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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-1411. Certain proceeds of forfeitures to be deposited with State Treasury to cover cost of investigation and prosecution - Expenditure.

A. The balance of the proceeds of all forfeitures ordered pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act shall be transmitted to the State Treasury and deposited in such proportions as determined by the court as are represented by the costs and expenses of such investigation and prosecution as follows:
1. Any proceeds resulting from the investigation and prosecution by a county or municipal law enforcement agency or district attorney pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act shall be deposited in a revolving fund in the office of the county treasurer of the county wherein the forfeiture was ordered to be maintained and expended by the district attorney in the discretion of the district attorney for the purposes specified in subsection B of this section with a yearly accounting to the board of county commissioners in whose county the fund is established and to the District Attorneys Council;
2. Any proceeds resulting from the investigation and prosecution by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation or the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act shall be deposited in the agency special account established pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.2 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation or the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control;
3. Any proceeds resulting from the investigation and prosecution by the Attorney General pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act shall be deposited in the Attorney General's Evidence Fund pursuant to the provisions of Section 19 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
4. Any proceeds resulting from the investigation and prosecution by any other agency of this state pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act shall be deposited in the appropriate revolving fund, agency special account or other fund for that agency as determined by the State Treasurer.
B. Monies deposited in such funds and accounts pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act shall be expended for the purpose of the costs and expenses of investigation and prosecution, whether criminally or civilly, of conduct made unlawful by the provisions of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, including costs of resources and personnel.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 131, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 264, § 26, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 2010, c. 456, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-1413. Duties of trustee on filing of lien notice - Liability.

A. A trustee, who acquires actual knowledge that a lien notice or a civil proceeding or criminal proceeding has been filed against any person for whom the trustee holds legal or record title to personal or real property, shall immediately furnish to the Attorney General or district attorney the following:
1. The name and address of the person;
2. The name and address of all other persons for whose benefit the trustee holds title to the personal or real property; and
3. If requested by the Attorney General or district attorney, a copy of the trust agreement or other instrument pursuant to which the trustee holds legal or record title to the personal or real property. Any trustee who fails to comply with the provisions of this section, upon conviction, is guilty of a felony.
B. Any trustee having notice of the filing of the lien notice, who transfers or conveys title to personal or real property on which said notice has been filed, shall not be liable to the state for the greater of:
1. The amount of proceeds received directly by the person named in the lien notice as a result of the transfer or conveyance;
2. The amount of proceeds received by the trustee as a result of the transfer or conveyance and distributed to the person named in the lien notice; or
3. The fair market value of the interest of the person named in the lien notice in the personal or real property transferred or conveyed; but if the trustee transfers or conveys the personal or real property for at least its fair market value and holds the proceeds that would otherwise be paid or distributed to the beneficiary or at the direction of the beneficiary or designee of the beneficiary, the liability of the trustee shall not exceed the amount of the proceeds held for so long as the proceeds are held by the trustee.
C. The filing of a lien notice shall not constitute a lien on the record title to personal or real property owned by the trustee except to the extent the trustee is named in the lien notice. The Attorney General or district attorney may bring a civil proceeding in any district court against the trustee to recover from the trustee the amounts set forth in the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and the state shall also be entitled to recover investigative costs and attorneys fees incurred by the Attorney General or district attorney.
D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any transfer or conveyance by a trustee pursuant to a court order, unless the court order is entered in an action between the trustee and the beneficiary.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 131, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 456, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-1414. Foreign corporations - Applicability of act.

Each foreign corporation doing business in this state that fails to file a report or fails to comply with the provisions of Section 1130 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the State of Oklahoma for purposes of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 131, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 456, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-1415. Investigation of conduct constituting violation of Section 1403 of title.

A. When any person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is attempting or conspiring to engage in any conduct constituting a violation of any of the provisions of Section 1403 of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the Attorney General or district attorney may conduct an investigation of the conduct. On approval of the district judge, the Attorney General or district attorney in accordance with the provisions of Section 258 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes is authorized before the commencement of any civil or criminal proceeding pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, examine them under oath, or require the production of any business papers or records by subpoena duces tecum, except that such evidence taken shall not be receivable in any civil proceeding.
B. Any business papers and records subpoenaed by the Attorney General or district attorney shall be available for examination by the person who produced the material or by any duly authorized representative of the person. Transcripts of oral testimony shall be available for examination by the person who produced such testimony, or counsel of the person.
Except as otherwise provided for in this section, no business papers or records or transcripts or oral testimony, or copies of it, subpoenaed by the Attorney General or district attorney shall be available for examination by an individual other than another law enforcement official without the consent of the person who produced the business papers or records or transcript.
C. All persons served with a subpoena by the Attorney General or district attorney pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act shall be paid the same fees and mileage as paid witnesses in the courts of this state.
D. No person shall, with intent to avoid, evade, prevent, or obstruct compliance in whole or in part by any person with any duly served subpoena of the Attorney General or district attorney pursuant to the provisions of this section, knowingly remove from any place, conceal, withhold, destroy, mutilate, alter, or by any other means falsify any business papers or records that are the subject of the subpoena ducus tecum. A violation of the provisions of this subsection, upon conviction, is a misdemeanor.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 131, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 456, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-1416. Civil action in federal court authorized.

The Attorney General or district attorney may bring an action on behalf of the state, counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions organized pursuant to the authority of this state in federal court for civil relief pursuant to any comparable provision of federal law. No action brought by the Attorney General or district attorney pursuant to the provisions of this section shall impair the authority of any county, municipality, or political subdivision to bring the action on its own behalf or impair its authority to engage its own counsel in connection with the action.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 131, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 1988.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-1417. Judicial education and training.

Each judicial district shall select one or more of its district judges or associate district judges and if deemed necessary may also select one or more special judges to receive specialized education and training in applying the provisions of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
A program of judicial education and training shall be prepared and administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts. Such program and any materials shall be made available as needed to assist Oklahoma judges in applying the provisions of this act.
When available, the funds described in Section 1411 of this title may be used to help defray the expenses of such program.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 131, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 456, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-1419. Construction of act in conformity with federal law.

When the language of the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act is the same or similar to the language of Title 18 U.S.C., Sections 1961 through 1968, the courts of this state in construing the Oklahoma Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act may follow the construction given to federal law by the federal courts, provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to provide for any private right of action or confer any civil remedy except as specifically set out in this act.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 131, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 456, § 19, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-1517. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation - Duties.

A. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall be the entity recognized by the Bureau of Justice Statistics as the Statistical Analysis Center.
B. In addition to other duties specified by law, the duties of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall be to:
1. Provide a clearinghouse for criminal justice information;
2. Provide a central contact point for federal, state, and local criminal justice agencies;
3. Provide technical assistance for all criminal justice agencies of this state;
4. Provide consultation for criminal justice agencies of this state in preparing reports, gaining funding, or preparing information;
5. Obtain information from criminal justice agencies in this state for analyses of criminal justice issues;
6. Collect and analyze criminal justice data;
7. Produce reports for state and local criminal justice agencies;
8. Facilitate information networking between criminal justice agencies;
9. Attend meetings concerning criminal justice issues;
10. Represent this state at national meetings including, but not limited to, meetings or conferences of criminal justice statistics associations of other states;
11. Assist in developing resources for the criminal justice system;
12. Address pertinent issues related to prevention and intervention programs;
13. Provide assistance to the Oklahoma Crime Stoppers Association;
14. Create and publish by December 1 each year a uniform reporting standard for citing state criminal statutes to be used in reporting information to and from all criminal justice information systems within this state. The uniform reporting standard shall be developed in consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Department of Corrections, the District Attorneys Council, the Department of Public Safety through the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Telecommunications System Division, and the Office of Juvenile Affairs. The uniform reporting standard shall be used by all criminal justice information systems and shall be the standard for reporting arrests, criminal and juvenile delinquency charges, charge and case dispositions, custody records, and any other record purporting to identify a criminal history record or information relating to arrests, charges, custody, adjudication, conviction, and disposition of criminal or juvenile matters; and
15. Monitor all changes to state crime statutes within ninety (90) days of the Legislature’s adjournment sine die for purposes of including any changes in law or new offenses within the uniform reporting standard.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 147, § 1, operative July 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 254, § 1, emerg. eff. May 23, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 276, § 6, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2001, c. 122, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2001, c. 377, § 5, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 340, § 2, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003. Renumbered from § 508.2 of Title 57 by Laws 2003, c. 340, § 3, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 178, § 6; Laws 2010, c. 37, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 95, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-1518. Oklahoma Criminal Justice Resource Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to be designated the "Oklahoma Criminal Justice Resource Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all grants, gifts, bequests and any other lawful monies received for the benefit of the Bureau. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Director of the Bureau for the operation of the Bureau in furtherance of its duties as set forth in Section 1517 of this title or other purposes authorized by law.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 333, § 25, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 377, § 6, eff. July 1, 2001. Renumbered from § 508.2b of Title 57 by Laws 2003, c. 340, § 3, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 178, § 7.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-1519. Criminal Justice Computer Assistance Act - Offender Data Information System.

A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Criminal Justice Computer Assistance Act”.
B. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is directed to implement and administer a data information system called the “Offender Data Information System”, subject to funding. The purpose of the System shall be to:
1. Provide software and support to interested criminal justice agencies to assist in record keeping and data reporting functions;
2. Provide a uniform method for sharing data and information from existing databases operated by participating agencies; and
3. Transmit data and other information from participating criminal justice agencies to other local, state and federal agencies upon request or as necessary.
C. The Bureau is directed to develop procedures for the administration, participation, operation and use of the Offender Data Information System.
D. Any criminal justice agency of this state may voluntarily participate in the Offender Data Information System. The Bureau may charge a reasonable user fee for those criminal justice agencies that participate in the Offender Data Information System. All monies received from such fees shall be deposited in the OSBI Revolving Fund.
E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to compel participation of any state or local criminal justice agency in the Offender Data Information System.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 547, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 178, § 8.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-1603. Collection of data relating to victim protective orders.

A. If funds are available, the Office of the Attorney General annually shall collect data on the number of victim protective orders issued in each county and the number of violations of victim protective orders in each county.
B. The Office of the Attorney General shall provide this information to the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board and the Administrative Office of the Courts.
Added by Laws 2003, c. 407, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2003. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 178, § 11.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-2001. Short title - Scope.

Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Criminal Discovery Code". The Oklahoma Criminal Discovery Code shall govern the procedure for discovery in all criminal cases in all courts in this state.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 292, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 22. Criminal Procedure › §22-410. Immaterial informalities to be disregarded.

No indictment or information is insufficient, nor can the trial, judgment, or other proceedings thereon be affected, by reason of a defect or imperfection in the matter of form which does not tend to the prejudice of the substantial rights of the defendant upon the merits.
R.L.1910, § 5747.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-2. Damages as relief from forfeiture.

Whenever, by the terms of an obligation, a party thereto incurs a forfeiture, or a loss in the nature of a forfeiture, by reason of his failure to comply with its provisions, he may be relieved therefrom, upon making full compensation to the other party, except in case of a grossly negligent, willful or fraudulent breach of duty.
R.L. 1910, § 2844.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-6. Interest upon damages.

Any person who is entitled to recover damages certain, or capable of being made certain by calculation, and the right to recover which is vested in him upon a particular day, is entitled also to recover interest thereon from that day, except during such time as the debtor is prevented by law, or by the act of the creditor from paying the debt.
R.L. 1910, § 2848.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-10. Recovery of damages by political subdivisions from parents of children under age of eighteen.

A. The state or any county, city, town, municipal corporation or school district, or any person, corporation or organization, shall be entitled to recover damages in a court of competent jurisdiction from a parent or parents of any child under the age of eighteen (18) years when the child is living with the parent or parents at the time of the act, and commits any criminal or delinquent act resulting in bodily injury to any person or damage to or larceny of any property, real, personal or mixed, belonging to the state or a county, city, town, municipal corporation, school district, person, corporation or organization. The amount of damages awarded pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).
B. Any victim, or the victim’s representative in the event of the victim’s death, shall be entitled to recover damages in a court of competent jurisdiction from any person convicted of a violation of subsection B of Section 1273 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or as otherwise allowed by law.
Added by Laws 1957, p. 19, § 1. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 62, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1971; Laws 1977, c. 212, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Laws 1979, c. 238, § 1; Laws 1982, c. 19, § 1, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 2000, c. 382, § 11, eff. July 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-12. Defense of contributory negligence or assumption of risk as question of fact.

The defense of contributory negligence or of assumption of risk shall, in all cases whatsoever, be a question of fact, and shall at all times be left to the jury, unless a jury is waived by the parties.
Added by Laws 1973, c. 30, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-13. Comparative negligence.

In all actions hereafter brought, whether arising before or after the effective date of this act, for negligence resulting in personal injuries or wrongful death, or injury to property, contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, unless any negligence of the person so injured, damaged or killed, is of greater degree than any negligence of the person, firm or corporation causing such damage, or unless any negligence of the person so injured, damaged or killed, is of greater degree than the combined negligence of any persons, firms or corporations causing such damage.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 38, § 1, operative July 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-15. Joint tortfeasor liability - Several only.

A. In any civil action based on fault and not arising out of contract, the liability for damages caused by two or more persons shall be several only and a joint tortfeasor shall be liable only for the amount of damages allocated to that tortfeasor.
B. This section shall not apply to actions brought by or on behalf of the state.
C. The provisions of this section shall apply to all civil actions based on fault and not arising out of contract that accrue on or after November 1, 2011.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 368, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 228, § 23, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2011, c. 15, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-21. General rule as to damages.

For the breach of an obligation arising from contract, the measure of damages, except where otherwise expressly provided by this chapter, is the amount which will compensate the party aggrieved for all the detriment proximately caused thereby, or which, in the ordinary course of things, would be likely to result therefrom. No damages can be recovered for a breach of contract, which are not clearly ascertainable in both their nature and origin.
R.L. 1910, § 2852.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-25. Breach of covenants in grants.

The detriment caused by the breach of a covenant of seizing, of right to convey, of warranty, or of quiet enjoyment, in a grant of an estate in real property, is deemed to be:
1. The price paid to the grantor, or, if the breach is partial only, such proportion of the price as the value of the property affected by the breach bore, at the time of the grant, to the value of the whole property.
2. Interest thereon for the time during which the grantee derived no benefit from the property, not exceeding six (6) years; and,
3. Any expenses properly incurred by the covenantee in defending his possession.
R.L. 1910, § 2856.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-26. Breach of covenants against encumbrances.

The detriment caused by the breach of a covenant against encumbrances in a grant of an estate in real property, is deemed to be the amount which has been actually expended by the covenantee in extinguishment of either the principal or interest thereof; not exceeding in the former case a proportion of the price paid to the grantor, equivalent to the relative value, at the time of the grant, of the property affected by the breach, as compared with the whole; or, in the latter case, interest on a like amount.
R.L. 1910, § 2857.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-27. Breach of agreement to convey.

The detriment caused by the breach of an agreement to convey an estate in real property, is deemed to be the price paid and the expenses properly incurred in examining the title and preparing the necessary papers, with interest thereon; but adding thereto, in case of bad faith, the difference between the price agreed to be paid, and the value of the estate agreed to be conveyed, at the time of the breach, and the expenses properly incurred in preparing to enter upon the land.
R.L. 1910, § 2858.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-36. Breach of carrier's obligation to receive.

The detriment caused by the breach of a carrier's obligation to accept freight, messages, or passengers, is deemed to be the difference between the amount which he had a right to charge for the carriage, and the amount it would be necessary to pay for the same service when it ought to be performed.
R.L. 1910, § 2867.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-37. Breach of carrier's obligation to deliver.

The detriment caused by the breach of a carrier's obligation to deliver freight, where he has not converted it to his own use, is deemed to be the value thereof at the place and on the day at which it should have been delivered, deducting the freightage to which he would have been entitled if he had completed the delivery.
R.L. 1910, § 2868.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-38. Detriment caused by carrier's delay.

The detriment caused by a carrier's delay in the delivery of freight, is deemed to be the depreciation in the intrinsic value of the freight during the delay, and also the depreciation, if any, in the market value thereof, otherwise than by reason of a depreciation in its intrinsic value, at the place where it ought to have been delivered, and between the day at which it ought to have been delivered and the day of its actual delivery.
R.L. 1910, § 2869.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-39. Breach of warranty of agent's authority.

The detriment caused by the breach of a warranty of an agent's authority, is deemed to be the amount which could have been recovered and collected from his principal if the warranty had been complied with, and the reasonable expenses of legal proceedings taken, in good faith, to enforce the act of the agent against his principal.
R.L. 1910, § 2870.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-61.1. Jury to return general verdict.

In all jury trials the jury shall return a general verdict, and no law in force nor any law hereafter enacted shall require the court to direct the jury to make findings of particular questions of fact, but the court, in its discretion, may direct such special findings.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 315, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-62. Wrongful occupation.

The detriment caused by the wrongful occupation of real property, in cases not embraced in Sections 2874, 2880, 2881 and 2882, is deemed to be the value of the use of the property for the time of such occupation, not exceeding six (6) years next preceding the commencement of the action or proceeding to enforce the right to damages, and the costs, if any, of recovering the possession.
R.L. 1910, § 2873.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-63. Detainer by trustee.

For willfully holding over real property by a person who entered upon the same as guardian or trustee for an infant, or by right of an estate terminable with any life or lives, after the termination of the trust or particular estate, without the consent of the party immediately entitled after such termination, the measure of damages is the value of the profits received during such holding over.
R.L. 1910, § 2874.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-64. Conversion of personalty.

The detriment caused by the wrongful conversion of personal property is presumed to be:
1. The value of the property at the time of the conversion with the interest from that time; or,
2. Where the action has been prosecuted with reasonable diligence, the highest market value of the property at any time between the conversion and the verdict, without interest, at the option of the injured party; and,
3. A fair compensation for the time and money properly expended in pursuit of the property.
R.L. 1910, § 2875.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-66. Damages to one having lien on personal property.

One having a mere lien on personal property, cannot recover greater damages for its conversion, from one having a right thereto superior to his, after his lien is discharged, than the amount secured by the lien, and the compensation allowed by the second preceding section for loss of time and expenses.
R.L. 1910, § 2877.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-68.1. Damages for certain acts with regard to certain animal facilities.

A. Any person who has been damaged by reason of any violation of Section 3 of this act, may bring an action in the district court against the person causing the damage or persons conspiring to cause the damage to recover an amount equal to all actual damages.
B. Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect any other rights of a person who has been damaged by reason of a violation of this act.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 115, § 4, emerg. eff. April 25, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-70. Willful holding over real property.

For willfully holding over real property, by a tenant after the end of his term, and after notice to quit has been duly given, and demand of possession made, the measure of damages is double the yearly value of the property, for the time of withholding, in addition to compensation for the detriment occasioned thereby.
R.L. 1910, § 2881.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-72. Wrongful injuries to timber.

A. For wrongful injuries to timber upon the land of another, or removal thereof, the measure of damages is not less than three (3) times nor more than ten (10) times such a sum as would compensate for the actual detriment, unless:
1. The trespass was casual and involuntary;
2. Committed under the belief that the timber or land belonged to the trespasser; or
3. The timber was taken by the authority of highway officers for the purposes of a highway,
in which case the damages are a sum equal to the actual detriment.
B. The prevailing party shall be entitled to costs and attorneys fees.
C. For purposes of this section, the term "timber" shall be defined as the term is defined by Section 1301-102 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
R.L. 1910, § 2883. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 238, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-92. Value to buyer or owner.

In estimating damages, except as provided by the two following sections, the value of property to a buyer or owner thereof, deprived of its possession, is deemed to be the price at which he might have bought an equivalent thing, in the market nearest to the place where the property ought to have been put into his possession, and at such time after the breach of duty upon which his right to damages is founded as would suffice, with reasonable diligence, for him to make such a purchase.
R.L. 1910, § 2885.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-96. Limitation of amount of damages.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, no person can recover a greater amount in damages for the breach of an obligation, than he could have gained by the full performance thereof on both sides, except in cases where recovery may be for exemplary damages and penal damages, and in Sections 2871 and 2878.
R.L. 1910, § 2889.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-103. Actions asserted in bad faith - Reimbursement by nonprevailing party of costs and fees.

In any action for damages for personal injury except injury resulting in death, or in any action for damages to personal rights the court shall, subsequent to adjudication on the merits and upon motion of the prevailing party, determine whether a claim or defense asserted in the action by a nonprevailing party was asserted in bad faith, was not well grounded in fact, or was unwarranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law. Upon so finding, the court shall enter a judgment ordering such nonprevailing party to reimburse the prevailing party an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for reasonable costs, including attorneys fees, incurred with respect to such claim or defense.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 315, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-111. Definitions.

As used in this act:
1. "Affiliated person" means a person under common ownership or control of an intended recipient;
2. "Intended recipient" means a person who purchases, rents, leases, or otherwise obtains a product or service in the commercial market that is not for resale in the ordinary business and that is, or later becomes, the subject of a patent infringement allegation; and
3. "Person" means any natural person, partnership, corporation, company, trust, business entity or association, and any agent, employee, partner, officer, director, member, associate, or trustee thereof.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 305, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-113. Enforcement by Attorney General.

A. The Attorney General shall have the authority to enforce this act and conduct civil investigations and bring civil actions for violations of this act.
B. In an action brought by the Attorney General under this act, the court may award or impose any relief available under Section 4 of this act.
C. In addition to the relief provided for in Section 4 of this act, upon a motion by the Attorney General and a finding by the court that there is a reasonable likelihood that a person violated Section 2 of this act, the court may require the person to post a bond in an amount equal to a good-faith estimate of the costs to litigate a claim and amounts reasonably likely to be recovered if an action were to be brought pursuant to the provisions of this section. A hearing shall be held upon request of either party.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 305, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 23. Damages › §23-114. Relief to prevailing plaintiff.

A court may award the following relief to a plaintiff who prevails in an action brought pursuant to this act:
1. Damages;
2. Costs and fees, including reasonable attorney fees; and
3. Punitive damages in an amount equal to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or three (3) times the total damages, costs and fees, whichever is greater.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 305, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-4. Alternative right to several funds.

Where a creditor is entitled to resort to each of several funds for the satisfaction of his claim, and another person has an interest in or is entitled as a creditor to resort to some but not all of them, the latter may require the former to seek satisfaction from those funds to which the latter has no such claim, so far as it can be done without impairing the right of the former to complete satisfaction, and without doing injustice to third persons.
R.L. 1910, § 2895.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-11. Preferences permitted.

Any person in this state indebted to other persons shall have the right to prefer one or more of such creditors in good faith to secure a valid debt, which preference may be manifested by payment, by mortgages, either real or chattel, or by the transfer of personal property or real estate, and if received by the creditor in good faith, such conveyance or mortgage shall be valid in the hands of the mortgagee and constitute a preference to the extent thereof, subject to the laws relating to the filing and recording of mortgages.
R.L. 1910, § 2901.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-12. Fraudulent debts - When due.

In all cases where a debtor has fraudulently contracted a debt, or fraudulently incurred a liability or obligation, for which suit is about to be or has been brought, such debt, liability or obligation shall be deemed due at the time such liability was incurred.
R.L. 1910, § 2902.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-13. Insurance on life of debtor - Conditions.

A. Whenever a credit life insurance policy or other insurance policy is obtained on the life of a debtor under or pursuant to the terms of a contract for the sale of a motor vehicle, merchandise or other property, the person, firm, company or corporation obtaining or receiving the policy shall furnish a copy of the policy, or a certificate or statement of insurance in the case of a group policy, to the insured not later than thirty (30) days after receipt thereof. Such policy shall be on a form approved by the State Insurance Commissioner, and the principal amount payable thereunder shall not be in excess of the total amount the debtor agrees to pay when he enters into such contract, provided, however, that where the indebtedness is repayable in installments, the amount of the insurance shall not exceed the approximate unpaid balance of the loan. If all amounts payable under such contract are paid before the same become due, such policy shall be cancelled at the request of the insured who shall be paid any refund for unearned premium on the policy within fifteen (15) days after such cancellation.
B. Whenever a credit life insurance policy or other insurance policy obtained pursuant to this section is denied or cancelled prior to the satisfaction of the debt by the insurer, notice shall be given by the insurer to the debtor by certified mail with return receipt requested within sixty (60) days of the denial or cancellation.
Laws 1957, p. 215, § 1; Laws 1992, c. 18, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-14. Insurance on life of debtor - Penalties.

Any person, firm, company or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws 1957, p. 215, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-16. Debt pooling - Definition.

Debt pooling is defined as making a contract with a particular debtor whereby the debtor agrees to pay a sum or sums of money periodically to the person engaged in the debt pooling who shall distribute the same among certain specified creditors in accordance with a plan agreed upon and the debtor further agrees to pay such person any valuable consideration for such services or for any other services rendered in connection therewith.
Laws 1957, p. 161, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-17. Debt pooling - Penalties.

Any person, firm, company or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws 1957, p. 161, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-18. Debt pooling - Application of act.

The provisions of this act shall not apply to any retail merchants' trade association, nonprofit association formed for the purpose of collecting accounts and exchanging credit information, bankruptcy actions filed pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or acts of duly licensed attorneys distributing funds on behalf of clients.
Laws 1957, p. 161, § 4; Laws 1975, c. 76, § 1, emerg. eff. April 22, 1975.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-31. Allowable, when - Preference, effect of.

An insolvent debtor may, in good faith, execute an assignment of property to one or more assignees, in trust towards the satisfaction of his creditors, in conformity to the provisions of this chapter; subject, however, to the provisions of the law relative to trusts and to fraudulent transfers, and to the restrictions imposed by law upon assignments by special partnerships, by corporations or by other specified classes of persons: Provided, that such assignment shall not be valid if it be upon or contain any trust or condition by which any creditor is to receive a preference or priority over any other creditor; but in such case the property of the insolvent shall become a trust fund to be administered in equity, in the district court, and shall inure to the benefit of all the creditors in proportion to their respective claims or demands.
R.L. 1910, § 214.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-34. Assignments void in certain cases.

An assignment for the benefit of creditors is void against any creditor of the assignor not assenting thereto, in the following cases:
1. If it tend to coerce any creditor to release or compromise his demand.
2. If it provide for the payment of any claim known to the assignor to be false or fraudulent; or for the payment of more upon any claim than is known to be justly due from the assignor.
3. If it reserve any interest in the assigned property, or in any part thereof, to the assignor, or for his benefit, before all his existing debts are paid, other than property exempt by law from execution.
4. If it confer upon the assignee any power which, if exercised, might prevent or delay the immediate conversion of the assigned property to the purposes of the trust.
5. If it exempt him from liability for neglect of duty or misconduct.
R.L. 1910, § 217.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-35. Assignment to be in writing and signed - Acknowledgment, proof and certification.

An assignment for the benefit of creditors must be in writing, subscribed by the assignor, or by his agent, thereto authorized in writing. It must be acknowledged, or proved and certified, in the mode prescribed by Sections 223 and 224.
R.L. 1910, § 218.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-38. Inventory, necessity and requisites of.

Within twenty (20) days after an assignment is made for the benefit of creditors, the assignor must make and file in the manner prescribed by Section 223 a full and true inventory, showing:
1. All the creditors of the assignor;
2. The place of residence of each creditor, if known to the assignor, or, if not known, that fact must be stated;
3. The sum owing to each creditor, and the nature of each debt or liability, whether arising on written security, account or otherwise;
4. The true consideration of the liability in each case, and the place where it arose;
5. Every existing judgment, mortgage, or other security for the payment of any debt or liability of the assignor;
6. All property of the assignor at the date of the assignment, which is exempt by law from execution; and
7. All the assignor's property at the date of the assignment both real and personal, of every kind not so exempt, and the encumbrances existing thereon, and all vouchers and securities relating thereto, and the value of such property according to the best knowledge of the assignor.
R.L. 1910, § 221.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-39. Inventory verified.

An affidavit must be made by every person executing an assignment for the benefit of creditors, to be annexed to and filed with the inventory mentioned in the last section, to effect that the same is in all respects just and true, according to the best of the assignor's knowledge and belief.
R.L. 1910, § 222.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-40. Record of assignment and inventory - Place of filing - Nonresidents.

An assignment for the benefit of creditors must be recorded, and the inventory required by Section 221 filed with the register of deeds of the county in which the assignor resided at the date of the assignment; or, if he did not then reside in this state, with the like officer of the county in which his principal place of business was then situated; or, if he had not then a residence or place of business in this state, with the like officer of the county in which the principal part of the assigned property was then situated.
R.L. 1910, § 223.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-41. More than one assignor - Recording assignment - Filing inventory - Nonresidents.

If an assignment for the benefit of creditors is executed by more than one assignor, it must be recorded, and a copy of the inventory required by Section 221 must be filed with the register of deeds of every county in which any of the assignors resided at its date, or in which any of them, not then residing in this state, had then a place of business.
R.L. 1910, § 224.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-42. Time of recording - Effect of failure to record within time specified.

An assignment for the benefit of creditors is void against creditors of the assignor, and against purchasers and encumbrancers in good faith and for value, if the assignment is not recorded, and the inventory required by Section 221 filed, pursuant to Section 223, within twenty (20) days after date of assignment.
R.L. 1910, § 225.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-44. Bond of assignee.

Within thirty (30) days after the date of an assignment for the benefit of creditors the assignee must enter into a bond to the state, with sufficient sureties, the amount of said bond to be named and approved by the judge of the district court of the county in which the original inventory is filed, and conditioned for the faithful discharge of the trust, and due accounting for all monies received by the assignee, which bond must be filed in the same office with the original inventory.
R.L. 1910, § 227; Laws 1915, c. 206, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-45. Authority of assignee begins, when.

Until the inventory and affidavit required by Sections 221 and 222 have been made, and the assignment has been duly recorded and the inventory filed, and the assignee has given a bond as required by the last section, an assignee for the benefit of creditors has no authority to dispose of the estate or convert it to the purposes of the trust.
R.L. 1910, § 228.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-47. Exempt property and life insurance do not pass - Exception.

Property exempt from execution and insurances upon the life of the assignor do not pass to the assignee by a general assignment for the benefit of the creditors, unless the instrument specially mentions them, and declares an intention that they should pass thereby.
R.L. 1910, § 230.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-48. Compensation of assignee.

In the absence of any provision in the assignment to the contrary, an assignee for the benefit of creditors is entitled to the same commissions as are allowed by law to executors and guardians; but the assignment cannot grant more and may restrict the commissions to a less amount, or deny them altogether.
R.L. 1910, § 231.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 24. Debtor and Creditor › §24-50. Cancellation or modification of assignment - Assent of creditor affected.

An assignment for the benefit of creditors, which has been executed and recorded so as to transfer the property to the assignee, cannot afterward be canceled or modified by the parties thereto, without the consent of every creditor affected thereby.
R.L. 1910, § 233.