudicating such claims shall be as follows: The Commissioner shall file in the district court for the county in which is located the principal office and the place of business in the State of Oklahoma of such trust company, bank or national banking association a verified petition setting forth: (a) that such trust company, bank or national banking association desires to retire from the trust business, dissolve or transfer its trust business, or that it is in process of voluntary or involuntary liquidation; (b) that it is necessary that claims, if any, against the pledged or purchased security made by such trust company, bank or national banking association with the Commissioner be determined. F. Order to bring suit; publication of order; jurisdiction over securities; notice to trustor; appearance of minors and incompetents unnecessary. (1) Upon the filing of the petition mentioned in subsection E of this section, the court shall make an order requiring all persons, partnerships, associations or corporations having claims against the pledged or purchased security to commence action or suit thereon in such district court within six (6) months from the date of the order, or forever be barred and foreclosed of any claim on such security. It is not necessary that either the petition or the order give the names of any beneficiary or the nature of the trusts protected by the security. (2) A copy of the order shall be published in a newspaper designated by the court, having a general circulation in the county of the principal office and place of business in the State of Oklahoma of such trust company, bank or national banking association, at least once a week for as many consecutive weeks as the court shall determine, not less than four (4) weeks nor more than twelve (12) weeks. If no newspaper is published in such county, the copy of the order shall be published in such newspaper in this state as the court designates. Upon completion of publication, proof thereof shall be made in the same manner as proof of publication of summons is made and such proof shall be filed with the clerk of such court. (3) The filing of the petition, the making and entering of the order, and the giving of notice of such petition as required by this subsection, gives the court full jurisdiction of the security pledged or purchased under Section 1004 of this title and of all parties having an interest in or claim upon such security. The court so having jurisdiction in such matter shall require the Commissioner to mail, by registered mail postage prepaid, a copy of such order to each living trustor of all private trusts in which the bank or trust company is trustee and which have not been closed or to the then directly participating beneficiaries of all such private trusts in which there is no living trustor. Such notice shall be mailed to the last-known address of each such trustor or participating beneficiary as shown by or as may be ascertained by reasonably diligent efforts from the records of the bank or trust company. Proof of mailing shall be in such form as the court requires. G. Termination of right to do trust business. The filing by the Commissioner of the proceedings provided for in subsection E of this section shall operate to terminate the right of the bank or trust company or national bank affected thereby to do a trust business, except such business as may be necessary to wind up then existing trusts. H. Actions or suits on claims; limitation of actions; service of summons; preference on calendars. (1) All persons, partnerships, associations or corporations, including minors, incompetents and all others under any legal disability, having any claim against the pledged or purchased security mentioned in subsection E of this section, shall file action or suit within six (6) months from the date of the court order, and in default thereof shall be forever barred and foreclosed of any and all claim and interest in, to or against the security. (2) The district court making the order shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all actions or suits brought to determine claims to the pledged or purchased security. (3) In all actions or suits filed pursuant to this action, the Commissioner shall be a necessary party defendant. (4) No action or suit shall be deemed to have been commenced within the time required by the order unless, in the case of defendants within the state, summons is actually served within sixty (60) days from the time limited in the order. (5) Actions or suits filed pursuant to this section shall have preference upon the calendar of both the trial court and the Supreme Court, and shall be tried by such courts without unnecessary delay. I. Release or payment of security pending suit; distribution of security upon determination of suit. (1) If any actions or suits on claims against the pledged or purchased security mentioned in subsection E of this section are commenced within the time limited by the court order, the Commissioner shall not release or cancel the security, or any part thereof, nor shall the court order the release or cancellation thereof nor the payment of any part thereof until such time as all such actions or suits are determined by final judgment or decree. (2) When such actions or suits are finally determined, so much of the security as is necessary shall be paid over to such of the claimants as have established their rights thereto in the sums allowed by the court, or if not sufficient the security shall be distributed pro rata among such claimants as have established, by final judgment or decree, their claims thereto. (3) The court, in the proceeding to be commenced by the Commissioner, shall decree that the balance, if any, or the entire security, in case no claims are established in the manner provided, be cancelled or paid over and delivered to the trust company, bank or national banking association pledging the security or its successors or assigns, except that, in the case of any such trust company, bank or national banking association which is in process of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, the security or balance thereof, if any, shall be paid over to the official lawfully in charge of the liquidation. J. Commissioner's charges and assessments as a prior lien on security. All unpaid charges and assessments owing to the Commissioner for expenses and services rendered in connection with the pledged or purchased security mentioned in subsection E of this section, and all expenditures incurred or made by the Commissioner, including services rendered by the Commissioner, attorney fees and necessary court expenses in connection with the determination of claims against the security, shall be a first and prior lien on the security, and be first paid before the security, or any part thereof, is released or paid over to any claimant or trust company, bank or national banking association. K. Sale and disposition of security to pay expenses, costs, attorney fees and claims. The court having jurisdiction of the proceedings instituted by the Commissioner may, upon such terms as the court shall fix, authorize and order the Commissioner to sell, dispose of and reduce to cash such portion of the security pledged or purchased by such bank or trust company or national banking association as may be necessary to pay for the services rendered and expenses incurred by the Commissioner in connection with such security and the proceedings contemplated by subsections E to L, inclusive, of this section, including attorney fees and court costs, and to pay claims established against such security. L. Application of subsections E to K, inclusive, of this section. Subsections E to K, inclusive, of this section apply to pledges of security by banks, trust companies and national banking associations which retire from the trust business, transfer such business or go into voluntary or involuntary liquidation or receivership, or other method of liquidation. Provided, however, the provisions of subsections E through K of this section shall not apply to any bank or trust company desiring to relinquish its trust powers and receive a return or cancellation of its pledged security and which has not maintained any active trust accounts or acted in a fiduciary capacity within the most recent six (6) months prior to its filing with the Commissioner pursuant to Section 1017 of this title a certified copy of a resolution of its board of directors signifying such desire to relinquish its trust powers and evidence of its release and discharge from all obligations and trusts provided for in this article.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1965, c. 161, § 1018. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 319, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 2005, c. 48, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.