A single statute for joint tenancy and entirety — with a choice built in
Under 60 O.S. § 74, a joint interest requires an express declaration in the deed, will, or transfer to carry survivorship. Uniquely, Oklahoma lets the grantor elect, for a married couple, whether the conveyance creates a tenancy by the entirety or a joint tenancy — a choice most states don't offer this explicitly. See our full breakdown of Oklahoma joint tenancy rules, a statute a law review article once called a genuinely unique form nationally.
A TOD deed with a real post-death deadline
Oklahoma's own Nontestamentary Transfer of Property Act, enacted in 2008, lets an owner record a deed naming a beneficiary for real estate — including mineral interests. The distinctive catch: after the owner dies, the beneficiary must record an acceptance affidavit with the county clerk within nine months, or the property reverts to the probate estate. See our full guide to the Oklahoma TOD deed.
Bank accounts follow the joint-owner default
Under Title 6, § 901, funds in a joint account with right of survivorship pass automatically to the surviving owner or owners at death, without court action. See our guide to Oklahoma beneficiary and P.O.D. accounts.
Where this feeds into other Oklahoma calculators
The probate-estate total from this tool is the starting point for Oklahoma's probate cost and executor fee calculators, and for checking Oklahoma's small estate procedures. Oklahoma has no state estate or inheritance tax, so this total doesn't feed into a separate state tax calculation.