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12 OK Stat § 12-708 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-708. Form and proof of notice - Fee.

|A printed docket or other written notice, setting forth the style of the cause and the day that the same is set for trial or hearing, may be mailed, by registered mail, by the court clerk or opposing counsel, addressed to the Attorney General or the assistant Attorney General appearing as attorney of record for the State of Oklahoma, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date set for such trial or hearing, and the registry return of such notice shall be sufficient proof of the notice herein required. The court clerk is authorized to tax up as cost for each notice given twenty-five cents ($0.25). |Added by Laws 1919, c. 45, p. 73, § 2, emerg. eff. April 3, 1919.
12 OK Stat § 12-709 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-709. Effect of violation.

|All orders and judgments rendered in the absence of proof of the notice herein required and in violation of the provisions of this section shall be void, and the court shall on its own motion vacate and set aside same when the same is brought to its attention. |Added by Laws 1919, c. 45, p. 73, § 3, emerg. eff. April 3, 1919.
12 OK Stat § 12-718.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718.1. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act". |Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
12 OK Stat § 12-718.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718.2. Definitions.

|As used in the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act: |1. “Foreign country” means a government other than:a.the United States,b.a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or insular possession of the United States, orc.any other government with regard to which the decision in this state as to whether to recognize a judgment of the courts of that government is initially subject to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution; and2. “Foreign-country judgment” means a judgment of a court of a foreign country.Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
12 OK Stat § 12-718.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718.3. Applicability.

|A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment: |1. Grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and2. Under the law of the foreign country where rendered, is final, conclusive, and enforceable.B. The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act does not apply to a foreign-country judgment, even if the judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, to the extent that the judgment is:1. A judgment for taxes;2. A fine or other penalty; or3. A judgment for divorce, support, or maintenance, or other judgment rendered in connection with domestic relations.C. A party seeking recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act applies to the foreign-country judgment.Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
12 OK Stat § 12-718.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718.4. Standards for recognition of foreign-country judgment.

|A. Except as otherwise provided in subsections B and C of this section, a court of this state shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act applies. |B. A court of this state may not recognize a foreign-country judgment if:1. The judgment was rendered under a judicial system that does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures compatible with the requirements of due process of law;2. The foreign court did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant; or3. The foreign court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter.C. A court of this state need not recognize a foreign-country judgment if:1. The defendant in the proceeding in the foreign court did not receive notice of the proceeding in sufficient time to enable the defendant to defend;2. The judgment was obtained by fraud that deprived the losing party of an adequate opportunity to present its case;3. The judgment or the cause of action on which the judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this state or of the United States;4. The judgment conflicts with another final and conclusive judgment;5. The proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in question was to be determined otherwise than by proceedings in that foreign court;6. In the case of jurisdiction based only on personal service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient forum for the trial of the action;7. The judgment was rendered in circumstances that raise substantial doubt about the integrity of the rendering court with respect to the judgment; or8. The specific proceeding in the foreign court leading to the judgment was not compatible with the requirements of due process of law.D. A party resisting recognition of a foreign-country judgment has the burden of establishing that a ground for nonrecognition stated in subsection B or C of this section exists.Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
12 OK Stat § 12-718.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718.5. Personal jurisdiction.

|A. A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if: |1. The defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country;2. The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened with seizure in the proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court over the defendant;3. The defendant, before the commencement of the proceeding, had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved;4. The defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the proceeding was instituted or was a corporation or other form of business organization that had its principal place of business in, or was organized under the laws of, the foreign country;5. The defendant had a business office in the foreign country and the proceeding in the foreign court involved a cause of action arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in the foreign country; or6. The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the foreign country and the proceeding involved a cause of action arising out of that operation.B. The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in subsection A of this section is not exclusive. The courts of this state may recognize bases of personal jurisdiction other than those listed in subsection A of this section as sufficient to support a foreign-country judgment.Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
12 OK Stat § 12-718.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718.6. Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment.

|A. If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment. |B. If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought in a pending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense.Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
12 OK Stat § 12-718.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718.7. Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment.

|If the court in a proceeding under Section 6 of this act finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign-country judgment is: |1. Conclusive between the parties to the same extent as the judgment of a sister state entitled to full faith and credit in this state would be conclusive; and2. Enforceable in the same manner and to the same extent as a judgment rendered in this state.Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
12 OK Stat § 12-718.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718.8. Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment.

|If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the appellant has had sufficient time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so. |Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
12 OK Stat § 12-718.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718.9. Statute of limitations.

|An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or fifteen (15) years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign country. |Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
12 OK Stat § 12-718.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718.10. Uniformity of interpretation.

|In applying and construing the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. |Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
12 OK Stat § 12-718.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718.11. Saving clause.

|The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act does not prevent the recognition under principals of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act. |Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
12 OK Stat § 12-718.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718.12. Effective date.

|The Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act applies to all actions commenced on or after the effective date of the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act in which the issue of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised. |Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
12 OK Stat § 12-718A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-718A. Foreign defamation judgments.

|A. For the purposes of this section only, a "foreign defamation judgment" shall mean any judgment for a cause of action equivalent or fundamentally similar to an action for libel or slander that is rendered by a court or tribunal outside the United States or its territories or possessions. This section shall not apply to any judgment for defamation, slander or libel rendered by a federal court or a court or tribunal in this or any other state of the United States, an American Indian tribe recognized by the United States, or one of the United States territories or possessions. |B. In addition to any other defenses that may exist, no foreign defamation judgment shall be recognized or enforced if:1. It is determined by a court of this state that the judgment was rendered by a judicial system that does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures substantially compatible with the requirements of due process of law applicable to courts of this state;2. The court or tribunal issuing the foreign defamation judgment did not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant in accordance with the principles applicable under Oklahoma law; or3. The court or tribunal issuing the foreign defamation judgment did not have subject matter jurisdiction over the action.C. A foreign defamation judgment shall not be recognized by any court of this state until it is established by a preponderance of the evidence that the defamation, libel or slander law applied in the foreign defamation court's jurisdiction provides the same or higher protection for freedom of speech and press as would be provided under both the United States and Oklahoma Constitutions. If it is determined that the law in the foreign defamation judgment's jurisdiction provides the same or greater protection, then the court may proceed to consider if the judgment shall be recognized as a foreign judgment. If it is determined that the law in the foreign defamation judgment's jurisdiction does not provide the same or greater protection, or if no finding is made on this point, then the court shall not recognize or enforce the foreign defamation judgment and the judgment shall be void.D. For the purpose of rendering declaratory relief with respect to a person's liability for a foreign defamation judgment and determining whether the foreign defamation judgment should be deemed nonrecognizable, this state's courts have personal jurisdiction over any person who obtains a foreign defamation judgment against any person who:1. Is a resident of this state;2. Is a person or entity amenable to the jurisdiction of this state;3. Has assets in this state; or4. May have to take action in this state to comply with the foreign defamation judgment.E. This section shall apply to foreign defamation judgments filed for enforcement on or after November 1, 2013.Added by Laws 2013, c. 272, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
12 OK Stat § 12-719 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-719. Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.

|This act may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 170, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
12 OK Stat § 12-720 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-720. Definition.

|In this act "foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 170, § 2, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
12 OK Stat § 12-721 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-721. Filing and status of foreign judgments.

|A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the applicable Act of Congress or of the statutes of this state may be filed in the office of the court clerk of any county of this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court of any county of this state. A judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses, and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of a district court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner. Provided, however, that no such filed foreign judgment shall be a lien on real estate of the judgment debtor until the judgment creditor complies with the requirements of subsection B of Section 706 of this title. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 170, § 3, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 138, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 2004, c. 181, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
12 OK Stat § 12-722 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-722. Notice of filing.

|(a) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of the court an affidavit setting forth the name and last-known post-office address of the judgment debtor, and of the judgment creditor. |(b) Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and post-office address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's lawyer, if any, in this state. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the filing of the judgment to the judgment debtor and may file proof of mailing with the clerk. Lack of notice of filing by the clerk shall not affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been filed.(c) No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment filed hereunder shall issue until twenty (20) days after the date the judgment is filed.Added by Laws 1968, c. 170, § 4, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
12 OK Stat § 12-723 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-723. Stay.

|(a) If the judgment debtor shows the district or superior court of the county in which the judgment is filed that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, or until the time for appeal expires, or until the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the judgment required by the law of the state in which it was rendered. |(b) If the judgment debtor shows the district or superior court of the county in which the judgment is filed any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of that court would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state.Added by Laws 1968, c. 170, § 5, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
12 OK Stat § 12-724 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-724. Fees.

|Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the court clerk those fees now and hereafter prescribed by statute for the filing of an action in the court in which such judgment is filed. Fees for docketing, transcription, or other enforcement proceedings shall be the same as provided for judgments of the district courts of this state. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 170, § 6, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
12 OK Stat § 12-725 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-725. Optional procedure.

|The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce his judgment instead of proceeding under this act remains unimpaired. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 170, § 7, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
12 OK Stat § 12-726 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-726. Uniformity of interpretation.

|This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 170, § 8, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
12 OK Stat § 12-728 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-728. Standards for recognizing records and proceedings of tribal courts - Reciprocity.

|A. This act affirms the power of the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma to issue standards for extending full faith and credit to the records and judicial proceedings of any court of any federally recognized Indian nation, tribe, band or political subdivision thereof, including courts of Indian offenses. |B. In issuing any such standard the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma may extend such recognition in whole or in part to such type or types of judgments of the tribal courts as it deems appropriate where tribal courts agree to grant reciprocity of judgments of the courts of the State of Oklahoma in such tribal courts.Added by Laws 1992, c. 384, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
12 OK Stat § 12-729 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-729. Force and effect of certain judgment, decree or appealable order of a district court.

|Any judgment, decree or appealable order of a district court rendered or granted on or after January 1, 1991, and before the effective date of this act, which substantially complies with this act, Chapter 251, O.S.L. 1991, Chapter 251, O.S.L. 1990 or the law which was effective prior to January 1, 1991, shall have the same force and effect as any other properly rendered or granted judgment, decree or appealable order. |From Laws 1991, c. 251, § 23, eff. June 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 351, § 16, eff. Oct. 1, 1993. Codified as § 729 of Title 12 by Laws 1993, § 17, eff. Oct. 1, 1993.
12 OK Stat § 12-729.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-729.1. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act". |Added by Laws 1994, c. 165, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
12 OK Stat § 12-729.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-729.2. Definitions.

|As used in this act: |1. "Action" means a judicial proceeding or arbitration in which a payment in money may be awarded or enforced with respect to a foreign-money claim;2. "Bank-offered spot rate" means the spot rate of exchange at which a bank will sell foreign money at a spot rate;3. "Conversion date" means the banking day next preceding the date on which money, in accordance with this act, is:a.paid to a claimant in an action or distribution proceeding,b.paid to the official designated by law to enforce a judgment or award on behalf of a claimant, orc.used to recoup, set-off or counterclaim in different moneys in an action or distribution proceeding;4. "Distribution proceeding" means a judicial or nonjudicial proceeding for the distribution of a fund in which one or more foreign-money claims is asserted and includes, but is not limited to, an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a foreclosure, the liquidation or rehabilitation of a corporation or other entity, and the distribution of an estate, trust or other fund;5. "Foreign money" means money other than money of the United States of America;6. "Foreign-money claim" means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or a claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in or measured by a foreign money;7. "Money" means a medium of exchange for the payment of obligations or a store of value authorized or adopted by a government or by intergovernmental agreement;8. "Money of the claim" means the money determined as proper pursuant to Section 5 of this act;9. "Person" means an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, joint venture, partnership, association, limited liability company, two or more persons having a joint or common interest or any other legal or commercial entity;10. "Rate of exchange" means the rate at which money of one country may be converted into money of another country in a free financial market convenient to or reasonably usable by a person obligated to pay or to state a rate of conversion. If separate rates of exchange apply to different kinds of transactions, the term means the rate applicable to the particular transaction giving rise to the foreign-money claim;11. "Spot rate" means the rate of exchange at which foreign money is sold by a bank or other dealer in foreign exchange for immediate or next day availability or for settlement by immediate payment in cash or equivalent, by charge to an account or by an agreed delayed settlement not exceeding two days; and12. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.Added by Laws 1994, c. 165, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
12 OK Stat § 12-729.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-729.3. Application of act.

|A. This act applies only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distribution proceeding. |B. This act applies to foreign-money issues even if other law under the conflict of laws rules of this state applies to other issues in the action or distribution proceeding.Added by Laws 1994, c. 165, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.