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12 OK Stat § 12-812 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-812. Action against clerk of court for refusal or neglect to pay over money - Notice.

|A. If any clerk of a court shall neglect or refuse on demand made by the person entitled thereto, his agent or attorney of record, to pay over all money by him received in his official capacity, for the use of such persons, the party aggrieved by the alleged neglect or refusal may file an action in district court to recover damages sustained. |B. Before an aggrieved party shall proceed in an action pursuant to this section, the party shall serve written notice upon the court clerk, detailing the alleged act or acts of negligence or refusal to act. Said notice shall be served personally upon the court clerk at least twenty (20) days before a petition is filed in district court. The court clerk shall have twenty (20) days from receipt of notice to perform the act which is the basis for the alleged neglect or refusal to act or to respond as to reason for failure to do so. If the court clerk performs the act required within the twenty-day period no action for damages shall be authorized.Notice also shall be served upon the surety from whom the bond, required by Section 167 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, was purchased. Proof of service of notice required by this subsection shall be attached to the petition filed by the aggrieved party.R.L. 1910, § 5181. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 185, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
12 OK Stat § 12-813 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-813. Action for refusal to pay over money - Amount liable for.

|When the cause of action provided for in Section 811 or 812 of this title is for refusing to pay over money collected, the sheriff or other officer or court clerk shall not be liable for a greater sum than the amount so withheld. |R.L. 1910, § 5182. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 185, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
12 OK Stat § 12-814 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-814. Execution to sheriff of another county.

|When execution is issued to the sheriff of any county other than that in which the judgment was rendered, the sheriff shall endorse the date of its reception thereon, and following the time of its levy, shall return any such writ to the clerk of the court from which issued. |R.L. 1910, § 5183. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 120, § 3.
12 OK Stat § 12-815 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-815. Return by sheriff of other county - Proof of timely mailing of return.

|When execution shall be issued in any county in this state and directed to the sheriff of another county, it shall be lawful for such sheriff having the execution, after having discharged all the duties required of him by law, to inclose such execution, by mail, to the clerk of the court who issued the same. On proof being made by such sheriff that the execution was mailed soon enough to have reached the office where it was issued within the time prescribed by law, the sheriff shall not be liable for any penalty or damages if it does not reach the office in due time. |R.L. 1910, § 5184. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 185, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
12 OK Stat § 12-816 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-816. Forwarding of proceeds of execution by mail.

|No sheriff shall forward, by mail any money made on any such execution, unless he shall be especially instructed to do it by the plaintiff, his agent or attorney of record. |R.L. 1910, § 5185. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 185, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
12 OK Stat § 12-817 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-817. Sureties of sheriff made parties on amercement - Attachment.

|Every surety of any sheriff or other officer may be made party to the judgment rendered as aforesaid, against the sheriff or other officer, by action, to be commenced and prosecuted as in other cases; but the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of any such surety shall not be liable to be taken on execution, when sufficient goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the sheriff or other officer against whom execution may be issued can be found to satisfy the same. Nothing herein contained shall prevent either party from proceeding against such sheriff or other officer, by attachment, at his election. |R.L. 1910, § 5186.
12 OK Stat § 12-818 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-818. Officer or court clerk subject to action for neglect or refusal to perform certain duties may collect on original judgment.

|In cases where a sheriff or other officer or court clerk may be subject to an action provided for in Section 811 or 812 of this title, and shall not have collected the amount of the original judgment, he shall be permitted to sue out an execution and collect the amount of said judgment, in the name of the original plaintiff, for his use. |R.L. 1910, § 5187. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 185, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
12 OK Stat § 12-831 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-831. Joint debtors or sureties may have contribution or repayment.

|When property, liable to an execution against several persons, is sold thereon, and more than a due proportion of the judgment is laid upon the property of one of them, or one of them pays, without a sale, more than his proportion, he may regardless of the nature of the demand upon which the judgment was rendered, compel contribution from the others; and when a judgment is against several, and is upon an obligation of one of them, as security for another, and the surety pays the amount, or any part thereof, either by sale of his property or before sale, he may compel repayment from the principal; in such case, the person so paying or contributing, is entitled to the benefit of the judgment, to enforce contribution or repayment, if within ten (10) days after his payment he file with the clerk of court where the judgment was rendered, notice of his payment and claim to contribution or repayment. Upon a filing of such notice, the clerk shall make an entry thereof in the margin of the docket. |R.L. 1910, § 5188.
12 OK Stat § 12-832 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-832. Joint tort-feasors - Contribution - Indemnity - Exemptions - Release, covenant not to sue, etc.

|A. When two or more persons become jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property or for the same wrongful death, there is a right of contribution among them even though judgment has not been recovered against all or any of them except as provided in this section. |B. The right of contribution exists only in favor of a tort-feasor who has paid more than their pro rata share of the common liability, and the total recovery is limited to the amount paid by the tort-feasor in excess of their pro rata share. No tort-feasor is compelled to make contribution beyond their pro rata share of the entire liability.C. There is no right of contribution in favor of any tort-feasor who has intentionally caused or contributed to the injury or wrongful death.D. A tort-feasor who enters into a settlement with a claimant is not entitled to recover contribution from another tort-feasor whose liability for the injury or wrongful death is not extinguished by the settlement nor in respect to any amount paid in a settlement which is in excess of what was reasonable.E. A liability insurer which by payment has discharged, in full or in part, the liability of a tort-feasor and has thereby discharged in full its obligation as insurer, is subrogated to the tort-feasor's right of contribution to the extent of the amount it has paid in excess of the tort-feasor's pro rata share of the common liability. This provision does not limit or impair any right of subrogation arising from any other relationship.F. This act does not impair any right of indemnity under existing law. When one tort-feasor is entitled to indemnity from another, the right of the indemnity obligee is for indemnity and not contribution, and the indemnity obligor is not entitled to contribution from the obligee for any portion of the indemnity obligation.G. This act shall not apply to breaches of trust or of other fiduciary obligation.H. When a release, covenant not to sue, or a similar agreement is given in good faith to one of two or more persons liable in tort for the same injury or the same wrongful death:1. It does not discharge any other tort-feasor from liability for the injury or wrongful death unless the other tort-feasor is specifically named; but it reduces the claim against others to the extent of any amount stipulated by the release or the covenant, or in the amount of the consideration paid for it, whichever is greater; and2. It discharges the tort-feasor to whom it is given from all liability for contribution to any other tort-feasor.Added by Laws 1978, c. 78, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 109, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980; Laws 1995, c. 218, § 1, emerg. eff. May 23, 1995.
12 OK Stat § 12-832.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-832.1. Product liability actions – Duty of manufacturer to indemnify seller.

|A. A manufacturer shall indemnify and hold harmless a seller against loss arising out of a product liability action, except for any loss caused by the seller’s negligence, intentional misconduct, or other act or omission, such as negligently modifying or altering the product, for which the seller is independently liable. |B. For purposes of this section, “loss” includes court costs and other reasonable expenses, reasonable attorney fees, and any reasonable damages.C. Damages awarded by the trier of fact shall, on final judgment, be deemed reasonable for purposes of this section.D. For purposes of this section, a wholesale distributor or retail seller who completely or partially assembles a product in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions shall be considered a seller.E. The duty to indemnify under this section:1. Applies without regard to the manner in which the action is concluded; and2. Is in addition to any duty to indemnify established by law, contract, or otherwise.F. A seller eligible for indemnification under this section shall give reasonable notice to the manufacturer of a product claimed in a petition or complaint to be defective, unless the manufacturer has been served as a party or otherwise has actual notice of the action.G. A seller is entitled to recover from the manufacturer court costs and other reasonable expenses, reasonable attorney fees, and any reasonable damages incurred by the seller to enforce the seller’s right to indemnification under this section.H. Nothing contained in this section shall operate to permit or require dismissal of a party with a right of indemnification arising under this section and nothing in this section shall be used as a basis for dismissal of a plaintiff’s claim against the seller.Added by Laws 2004, c. 368, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
12 OK Stat § 12-841 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-841. Property, equitable interests subject to execution.

|At any time after judgment, any property of the judgment debtor, including any equitable interest he may have, unless by law expressly excluded from being reached by creditors shall be subject to the payment of such judgment, by action, or as hereinafter provided. |R.L. 1910, § 5189. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 300, § 1.
12 OK Stat § 12-844 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-844. Arrest of debtor in danger of leaving state, concealing himself or transferring assets - Undertaking - Commitment.

|When by affidavit of the judgment creditor or otherwise it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the judge of any court of record having civil jurisdiction in a county wherein the defendant may be arrested, that there is danger of the judgment debtor leaving the state, or of concealing himself, or of his removal or transfer of his assets outside the state, the judge shall issue a warrant requiring the sheriff of the county to arrest the judgment debtor and bring him before such judge. Upon being brought before the judge, the judgment debtor shall be examined on oath and other witnesses on either side may be summoned by the judge and examined upon oath. If on such examination, it appears that the judgment debtor has in his possession or under his control property which he unjustly refuses to apply to the satisfaction of the creditor's judgment, the judge may order application thereof as provided in 12 O.S. 1961, Section 850. In addition, if it shall clearly appear on the examination that there is danger of the judgment debtor leaving the state or of his removing or transferring his property therefrom, the judge shall order him to enter into an undertaking, in such sum as the judge may prescribe with one or more sureties that he will from time to time attend for examination before the judge or a referee as may be directed. In default of entering into such an undertaking, he may be committed to the jail of the county, by warrant of the judge, as for contempt. |R.L. 1910, § 5192. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 300, § 3.
12 OK Stat § 12-845 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-845. Defendant must answer questions - Answers inadmissible in prosecution for fraud.

|No person shall, on examination pursuant to this article, be excused from answering any question on the ground that his examination will tend to convict him of a fraud; but his answer shall not be used as evidence against him in a prosecution for such fraud. |R.L. 1910, § 5193.
12 OK Stat § 12-846 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-846. Debtor of defendant may pay execution - Sheriff's receipt as discharge.

|After the issuing of execution against property, any person indebted to the judgment debtor may pay to the sheriff the amount of his debt, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the execution; and the sheriff's receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the amount so paid, or directed to be credited by the judgment creditor on the execution. |R.L. 1910, § 5194.
12 OK Stat § 12-848 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-848. Evidence on inquiry - Witnesses.

|Witnesses may be required, upon the order of the judge, to appear and testify upon any proceedings herein provided in the same manner as upon the trial of an issue. |R.L. 1910, § 5196. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 300, § 4.
12 OK Stat § 12-849 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-849. Examination under oath - Answer by corporation.

|The party or witness may be required to attend before the judge, or before a referee appointed by the judge. When a corporation is required to attend, the answers on its behalf shall be made by an officer thereof. All examinations and answers before a judge or a referee must be on oath. |R.L. 1910, § 5197. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 300, § 5.
12 OK Stat § 12-850 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-850. Order for application of property to satisfaction of judgment - Contempt proceedings - Installment payments from earnings - Modification of order.

|The judge after the hearing provided herein may order any property of the judgment debtor, not exempt by law, in his possession or under his control to be applied toward the satisfaction of the judgment, and may enforce the same by proceedings for contempt in case of refusal or disobedience. |The judge may further order the judgment debtor to pay to the judgment creditor or apply on the judgment in installments, such portion of his nonexempt income, however or wherever earned or acquired, as the court may deem proper after due regard for any payments required to be made by the judgment debtor by virtue of law or prior order of a court or under wage assignments outstanding. Where the judgment debtor claims or is proved to be rendering services to or employed by a relative or other person or by a corporation owned or controlled by a relative or other person, without salary or compensation, or at a salary or compensation so inadequate as to satisfy the court that such salary or compensation is merely colorable and designed to defraud or impede the creditors of such debtor, the court may direct such debtor to make payments on account of the judgment, in installments, based upon a reasonable value of the services rendered by such judgment debtor under his said employment or upon said debtor's then earning ability. The court may, from time to time, modify an order made under this section upon application of either party upon notice to the other. A failure or neglect to comply with an order of direction of the court, shall be punished as for contempt.R.L. 1910, § 5198. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 300, § 6.
12 OK Stat § 12-852 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-852. Receiver may be appointed - Forbidding transfer of property.

|The judge may also, by order, appoint the sheriff of the proper county, or other suitable person, a receiver of the property of the judgment debtor, in the same manner and with like authority as if the appointment was made by the court. The judge may also, by order, forbid a transfer or other disposition of the property of the judgment debtor, not exempt by law, and any interference therewith. |R.L. 1910, § 5200.
12 OK Stat § 12-853 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-853. Sale of equitable interests in realty.

|If it shall appear that the judgment debtor has any equitable interest in real estate in the county in which proceedings are had, as mortgagor or mortgagee, or otherwise, and the interest of said debtor can be ascertained as between himself and the person or persons holding the legal estate, or the person or persons having a lien on or interest in the same, without controversy as to the interest of such person or persons holding such legal estate or interest therein, or lien on the same, the receiver may be ordered to sell and convey such real estate, or the debtor's interest therein. Such sale shall be conducted in all respects in the same manner as is provided by this code for the sale of real estate upon execution; and the proceedings of the sale shall, before the execution of the deed, be approved by the court in which the judgment was rendered, or the transcript has been filed as aforesaid, as in case of sale upon execution. |R.L. 1910, § 5201.
12 OK Stat § 12-854 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-854. Sheriff as receiver - Bond of receiver - Other person appointed receiver.

|If the sheriff shall be appointed receiver, he and his sureties shall be liable on his official bond for the faithful discharge of his duties as receiver, and no additional oath shall be required of him; if any other person shall be appointed receiver, he shall give a written undertaking, in such sum as shall be prescribed by the judge, with one or more sureties, to the effect that he will faithfully discharge the duties of receiver, and he shall also take an oath to the same effect before acting as such receiver. The undertaking mentioned in this section shall be to the State of Oklahoma, and actions may be prosecuted for a breach thereof, by any person interested, in the same manner as upon a sheriff's official bond. |R.L. 1910, § 5202.
12 OK Stat § 12-855 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-855. Rights and powers of receiver.

|The receiver shall be vested with the property and effects and rights in action of the judgment debtor, not exempt by law, or such part thereof as the court or judge may order, and may sue for, collect, and recover, and dispose of the same, and apply the proceeds according to the order of the court or judge, and generally may do such acts concerning the property as the court or judge may authorize. |R.L. 1910, § 5203.
12 OK Stat § 12-856 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-856. Receiver entitled to possession of property.

|The court or judge may order the delivery, to the receiver, by the judgment debtor, or any other person in whose possession the same may be, of any notes, bills, accounts, contracts, books or other evidence of indebtedness or right in action, of the judgment debtor, and may enforce such order by attachment, as for a contempt. |R.L. 1910, § 5204.
12 OK Stat § 12-857 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-857. Continuance.

|The judge or referee shall have power to continue his proceedings, from time to time, until they shall be completed. |R.L. 1910, § 5205. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 300, § 7.
12 OK Stat § 12-858 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-858. Reference.

|The judge may, in his discretion, order a reference to a referee, agreed upon or appointed by him, to report the evidence or the facts. |R.L. 1910, § 5206.
12 OK Stat § 12-859 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-859. Contempts.

|If any person, party or witness disobey an order of the judge or referee, duly served, such person, party or witness may be punished by the judge, as for a contempt. |R.L. 1910, § 5207.
12 OK Stat § 12-860 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-860. Form, service and filing of orders.

|The orders mentioned herein shall be in writing, and signed by the judge making the same, and shall be served as a summons in other cases. The judge shall reduce all his orders to writing, which, together with a minute of his proceedings, signed by himself, shall be filed with the clerk of the court of the county in which the judgment is rendered, or the transcript of the justice filed, and the clerk shall enter on his execution docket the time of filing the same. |R.L. 1910, § 5208. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 300, § 8.
12 OK Stat § 12-861 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-861. Fees allowed taxed as costs.

|The judge shall allow to clerks, sheriffs, referees, receivers and witnesses such compensation as is allowed for like services in other cases, to be taxed as costs in the case, and shall enforce, by order, the collection thereof, from such party or parties as ought to pay the same. |R.L. 1910, § 5209.
12 OK Stat § 12-862 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-862. Clerk's fees.

|The clerk shall be allowed such fees for services as are allowed for similar services in other cases. |R.L. 1910, § 5210. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 300, § 9.
12 OK Stat § 12-901 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-901. Execution for delivery of property.

|If the execution be for the delivery of the possession of real or personal property, it shall require the officer to deliver the same, particularly describing the property, to the party entitled thereto, and may, at the same time, require the officer to satisfy any costs or damages, recovered in the same judgment, out of the goods and chattels of the party against whom it was rendered; and, for the want of such goods and chattels, then out of the lands and tenements; and in this respect it shall be deemed an execution against the property. |R.L. 1910, § 5214.
12 OK Stat § 12-902 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-902. Enforcing judgment in other cases.

|When the judgment is not for the recovery of money or real property, the same may be enforced by attachment, by the court rendering judgment, upon motion made, or by a rule of the court upon the defendant; but in either case, notice of the motion or a service of a copy of the rule shall be made on the defendant, a reasonable time before the order of attachment is made. |R.L. 1910, § 5215.
12 OK Stat § 12-903 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-903. Execution must conform to judgment.

|In special cases not hereinbefore provided for, the execution shall conform to the judgment or order of the court. When a judgment for any specified amount, and also for the sale of specific real or personal property, shall have been rendered, and an amount sufficient to satisfy the amount of the debt or damages and costs, be not made from the sale of property specified, an execution may issue for the balance, as in other cases. |R.L. 1910, § 5216.