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12 OK Stat § 12-3009.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3009.1. Personal injury suits – Medical bills - Evidence.

|A. Upon the trial of any civil action arising from personal injury, the actual amounts paid for any services in the treatment of the injured party, including doctor bills, hospital bills, ambulance service bills, drug and other prescription bills, and similar bills shall be the amounts admissible at trial, not the amounts billed for such expenses incurred in the treatment of the party. If, in addition to evidence of payment, a party submits a signed statement acknowledged by the medical provider or an authorized representative or sworn testimony that the provider will accept the amount paid as full payment of the obligations, the statement or testimony shall be admitted into evidence. The statement or testimony shall be part of the record as an exhibit but need not be shown to the jury. If a medical provider has filed a lien in the case for an amount in excess of the amount paid, then the bills in excess of the amount paid, but not more than the amount of the lien, shall be admissible. |B. If no payment has been made, the Medicare reimbursement rates in effect when the personal injury occurred, not the amounts billed, shall be admissible if, in addition to evidence of nonpayment, a party submits a signed statement acknowledged by the medical provider or an authorized representative or sworn testimony that the provider will accept payment at the Medicare reimbursement rate less cost of recovery as provided in Medicare regulations as full payment of the obligation. The statement or testimony shall be admitted into evidence and shall be part of the record as an exhibit but need not be shown to the jury. If a medical provider has filed a lien in the case for an amount in excess of the Medicare rate, then the bills in excess of the amount of the Medicare rate, but not more than the amount of the lien, shall be admissible.C. If no bills have been paid, or no statement acknowledged by the medical provider or sworn testimony as provided in subsections A and B of this section is provided to the opposing party and listed as an exhibit by the final pretrial hearing, then the amount billed shall be admissible at trial subject to the limitations regarding any lien filed in the case.D. This section shall apply to civil actions arising from personal injury filed on or after November 1, 2015.Added by Laws 2011, c. 198, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 337, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.
12 OK Stat § 12-3011 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3011. Admissible evidence - Exercise of free speech or display of religious beliefs.

|Evidence requested for admission as substantive evidence of assemblage in the exercise of free speech or display of religious beliefs that is not connected to the direct conduct of planning, conspiring, or committing an act of violence as prescribed by law is not admissible. |Added by Laws 2010, c. 451, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
12 OK Stat § 12-3224 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3224. Short title and scope of Code.

|Sections 3224 through 3237 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the Oklahoma Discovery Code. The Oklahoma Discovery Code shall govern the procedure for discovery in all suits of a civil nature in all courts in this state. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 198, § 1. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 129, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Renumbered from § 3201 of this title by Laws 1989, c. 129, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
12 OK Stat § 12-3225 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3225. Construction.

|The Discovery Code shall be construed, administered and employed by courts and parties to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 198, § 2. Renumbered from § 3202 of this title by Laws 1989, c. 129, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 378, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
12 OK Stat § 12-3226.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3226.1. Abusive discovery.

|A. ABUSIVE DISCOVERY. In addition to the protective orders that a court may issue pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection C of Section 3226 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a protective order may be issued by the court authorizing or denying discovery in the court in which the action is pending. A protective order may also be authorized on matters relating to a deposition. The order may be issued upon a motion by a party or the person from whom discovery is sought. The motion shall be accompanied by a certification that the movant has in good faith conferred or attempted to confer, either in person or by telephone, with other affected parties in an effort to resolve the dispute without court action. Upon receipt by the court of the motion and certification, the court may enter the protective order authorizing or denying the discovery upon a finding that justice requires a party or person be protected from annoyance, harassment, embarrassment, oppression or undue delay, burden, or expense. |B. AWARD OF EXPENSES OF MOTION. If the motion is granted, the court may, after opportunity for hearing, require the party or person whose conduct necessitated the motion or the party or attorney advising such conduct or both of them to pay to the moving party the reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining the order, including attorney fees, unless the court finds that the opposition to the motion was substantially justified or that other circumstances make an award of expenses unjust.If the motion is denied, the court may, after opportunity for hearing, require the moving party or the attorney advising the motion or both of them to pay to the party or deponent who opposed the motion the reasonable expenses incurred in opposing the motion, including attorney fees, unless the court finds that the making of the motion was substantially justified or that other circumstances make an award of expenses unjust.If the motion is granted in part and denied in part, the court may apportion the reasonable expenses incurred in relation to the motion among the parties and persons in a just manner.Added by Laws 2004, c. 368, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
12 OK Stat § 12-3226A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3226A. Withdrawal of certain discovery items.

|Not less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the filing of a judgment, decree, or final appealable order if no appeal is taken, or within thirty (30) days after issuance of the mandate by the appellate court if appealed, the party or counsel shall withdraw, upon proper receipt to the court clerk, any previously filed discovery items which were not introduced into evidence which were not included in the record on appeal or which are not needed for decision of the case on remand, if any. |Added by Laws 1994, c. 343, § 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
12 OK Stat § 12-3229 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3229. Stipulations regarding discovery procedure.

|Unless the court orders otherwise, the parties may by written stipulation: |1. Provide that depositions may be taken before any person, at any time or place, upon any notice, and in any manner and when so taken may be used like other depositions; and2. Modify other procedures governing or limitations placed upon discovery, except that stipulations extending the time provided in Sections 3226, 3233, 3234 and 3236 of this title for responses to discovery may, if they would interfere with any time set for completion of discovery, be made only with the approval of the court. A person designated by the stipulation has the power by virtue of his designation to administer any necessary oath.Added by Laws 1982, c. 198, § 6. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 129, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Renumbered from § 3206 of this title by Laws 1989, c. 129, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 61, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
12 OK Stat § 12-3231 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3231. Depositions upon written questions.

|A. SERVING QUESTIONS; NOTICE. After commencement of the action, any party to the action may take the testimony of any person, including an opposing party, by deposition upon written questions. The attendance of witnesses may be compelled by the use of a subpoena. The deposition of a person confined in prison may be taken only by leave of court on such terms as the court prescribes. |A party desiring to take a deposition upon written questions shall serve them upon every other party with a notice stating:1. The name and address of the person who is to answer them, if known, and if the name is not known, a general description sufficient to identify him or the particular class or group to which he belongs; and2. The name or descriptive title and address of the officer before whom the deposition is to be taken.A deposition upon written questions may be taken of a public or private corporation or a partnership or association or governmental agency in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of subsection C of Section 3230 of this title.Within thirty (30) days after the notice and written questions are served, a party may serve cross questions upon all other parties. Within ten (10) days after being served with cross questions, a party may serve redirect questions upon all other parties. Within ten (10) days after being served with redirect questions, a party may serve recross questions upon all other parties. The court may for cause shown enlarge or shorten the time.B. OFFICER TO TAKE RESPONSES AND PREPARE RECORD. A copy of the notice and copies of all questions served shall be delivered by the party taking the deposition to the officer designated in the notice. The officer shall proceed promptly, in the manner provided by subsections D, F and G of Section 3230 of this title, to take the testimony of the witness in response to the questions and to prepare, certify and file or mail the deposition as provided in subsection G of Section 3230 of this title, attaching thereto the copy of the notice and the questions received by him.C. NOTICE OF FILING. When the deposition is filed the party taking it shall promptly give notice thereof to all other parties.D. COSTS OF TRANSCRIPTION OF DEPOSITION. Cost of the transcription, fees of the sheriff and witness fees shall be taxed as provided in subsection J of Section 3230 of this title.Added by Laws 1982, c. 198, § 8. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 129, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1989. Renumbered from § 3208 of this title by Laws 1989, c. 129, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
12 OK Stat § 12-3238 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3238. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Structured Settlement Protection Act of 2001”. |Added by Laws 2001, c. 70, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
12 OK Stat § 12-3240 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3240. Disclosure statement.

|Not less than three (3) days prior to the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement, in bold type no smaller than fourteen (14) point, to include the following: |1. The amounts and due dates of the structured settlement payments to be transferred;2. The aggregate amount of the payments;3. The discounted present value of the payments to be transferred, which shall be identified as the “calculation of current value of the transferred structured settlement payments under federal standards for valuing annuities”, and the amount of the applicable federal rate used in calculating such discounted present value;4. The gross advance amount;5. An itemized listing of all applicable transfer expenses, other than attorneys’ fees and related disbursements payable in connection with the transferee’s application for approval of the transfer, and the transferee’s best estimate of the amount of any such fees and disbursements;6. The net advance amount;7. The amount of any penalties or liquidated damages payable by the payee in the event of any breach of the transfer agreement by the payee; and8. A statement that the payee has the right to cancel the transfer agreement, without penalty or further obligation, not later than the third business day after the date the agreement is signed by the payee.Added by Laws 2001, c. 70, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
12 OK Stat § 12-3241 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3241. Judicial or administrative approval of transfer of payment - Required findings.

|No direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be effective and no structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer shall be required to make any payment directly or indirectly to any transferee of structured settlement payment rights unless the transfer has been approved in advance in a final court order or order of a responsible administrative authority based on express findings by such court or responsible administrative authority that: |1. The transfer is in the best interest of the payee, taking into account the welfare and support of the payee’s dependents;2. The payee has been advised in writing by the transferee to seek independent professional advice regarding the transfer and has either received the advice or knowingly waived the advice in writing; and3. The transfer does not contravene any applicable statute or the order of any court or other government authority.Added by Laws 2001, c. 70, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
12 OK Stat § 12-3242 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3242. Discharge and release from liability.

|Following a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under the Structured Settlement Protection Act of 2001: |1. The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer shall, as to all parties except the transferee, be discharged and released from any and all liability for the transferred payments;2. The transferee shall be liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer:a.if the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement, for any taxes incurred by such parties as a consequence of the transfer, andb.for any other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees, arising from compliance by the parties with the order of the court or responsible administrative authority or arising as a consequence of the transferee’s failure to comply with this act;3. Neither the annuity issuer nor the structured settlement obligor may be required to divide any periodic payment between the payee and any transferee or assignee or between two or more transferees or assignees; and4. Any further transfer of structured settlement payment rights by the payee may be made only after compliance with all of the requirements of the Structured Settlement Protection Act of 2001.Added by Laws 2001 c. 70, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
12 OK Stat § 12-3243 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3243. Application for approval of transfer of payment rights.

|A. An application under the Structured Settlement Protection Act for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be made by the transferee and may be brought in the county in which the payee resides, in the county in which the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer maintains its principal place of business, or in any court or before any responsible administrative authority which approved the structured settlement agreement. |B. Not less than twenty (20) days prior to the scheduled hearing on any application for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under Section 4 of this act, the transferee shall file with the court or responsible administrative authority and serve on all interested parties a notice of the proposed transfer and the application for its authorization, including with such notice:1. A copy of the transferee’s application;2. A copy of the transfer agreement;3. A copy of the disclosure statement required under Section 3 of this act;4. A listing of each of the payee’s dependents, together with each dependent’s age;5. Notification that any interested party is entitled to support, oppose or otherwise respond to the transferee’s application, either in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court or responsible administrative authority or by participating in the hearing; and6. Notification of the time and place of the hearing and notification of the manner in which and the time by which written responses to the application must be filed, which shall be not less than fifteen (15) days after service of the transferee’s notice, in order to be considered by the court or responsible administrative authority.Added by Laws 2001, c. 70, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
12 OK Stat § 12-3244 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3244. Waiver of provisions – Disputes - Life-contingent payments - Liability.

|A. The provisions of the Structured Settlement Protection Act of 2001 may not be waived by any payee. |B. Any transfer agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this act by a payee who resides in this state shall provide that disputes under such transfer agreement, including any claim that the payee has breached the agreement, shall be determined in and under the laws of this state. No such transfer agreement shall authorize the transferee or any other party to confess judgment or consent to entry of judgment against the payee.C. No transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall extend to any payments that are life-contingent unless, prior to the date on which the payee signs the transfer agreement, the transferee has established and has agreed to maintain procedures reasonably satisfactory to the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor for1. Periodically confirming the payee’s survival; and2. Giving the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor prompt written notice in the event of the payee’s death.D. No payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall incur any penalty, forfeit any application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur any liability to the proposed transferee or any assignee based on any failure of such transfer to satisfy the conditions of this act.E. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to authorize any transfer of structured settlement payment rights in contravention of any law or to imply that any transfer under a transfer agreement entered into prior to the effective date of this act is valid or invalid.F. Compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 3 of this act and fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Section 4 of this act shall be solely the responsibility of the transferee in any transfer of structured settlement payment rights, and neither the structured settlement obligor nor the annuity issuer shall bear any responsibility for, or any liability arising from, noncompliance with such requirements or failure to fulfill such conditions.Added by Laws 2001, c. 70, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
12 OK Stat § 12-3245 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3245. Application of act.

|This act shall apply to any transfer of structured settlement payment rights under a transfer agreement entered into on or after the thirtieth day after the date of enactment of this act; provided that nothing contained herein shall imply that any transfer under a transfer agreement reached prior to such date is either effective or ineffective. |Added by Laws 2001, c. 70, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
12 OK Stat § 12-3250 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3250. Short title - Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act". |Added by Laws 2021, c. 184, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
12 OK Stat § 12-3251 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3251. Definitions.

|As used in this act: |1. "Foreign jurisdiction" means a state other than this state;2. "Foreign subpoena" means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction;3. "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity;4. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and5. "Subpoena" means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to:a.attend and give testimony at a deposition,b.produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information or tangible things in the possession, custody or control of the person, orc.permit inspection of premises under the control of the person.Added by Laws 2021, c. 184, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
12 OK Stat § 12-3252 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3252. Request for issuance of subpoena.

|A. To request issuance of a subpoena under this section, a party must submit a foreign subpoena to a clerk of court in the county in which discovery is sought to be conducted in this state. A request for the issuance of a subpoena under this act does not constitute an appearance in the courts of this state. |B. When a party submits a foreign subpoena to a clerk of court in this state, the clerk, in accordance with that court's procedure, shall promptly issue a subpoena for service upon the person to which the foreign subpoena is directed.C. A subpoena under subsection B of this section must:1. Incorporate the terms used in the foreign subpoena; and2. Contain or be accompanied by the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all counsel of record in the proceeding to which the subpoena relates and of any party not represented by counsel.Added by Laws 2021, c. 184, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
12 OK Stat § 12-3253 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3253. Service of subpoena.

|A subpoena issued by a clerk of court under Section 3 of this act must be served in compliance with subsection B of Section 2004.1 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 2021, c. 184, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
12 OK Stat § 12-3254 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3254. Application of Section 2004.1.

|Subsection D of Section 2004.1 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall apply to subpoenas issued under Section 3 of this act. |Added by Laws 2021, c. 184, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
12 OK Stat § 12-3255 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3255. Application for protective order or to enforce, quash or modify an issued subpoena.

|An application to the court for a protective order or to enforce, quash or modify a subpoena issued by a clerk of court under Section 3 of this act must comply with the rules or statutes of this state and be submitted to the court in the county in which discovery is to be conducted. |Added by Laws 2021, c. 184, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
12 OK Stat § 12-3256 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3256. Promotion of uniformity.

|In applying and construing this uniform 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 2021, c. 184, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
12 OK Stat § 12-3257 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12. Civil Procedure|§12-3257. Application of act.

|This act applies to requests for discovery in cases pending on November 1, 2021. |Added by Laws 2021, c. 184, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
12A OK Stat § 12A-1-9-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 12A. Commercial Code|§12A-1-9-101. Short title.

|SHORT TITLE |This article, Sections 1 through 144 of this act, may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code – Secured Transactions.Added by Laws 2000, c. 371, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001.