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12 OK Stat § 12-135 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-135. Actions against transportation or transmission companies.

|Actions may be commenced against any transportation or transmission company in the county where any person resides upon whom service of summons is authorized to be made, irrespective of the order in which such persons are named in this chapter, and irrespective of the residence of any superior officer or authorized person upon whom service of summons may be had; or in the county where the cause of action, or some part thereof may have accrued; or, in any county through which or into which the lines of road or any part of the structure of such company may be, or passes; and the plaintiff may elect in which county he will bring the action. |R.L. 1910, § 4675.
12 OK Stat § 12-136 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-136. Actions against turnpike companies.

|An action, other than one of those mentioned in the first three sections of this article, against a turnpike road company, may be brought in any county in which any part of such turnpike road or roads lie. |R.L. 1910, § 4676.
12 OK Stat § 12-137 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-137. Actions against foreign corporations and nonresidents.

|In addition to the other counties in which an action may be brought against a nonresident of this state, or a foreign corporation, such action may be brought in any county in which there may be property of or debts owing to such defendant, or where such defendant may be found, or in any county where a codefendant may properly be sued; if such defendant be a foreign insurance company the action may be brought in any county where such cause of action, or any part thereof, arose, or where the plaintiff resides or where such company has an agent. |R.L. 1910, § 4677. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 125, § 1, emerg. eff. May 13, 1975.
12 OK Stat § 12-139 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-139. Other actions - Venue when creditor has assigned right.

|Every other action must be brought in the county in which the defendant or some one of the defendants resides or resided at the time the claim arose, or may be summoned; except claims against makers of notes, claims, or other indebtedness which have been assigned, sold or transferred by or from the original payee or obligee, which claims against such original maker of such notes, claims or indebtedness can only be brought in the county in which the said maker of such note, claim or indebtedness or some one of the original makers of such note, claim or indebtedness resides or in the county in which the claim arose. Provided, however, this section shall not in any way change or limit Section 131 of this title. |R.L.1910, § 4679. Amended by Laws 1915, c. 62, § 1, emerg. eff. March 3, 1915; Laws 1991, c. 30, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 2011, c. 187, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
12 OK Stat § 12-140 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-140. Change of venue.

|In all cases in which it is made to appear to the court that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county where the suit is pending, the court may, on application of either party, change the place of trial to some county where such objections do not exist. |R.L. 1910, § 4680.
12 OK Stat § 12-140.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-140.1. Transfer of case to other county.

|When the court orders the transfer of a case upon a showing by a party that the venue is or should be in some other county, the clerk of the court shall prepare a transcript of all the papers filed, orders entered, and a bill of the costs accrued. The clerk shall collect a new filing fee and shall forthwith transmit by certified mail such files and transcript of the cause and the filing fee which shall be due to the clerk of the court to which transfer is ordered. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the plaintiff shall be responsible for appropriate filing fees when a case is brought in the wrong venue and transferred to a court having proper venue. In all other instances, the moving party shall be responsible for fees. The fees for the transfer shall be paid within ten (10) days of the transfer order. |Added by Laws 2007, c. 12, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
12 OK Stat § 12-140.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-140.3. Forum non conveniens – Considerations in motions to stay, transfer or dismiss.

|A. If the court, upon motion by a party or on the court's own motion, finds that, in the interest of justice and for the convenience of the parties, an action would be more properly heard in another forum either in this state or outside this state, the court shall decline to exercise jurisdiction under the doctrine of forum non conveniens and shall stay, transfer or dismiss the action. |B. In determining whether to grant a motion to stay, transfer or dismiss an action pursuant to this section, the court shall consider:1. Whether an alternate forum exists in which the action may be tried;2. Whether the alternate forum provides an adequate remedy;3. Whether maintenance of the action in the court in which the case is filed would work a substantial injustice to the moving party;4. Whether the alternate forum can exercise jurisdiction over all the defendants properly joined in the action of the plaintiff;5. Whether the balance of the private interests of the parties and the public interest of the state predominate in favor of the action being brought in an alternate forum; and6. Whether the stay, transfer or dismissal would prevent unreasonable duplication or proliferation of litigation.Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 2, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 12, § 140.2, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 3, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).
12 OK Stat § 12-141 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-141. Actions for damages by motor vehicles or watercraft.

|The venue of civil actions for damages resulting from the use or operation of motor vehicles, or resulting from the operation of boats or other watercraft in the waters of this state, wherein the defendant or defendants resided in the State of Oklahoma at the time of injury, shall be, at the option of the plaintiff or plaintiffs, in either of the following: |1. In any county of Oklahoma where service of summons can be obtained upon one or more of the defendants as now provided by law.2. In any county where the damages or a part thereof were sustained.The plaintiff or plaintiffs may cause summons to issue to any county in Oklahoma for service upon one or more of the defendants. When service of summons upon one or more of the defendants cannot be obtained in Oklahoma with the exercise of due diligence, service may then be secured upon such defendant or defendants, as now or hereafter provided in Chapter 59, 47 O.S. 1961, for service upon nonresident motorists.Added by Laws 1953, p. 49, § 1. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 51, § 1, emerg. eff. March 26, 1965; Laws 1965, c. 246, § 1, emerg. eff. June 16, 1965.
12 OK Stat § 12-142 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-142. Action for collection on open account, statement of account, account stated, note or other instrument of indebtedness - Contracts for goods, wares, merchandise, labor or services.

|The venue of civil actions for the collection of an open account, a statement of account, account stated, written or oral contract relating to the purchase of goods, wares or merchandise, labor or services, or for the collection of any note or other instrument of indebtedness shall be, at the option of the plaintiff or plaintiffs, in either of the following: |(a) in any county in which venue may be properly laid as now provided by law; or(b) in the county in which the debt was contracted or in which the note or other instrument of indebtedness was given.Added by Laws 1965, c. 94, § 1. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 45, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1971; Laws 1978, c. 305, § 1, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1988, c. 4, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
12 OK Stat § 12-143 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-143. Venue statutes as cumulative - Application.

|All venue statutes are cumulative wherever they appear and any action brought under any such statute may be maintained where brought. No court shall apply one venue statute in preference to another whether considered general or special. |Added by Laws 1975, c. 105, § 1, emerg. eff. May 6, 1975.NOTE: A former § 143 of this title, derived from Laws 1965, c. 94, § 2, was repealed by Laws 1971, c. 45, § 2.
12 OK Stat § 12-150 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-150. Medical liability actions - Summons.

|In any medical liability action, a summons shall be served on the defendant, or defendants, within one hundred eighty (180) days of the filing of the lawsuit or the case shall be deemed dismissed without prejudice. |Added by Laws 2003, c.390, § 9, eff. July 1, 2003.
12 OK Stat § 12-154 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-154. Summons may issue to other county.

|Where the action is rightly brought in any county, a summons shall be issued to any other county against any one or more of the defendants, at the plaintiff's request. |R.L. 1910, § 4706.
12 OK Stat § 12-158.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-158.2. Request of server - Fees.

|The process served by a licensee, authorized herein, shall be upon a request by the party or person desiring to obtain the services of said licensee. The fees to be paid for the services shall be agreed upon by them, and such fees shall not be collected by, nor handled through, the court clerk's office. |Added by Laws 1976, c. 74, § 2, emerg. eff. April 29, 1976.
12 OK Stat § 12-171.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-171.1. Effect of affidavit of service.

|No judgment rendered more than ten (10) years prior hereto against unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees or assigns of any deceased person or, in the alternative, against a person or his unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees and assigns, shall ever be construed or held to be either void or voidable on the ground of the alleged insufficiency of said affidavit, provided the requirements of 12 O.S. 1961, § 171, are met in such affidavit, either directly or by inference. All such judgments, if not otherwise defective, are hereby declared valid and legally effective and conclusive as of the date thereof. Provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to affect any litigation now pending in any courts of the State of Oklahoma on the effective date of this act. |Added by Laws 1967, c. 143, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 1967.
12 OK Stat § 12-177.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-177.1. Judgment against unknown heirs or devisees - Judgment against party served by publication.

|No judgment heretofore or hereafter rendered in any action against unknown heirs or devisees of a deceased person shall ever be construed, or held to be, either void or voidable upon the ground that an affidavit of the plaintiff to the effect that the name of such heirs or devisees, or any of them, and their residences, are unknown to the plaintiff, was not annexed to his petition; and all such judgments, if not otherwise void, are hereby declared to be valid and binding from the date of rendition. |No judgment heretofore or hereafter rendered in any action against any person or party served by publication shall be construed or held to be void or voidable because the affidavit for such service by publication was made by the attorney for the plaintiff or because the petition or other pleading was verified by the attorney for the plaintiff or party seeking such service by publication. In all such cases it shall be conclusively presumed, if otherwise sufficient, that the allegations and statements made by such attorney were and are in legal effect and for all purposes made by plaintiff and shall have the same force and effect as if actually made by the plaintiff. All such judgments, if not otherwise defective or void, are hereby declared valid and legally effective and conclusive as of the date thereof as if such affidavit was made or the petition or pleading was verified by the plaintiff or other party obtaining such service by publication. Provided further, that nothing in this act shall be construed to affect any litigation now pending in any courts of the State of Oklahoma on the effective date of this act.Added by Laws 1947, p. 79, § 3. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 80, § 1.
12 OK Stat § 12-177.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-177.2. Limitation of actions.

|Provided, any proceeding or suit or action to challenge or vacate or reopen a judgment ratified or confirmed by this act or law shall be commenced within six (6) months from the effective date hereof. Unless such suit or proceeding is begun within such time, the right to attack or challenge or question the validity of such judgment shall be forever barred. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 81, § 2.
12 OK Stat § 12-178 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-178. Service on some of several defendants.

|Where the action is against two or more defendants, and one or more shall have been served, but not all of them, the plaintiff may proceed as follows: |First. If the action be against defendants jointly indebted upon contract, tort, or any other cause of action, he may proceed against the defendants served, unless the court otherwise direct; and if he recover judgment, it may be entered against all the defendants thus jointly indebted, so far only as that it may be enforced against the joint property of all, and the separate property of the defendants served; and if they are subject to arrest, against the persons of the defendants served.Second. If the action be against defendants severally liable, he may, without prejudice to his rights against those not served, proceed against the defendants served in the same manner as if they were the only defendants.R.L. 1910, § 4730. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 186, p. 291, § 1.
12 OK Stat § 12-179 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-179. Judgment no bar as to defendants not served.

|Nothing in this code shall be so construed as to make a judgment, against one or more defendants jointly or severally liable, a bar to another action against those not served. |R.L. 1910, § 4731.
12 OK Stat § 12-181 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-181. Record of judgment in realty case.

|When any part of real property, the subject matter of an action, is situated in any other county or counties than the one in which the action is brought, a certified copy of the judgment in such action must be recorded in the office of the county clerk of such other county or counties, before it shall operate therein as notice. It shall operate as such notice, when recorded in the office of the county clerk, in the county where it is rendered. |R.L. 1910, § 4733. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 207, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1977.
12 OK Stat § 12-182 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-182. Unincorporated associations and trusts - Suits against - Service of process.

|When any two or more persons associate themselves together and transact business for gain or speculation under a particular appellation, not being incorporated, they may be sued by such appellation without naming the individuals composing such association and service of process may be had upon such association by personal service as provided by law for services of summons in civil actions, upon any member of such unincorporated association, or, if the case be one in which service by publication may be had under the laws of this state, and service of summons either within or outside of the state cannot be had, with due diligence, upon any of the members of such unincorporated association, service by publication may be had upon such association by its particular appellation. Provided further, that service may be had upon any common law trust or any other unincorporated association or trust of individuals designating themselves as a trust or represented by an individual as trustee, by service upon any one of such individuals as may be designated as trustee for said trust, the same as in any other civil action. Venue in such cases, in addition to that now provided, shall be the same as that provided for actions involving domestic corporations. |Added by Laws 1931, p. 4, art. 3, § 1. Amended by Laws 1973, c. 262, § 4, operative July 1, 1973; Laws 1976, c. 17, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1976.
12 OK Stat § 12-187 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-187. Action against nonresident defendant(s) - Venue.

|In addition to the other counties in which an action may be brought against a nonresident of this state, an action where all defendants are nonresidents of the state may be brought in the county where the cause of action arose or in the county where the plaintiff or one of the plaintiffs resides. If one or more of the defendants is a resident of this state, the action shall be brought in any county where venue would be proper as to the resident defendant or one of the resident defendants if there are several. |Added by Laws 1963, c. 32, § 1. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 54, § 1, emerg. eff. March 29, 1965; Laws 1967, c. 228, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 1967; Laws 1972, c. 208, § 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1972; Laws 1984, c. 164, § 31, eff. Nov. 1, 1984.
12 OK Stat § 12-192.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-192.1. Indigency exemption - Promulgation of rules.

|A. When a plaintiff requests an indigency exemption from providing an affidavit of merit in a civil action for negligence pursuant to Section 2 of this act, such person shall submit an appropriate application to the court clerk, on a form created by the Administrative Director of the Courts, which shall state that the application is signed under oath and under the penalty of perjury and that a false statement may be prosecuted as such. |B. 1. The Supreme Court shall promulgate rules governing the determination of indigency for a plaintiff claiming an exemption from providing an affidavit of merit in a civil action for negligence pursuant to Section 2 of this act. The initial determination of indigency shall be made by the Chief Judge of the Judicial District or a designee thereof, based on the plaintiff's application and the rules provided herein.2. Upon promulgation of the rules required by law, the determination of indigency shall be subject to review by the Presiding Judge of the Judicial Administrative District.Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 12, § 4.NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 12, § 192, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 4, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).
12 OK Stat § 12-236a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-236a. Party defendants in real property actions.

|In an action involving real property any person appearing in any manner in the title thereto, or claiming or appearing to claim some interest in the real property involved, may be included as a party defendant by naming such person as a party defendant in the caption of such petition; and when such person is made a defendant in the body of the petition under the appellation of substantially the following words "said defendant named herein claims some right, title, lien, estate, encumbrance, claim, assessment or interest in and to the real property involved herein, adverse to plaintiff which constitutes a cloud upon the title of plaintiff and defendant has no right, title, lien, estate, encumbrance, claim, assessment or interest, either in law or in equity, in and to the real property involved herein", that same is sufficient to include any and all claims, known or unknown, that such defendant may have in and to the real property involved in such case, it not being necessary to set out the reason in the petition, or other pleading, for such person being made a party defendant. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 61, § 1.
12 OK Stat § 12-303 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-303. Libel or slander - Alleging publication concerning plaintiff.

|In an action for libel or slander, it shall be sufficient to state, generally, that the defamatory matter was published or spoken of the plaintiff; and if the allegation be denied, the plaintiff must prove, on the trial, the facts, showing that the defamatory matter was published or spoken of him. |R.L. 1910, § 4776.
12 OK Stat § 12-304 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-304. Truth as defense in libel or slander - Mitigation.

|In the actions mentioned in the last section, the defendant may allege the truth of the matter charged as defamatory, and may prove the same, and any mitigating circumstances, to reduce the amount of damages, or he may prove either. |R.L. 1910, § 4777.
12 OK Stat § 12-305 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-305. Description of real property.

|In any action for the recovery of real property, it shall be described with such convenient certainty as will enable an officer holding an execution to identify it. |R.L. 1910, § 4778.
12 OK Stat § 12-305.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-305.1. Pleading recorded instruments affecting real estate.

|From and after the passage of this act in all civil cases whereby it is necessary to incorporate, in the pleadings, facts concerning instruments of record affecting real estate, that such incorporation may be made by reference to the date of such instrument, and the book and page number where recorded in lieu of affixing a copy of the same to such pleadings. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 52, § 1.
12 OK Stat § 12-309 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-309. Tenders - How made - Deposit in court.

|When a tender of money is alleged in any pleading, it shall not be necessary to deposit the money in court when the pleading is filed, but it shall be sufficient if the money is deposited in court at trial, or when ordered by the court. |R.L. 1910, § 4782.
12 OK Stat § 12-310 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-310. Lost pleadings.

|If an original pleading be lost or withheld by any person the court may allow a copy thereof to be substituted. |R.L. 1910, § 4783.
12 OK Stat § 12-392 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-392. Disobedience of subpoena or refusal to be sworn or answer as a witness punishable as contempt.

|Disobedience of a subpoena, or refusal to be sworn or to answer as a witness, when lawfully ordered, may be punished as a contempt of the court or officer by whom his attendance or testimony is required. |R.L. 1910, § 5057. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 47, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.
12 OK Stat § 12-393 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-393. Attachment of witness for nonattendance.

|When a witness fails to attend in obedience to a subpoena (except in case of a demand and failure to pay his fees), the court or officer before whom his attendance is required may issue an attachment to the sheriff, coroner or constable of the county, commanding him to arrest and bring the person therein named before the court or officer, at a time and place to be fixed in the attachment, to give his testimony and answer for the contempt. If the attachment be not for immediately bringing the witness before the court or officer, a sum may be fixed in which the witness may give an undertaking, with surety, for his appearance; such sum shall be endorsed on the back of the attachment; and if no sum is so fixed and endorsed, it shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). If the witness be not personally served, the court may, by a rule, order him to show cause why an attachment should not issue against him. |R.L. 1910, § 5058.