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15 OK Stat § 15-686 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-686. Financial requirements of invention developer.

|A. Every invention developer rendering or offering to render invention development services in this state shall maintain a bond issued by a surety admitted to do business in this state, and equal to either ten percent (10%) of the invention developer's gross income from the invention development business in this state during the invention developer's preceding fiscal year, or Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), whichever is larger. A copy of the bond shall be approved by the Attorney General and filed with the Secretary of State before the invention developer renders or offers to render invention development services in this state. The invention developer shall have ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year within which to change the bond as may be necessary to conform to the requirements of this subsection. |B. The bond required by subsection A of this section shall be in favor of the State of Oklahoma for the benefit of any person who, after entering into a contract for invention development services with an invention developer, is damaged by fraud or dishonesty of the invention developer in performance of the contract, by the insolvency or the cessation of business by the invention developer or by the intentional violation of the Invention Development Services Act by the invention developer. Any person claiming against the bond may maintain an action at law against the invention developer and the surety company.The aggregate liability of the surety company to all persons for all breaches of conditions of the bond shall not exceed the amount of the bond.C. In lieu of the bond required by subsection A of this section, the invention developer may deposit with the State Treasurer a cash deposit in the like amount. The State Treasurer shall not refund a deposit until sixty (60) days after either the invention developer has ceased doing business in the state or a bond has been filed which complies with subsections A and B of this section.Added by Laws 1991, c. 170, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
15 OK Stat § 15-687 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-687. Restrictions on use of negotiable instruments.

|In connection with a contract for invention development services, the invention developer shall not take from a customer a negotiable instrument other than a check as evidence of the obligation of the customer. A holder is not a holder in due course if he takes a negotiable instrument taken from a customer in violation of this section. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 170, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
15 OK Stat § 15-688 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-688. Maintenance of records and correspondence.

|Every invention developer shall maintain all records and correspondence relating to performance of each invention development contract for a period of not less than three (3) years after expiration of the term of the contract. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 170, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
15 OK Stat § 15-689 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-689. Act not exclusive - Noncompliance - Violations - Remedies - Application of act.

|A. The provisions of the Invention Development Services Act are not exclusive and do not relieve the parties or the contract from compliance with all other applicable provisions of law. |B. Any contract for invention development services that does not comply with the applicable provisions of the Invention Development Services Act shall be unenforceable against the customer as contrary to public policy, provided that no contract shall be unenforceable if the invention developer proves that noncompliance was unintentional and resulted from a bona fide error in spite of the invention developer's use of reasonable procedures adopted to avoid any such errors, and if the invention developer makes an appropriate correction.C. Any contract for invention development services entered into by a customer with an invention developer who has used any fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation, misleading statement or deceptive practice in respect to that customer with the intent that the customer rely thereon, whether or not the customer was in fact misled, deceived or damaged, shall be unenforceable against the customer. Any waiver by the customer of the provisions of the Invention Development Services Act shall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be void and unenforceable.D. Any person who has been injured by a violation of the Invention Development Services Act by an invention developer, by any false or fraudulent statement, representation or omission of material fact by an invention developer or by failure of an invention developer to make all of the disclosures required by the Invention Development Services Act may bring a civil action against the invention developer for the damages sustained together with costs and disbursements, including reasonable attorneys fees. The court in its discretion may increase the award of damages to an amount not to exceed three times the damages sustained or Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), whichever is greater.E. Failure to make the disclosures required by Section 6 of this act shall render any contract subsequently entered into between the customer and the invention developer voidable by the customer.F. The provision of the Invention Development Services Act shall have no effect on any contract or agreement entered into prior to September 1, 1991.Added by Laws 1991, c. 170, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
15 OK Stat § 15-691 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-691. Definitions.

|As used in Sections 1 through 4 of this act: |1. "Customer" means any individual or entity who causes or caused a molder to fabricate, cast, or otherwise make a die, mold, form, or pattern or who provides a molder with a die, mold, form, or pattern to manufacture, assemble, cast, fabricate, or otherwise make a product or products for a customer;2. "Molder" means any individual or entity who fabricates, casts, or otherwise makes or uses a die, mold, form, or pattern for the purpose of manufacturing, assembling, casting, fabricating, or otherwise making a product or products for a customer. A "molder" includes, but is not limited to, a tool or die maker; and3. "Within three (3) years following the last prior use" shall be construed to include any period following the last prior use of a die, mold, form, or pattern regardless of whether or not that period precedes July 1, 1998.Added by Laws 1998, c. 223, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998.
15 OK Stat § 15-692 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-692. Customer's right and title to any die, mold, form or pattern - Claim of possession - Transfer of title to molder - Notice to customer.

|A. In the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the customer shall have all rights and title to any die, mold, form, or pattern in the possession of the molder. |B. If a customer does not claim possession from a molder of a die, mold, form, or pattern within three (3) years following the last prior use thereof, all rights and title to any die, mold, form, or pattern shall be transferred by operation of law to the molder for the purpose of destroying or otherwise disposing of such die, mold, form, or pattern, consistent with this section.C. If a molder chooses to have all rights and title to any die, mold, form, or pattern transferred to the molder by operation of law, the molder shall send written notice by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the chief executive office of the customer or, if the customer is not a business entity, to the customer at the customer's last-known address indicating that the molder intends to terminate the customer's rights and title by having all such rights and title transferred to the molder by operation of law pursuant to this section. Such notice shall include a statement of the customer's rights as set forth in subsection D of this section.D. 1. If a customer does not respond in person or by mail to claim possession of the particular die, mold, form, or pattern within one hundred twenty (120) days following the date the notice was sent, or does not make other contractual arrangements with the molder for storage of the die, mold, form, or pattern, all rights and title of the customer, except patents and copyrights, shall transfer by operation of law to the molder. Thereafter, the molder may destroy or otherwise dispose of the particular die, mold, form, or pattern as the molder's own property without any risk of liability to the customer.2. This subsection shall not be construed in any manner to affect any right of the customer under federal patent or copyright law or federal law pertaining to unfair competition.Added by Laws 1998, c. 223, § 2, eff. July 1, 1998.
15 OK Stat § 15-693 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-693. Molder's lien.

|A. Molders shall have a lien, dependent on possession, on all dies, molds, forms, or patterns in their hands belonging to a customer, for the balance due them from such customer for any manufacturing or fabrication work, and in the value of all material related to such work. The customer may at any time discharge the lien by depositing with the county clerk in whose office the lien claim has been filed an amount of money or bond equal to one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the lien claim amount, in accordance with the same procedures as specified in Section 147.1 of Title 42 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The molder may retain possession of the die, mold, form, or pattern until the charges are paid or the lien or bond is released. |B. Before enforcing such lien, notice in writing shall be given to the customer, whether delivered personally or sent by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the last-known address of the customer. This notice shall state that a lien is claimed for the damages set forth in or attached to such writing for manufacturing or fabrication work contracted or performed for the customer. This notice shall also include a demand for payment.C. If the molder has not been paid the amount due within sixty (60) days after the notice has been received by the customer as provided in subsection B of this section, the molder may sell the die, mold, form, or pattern at a public or private auction.Added by Laws 1998, c. 223, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998.
15 OK Stat § 15-694 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-694. Sale of die, mold, form or pattern - Notice to customer.

|A. Before a molder may sell the die, mold, form, or pattern, the molder shall notify the customer by registered mail, return receipt requested. The notice shall include the following information: |1. The molder's intention to sell the die, mold, form, or pattern thirty (30) days after the customer's receipt of the notice;2. A description of the die, mold, form, or pattern to be sold;3. The time and place of the sale; and4. An itemized statement for the amount due.B. If there is not a return of the receipt of the mailing or if the postal service returns the notice as being nondeliverable, the molder shall publish notice of the molder's intention to sell the die, mold, form, or pattern in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the customer's last-known place of business. The notice shall include a description of the die, mold, form, or pattern.C. If the sale is for a sum greater than the amount of the lien, the excess shall be paid to any prior lienholder known to the molder at the time of the sale and any remainder to the customer, if the customer's address is known, or to the State Treasurer for deposit in the General Revenue Fund if the customer's address is unknown to the molder at the time of the sale.D. A sale shall not be made under this subsection if it would be in violation of any right of a customer under federal patent or copyright law.Added by Laws 1998, c. 223, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998.
15 OK Stat § 15-721 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-721. Unsolicited goods - Receipt deemed unconditional gift - Injunctive relief.

|No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or agent or employee thereof, shall, in any manner, or by any means, offer for sale in this state, goods, wares, or merchandise, where the offer includes the voluntary and unsolicited sending of such goods, wares, or merchandise not actually ordered or requested by the recipient, either orally or in writing. The receipt of any such goods, wares, or merchandise shall for all purposes be deemed an unconditional gift to the recipient who may use or dispose of such goods, wares, or merchandise in any manner he sees fit without any obligation on his part to the sender. Provided, however, that where solicited goods, wares or merchandise are delivered to the wrong person by accident or by the mistake of the delivery or mail service, such delivery shall not constitute an offer subject to this act, and provided that the provisions of this act shall not apply to goods of equal or greater value and at no additional cost, substituted for goods ordered or solicited by the recipient. |If after any such receipt deemed to be an unconditional gift under this section, the sender continues to send bill statements or requests for payment with respect thereto, an action may be brought by the recipient to enjoin such conduct, in which action there may also be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to the prevailing party.Laws 1970, c. 128, § 1, emerg. eff. April 6, 1970.
15 OK Stat § 15-722 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-722. Unsolicited goods sent by organization to member after termination of membership.

|If a person is a member of an organization which makes retail sales of any goods, wares, or merchandise to its members, and the person notifies the organization of his termination of membership by certified mail, return receipt requested, any unordered goods, wares, or merchandise which are sent to the person after forty-five (45) days following execution of the return receipt for the certified letter by the organization shall for all purposes be deemed unconditional gifts to the person, who may use or dispose of the goods, wares, or merchandise in any manner he sees fit without any obligation on his part to the organization. |If the termination of a person's membership in such organization breaches any agreement with the organization, nothing in this section shall relieve the person from liability for damages to which he might be otherwise subjected pursuant to law, but he shall not be subject to any damages with respect to any goods, wares, or merchandise which are deemed unconditional gifts to him under this section.If after any receipt deemed to be an unconditional gift under this section, the sender continues to send bill statements or requests for payment with respect thereto, an action may be brought by the recipient to enjoin such conduct, in which action there may also be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to the prevailing party.Laws 1970, c. 128, § 2, emerg. eff. April 6, 1970.
15 OK Stat § 15-751 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-751. Short title.

|This act may be cited as the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act. |Laws 1972, c. 227, § 1, operative Sept. 1, 1972.
15 OK Stat § 15-752A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-752A. Credit card receipts - Restrictions on printing certain account information - Operative dates of section.

|A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who accepts credit cards or debit cards for a consumer transaction shall not print more than the last five digits of the account number or the expiration date upon any receipt provided to the cardholder. |B. This section applies only to receipts that are printed electronically and does not apply to transactions in which the sole means of recording the credit card or debit card number is by handwriting or by an imprint or copy of the card.C. This section becomes operative on January 1, 2004, with respect to any cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts for consumer transactions that is first put into use on or after January 1, 2004.D. This section becomes operative on January 1, 2007, with respect to any cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts for consumer transactions that is in use before January 1, 2004.Added by Laws 2002, c. 296, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
15 OK Stat § 15-754 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-754. Exemptions.

|Nothing in the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act shall apply to: |1. Publishers, broadcasters, printers or other persons insofar as an unlawful practice as defined in Section 753 of this title involves information that has been disseminated or reproduced on behalf of others without knowledge that it is an unlawful practice;2. Actions or transactions regulated under laws administered by the Corporation Commission or any other regulatory body or officer acting under statutory authority of this state or the United States, or to acts done by retailers or other persons acting in good faith on the basis of information or matter supplied by others and without knowledge of the deceptive character of such information or matter; and3. The collection of monies denominated as gross receipts tax on mixed beverages, sales tax or use tax, or asserted injuries or damages that are monies that have been collected as, or denominated as, gross receipts tax on mixed beverages, sales tax or use tax, and which have been remitted to the Oklahoma Tax Commission or other governmental taxing authority.Added by Laws 1972, c. 227, § 4, operative Sept. 1, 1972. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 382, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
15 OK Stat § 15-755.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-755.2. Contracts - Calls from automatic dial answering devices - Voidability.

|A contract or agreement to purchase any consumer goods or services pursuant to an unsolicited telephone call or message, including a cellular telephone call or text message, made by an automatic dial announcing device conveying a prerecorded or synthesized voice message or an automatic dialing device with electronic text message delivery capabilities and without the use of a live operator in violation of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act shall be voidable at the option of the consumer, unless it has been memorialized in writing and signed by the consumer. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 312, § 4, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 369, § 1, eff. July 1, 2011.
15 OK Stat § 15-755.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-755.3. Message relaying services.

|Nothing in this act shall prohibit a telephone company from providing a service that is utilized for relaying messages for private purposes, including but not limited to voice messaging services or message delivery services. |Added by Laws 1991, c. 312, § 5, eff. July 1, 1991.
15 OK Stat § 15-757 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-757. Investigations.

|A. When the Attorney General or a district attorney has reason to believe a person has engaged in, is engaging in or is about to engage in any practice declared to be unlawful by Section 753 of this title, and he believes it to be in the public interest that an investigation should be made to ascertain whether a person has in fact engaged in, is engaging in or is about to engage in any such practice, he may execute in writing and cause to be served upon any such person who is believed to have information, documentary material or physical evidence relevant to the alleged violation an investigative demand requiring such person to furnish, under oath or otherwise, a report in writing setting forth the nonprivileged relevant facts and circumstances of which he has knowledge, or to appear and testify, or to produce relevant nonprivileged documentary material or physical evidence for examination at such reasonable time and place as may be stated in the investigative demand, concerning the advertisement, offering for sale, sale or distribution of any subject of a consumer transaction or the conduct of any trade or commerce that is the subject matter of the investigation. |B. At any time before the return date specified in an investigative demand, or within twenty (20) days after the demand has been served, whichever period is shorter, a petition to extend the return date, or to modify or to set aside the demand, stating good cause, may be filed in the district court of the county where the person served with the demand resides or has his principal place of business, or in the district court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. At any time, an extension of the return date or a modification or setting aside of the demand may be made by agreement of the parties.Amended by Laws 1982, c. 74, § 1, operative Oct. 1, 1982.
15 OK Stat § 15-758 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-758. Subpoenas, hearings, rules and regulations.

|To accomplish the objectives and to carry out the duties prescribed by the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act, the Attorney General or district attorney, in addition to other powers conferred on them by the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act, or the laws of this state, may issue subpoenas or other process to any person and conduct hearings in aid of any investigation or inquiry, administer oaths and take sworn statements under penalty of perjury, serve and execute in any county, search warrants, provided that none of the powers conferred by the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act shall be used for the purpose of compelling any natural person to furnish testimony or evidence which might tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; and provided further that information obtained pursuant to the powers conferred by the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act shall not be made public or disclosed by the Attorney General, district attorney or their employees. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 227, § 8, operative Sept. 1, 1972. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 74, § 2, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 1999, c. 325, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
15 OK Stat § 15-759 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-759. Service of notice, demand or subpoena.

|Service of any notice, demand or subpoena under this act shall be made in accordance with the statutes of this state. |Laws 1972, c. 227, § 9, operative Sept. 1, 1972.
15 OK Stat § 15-760 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-760. Enforcement of notice, demand or subpoena powers.

|The district court of the county where the person served with any notice, demand or subpoena resides or has his principal place of business or the district court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, may enforce compliance with any notice, demand or subpoena under this act by order, the noncompliance with which shall be treated the same as contempt of said court. |Laws 1972, c. 227, § 10, operative Sept. 1, 1972.
15 OK Stat § 15-762 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 15. Contracts|§15-762. Additional powers and duties.

|A. In addition to all other powers and duties as set forth in this act, the Attorney General may do any or all of the following and upon request receive the assistance of any department, division or branch of state government: |1. Coordinate consumer protection activities within state government and maintain a liaison with federal and local governments concerning the interests of consumers and businessmen;2. Study the operation of any existing or proposed law affecting the consumer interest and make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature;3. Conduct studies, investigations and research in matters affecting consumer interest;4. Submit an annual report of activities to the legislative and executive branches of state government; and5. Do those things necessary to implement the purpose of this act.B. The Attorney General shall have the powers of a district attorney to investigate and prosecute suspected violations of consumer laws.Added by Laws 1972, c. 227, § 12, operative Sept. 1, 1972. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 325, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.