reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-499.7. Disposition of forfeited funds - Record of accounts.

Funds which have been forfeited by adopting parties shall be placed in a separate account, which shall be an interest bearing account whenever feasible and releasing agencies shall allocate funds from said account to programs which directly promote, subsidize or otherwise reduce the cost of spaying or neutering animals of the releasing agency. The releasing agency shall maintain accurate records of accounts which fund spay/neuter programs.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 204, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-499.8. Adoption standards.

Subject to the provisions and purposes of the Dog and Cat Sterilization Act and laws of the State of Oklahoma, releasing agencies may establish adoption standards for pets in their care; provided, however, that in the case of public facilities said standards must be reasonably related to the prevention of cruelty to animals, the responsible management of dogs and cats in the interest of preserving public health and welfare, and shall be applied in a fair and equal manner to all potential adopters.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 204, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-499.9. Construction of act.

The provisions of the Dog and Cat Sterilization Act shall not be construed to require the sterilization of dogs and cats which are being held in releasing agencies which might be claimed by their rightful owners; nor shall it be construed to require the sterilization of dogs and cats held pursuant to the provisions of Section 391-402 of Title 4 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Further, the Dog and Cat Sterilization Act shall not be construed to interfere with municipal ordinances that meet or exceed the dog and cat sterilization requirements set forth in the Dog and Cat Sterilization Act.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 204, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-499.10. Failure to comply with act.

Failure to comply with the provisions of the Dog and Cat Sterilization Act shall constitute either a public or private nuisance. Any person may maintain a civil action to enjoin the continuance of said private nuisance. The public nuisance may also be abated by any public body or officer authorized by law to do so.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 204, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-501. Disposal of animals kept for pleasure - Method.

A. Any dog, cat or any other animal which is kept for pleasure rather than utility in or about a household, held by or in the custody of a private or public animal shelter or agency and not reclaimed by the owner, may be disposed of only by:
1. Adoption as a pet in a suitable home;
2. Delivery to a licensed educational or research institution in accordance with the provisions of Sections 391 through 402 of this title; or
3. Euthanasia by only one of the following methods:
a.
administration of denatured sodium pentobarbital,
b.
the use of a carbon monoxide chamber, using commercially compressed cylinder gas; provided that kittens and puppies under sixteen (16) weeks of age shall not be euthanized with carbon monoxide but with injections of denatured sodium pentobarbital, or
c.
any other method approved by the Animal Industries Services Division of the State Department of Agriculture which shall include current acceptable euthanasia recommendations from the American Veterinary Medical Association, with the exception of curariform derivative drugs. The following requirements must be met to ensure the euthanasia agent is humane:
(1)
the method should be as painless as possible to the animal as determined by the best available medical and scientific knowledge and technology,
(2)
the animal should be kept as free from anxiety and fear as possible,
(3)
the technique should be:
(a)
simple enough to be used by relatively unskilled personnel,
(b)
legally available to all animal shelters and humane societies,
(c)
as mechanically simple and maintenance free as possible within reasonable cost, and
(d)
physically safe for personnel using it.
B. Death should be confirmed by cessation of vital signs. Professional judgment should be used in consideration of the animal species and method of euthanasia to determine the means of confirming death.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 167, § 1. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 199, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-502. Denatured sodium pentobarbital - Method of administration – Possession and purchase by certified animal euthanasia technician.

A. Denatured sodium pentobarbital shall be administered by any one of the following methods:
1. Intravenous or intracardial injection of a lethal dose in dogs and cats. Intracardiac injection is acceptable only when performed on heavily sedated, anesthetized, or comatose animals;
2. Oral ingestion by wild or intractable dogs of powdered denatured sodium pentobarbital in capsules mixed with food, with the dog remaining in its individual cage until dead; or
3. Intraperitoneal or intracardial injection in cats, kittens and puppies when location of and injection into the vein is difficult or impossible. Intracardiac injection is acceptable only when performed on heavily sedated, anesthetized, or comatose animals.
B. Denatured sodium pentobarbital shall be administered under the following conditions:
1. A sharp and undamaged hypodermic needle shall be used for each animal and be of a size suitable for the size and species of animal, and method of injection; and
2. Administration shall be by a licensed veterinarian or by a person trained for this purpose and approved and supervised by a licensed veterinarian, or a person certified as an animal euthanasia technician by the Oklahoma State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners or an animal control officer registered by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control as provided in subsection D of this section.
C. 1. Any certified animal euthanasia technician that is registered by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, Drug Enforcement Agency, and who holds a valid certificate issued by the Oklahoma Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners or any animal control officer that is registered by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control is authorized to purchase and possess denatured sodium pentobarbital or other drugs approved by the registering entity for euthanasia of animals provided they are working in conjunction with a law enforcement agency, animal control agency, or animal shelter that is recognized and approved by the Board or the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control; and
2. Denatured sodium pentobarbital and other drugs approved by the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners or the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control shall be the only drugs used for the euthanasia of animals in an animal shelter.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 167, § 2. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 199, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 338, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-503. Carbon monoxide - Administration.

Personnel shall be thoroughly instructed and be adequately trained in the operation and use of the carbon monoxide chamber. Carbon monoxide shall be administered in the following manner:
Adult animals, over sixteen (16) weeks of age, to be euthanized, shall be left in the chamber for a minimum of twenty (20) minutes after the carbon monoxide is administered. No animal so euthanized shall be removed until five (5) minutes after cessation of respiratory movements. The animal's body shall not be disposed of until death has been confirmed.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 167, § 3. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 199, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-504. Carbon monoxide chambers - Equipment required.

Carbon monoxide chambers shall be equipped with:
1. Internal lighting and a viewport providing direct visual observation of any animal within the chamber;
2. Compressed cylinder gas of commercial grade adequate to achieve a uniform carbon monoxide gas concentration throughout the chamber that induces unconsciousness within three (3) minutes after any animal is placed in the chamber;
3. A suitable gauge or gas concentration indicator or recording device making possible easy and instantaneous visual determination of the carbon monoxide concentration in the chamber;
4. A means of keeping the animals in the chamber in separate compartments;
5. An exhaust fan connected by a gas-tight duct to the outdoors, capable of completely evacuating the gas from the chamber before it is opened after each use, for protection of personnel. There shall also be a gas analyzer located in the room that is capable of warning personnel of hazardous concentrations while the chamber is being used. Small carbon monoxide chambers without exhaust fan or warning bell may be placed outdoors, provided they are placed under a shelter with a roof for protection of equipment and personnel, but open at the sides for ventilation.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 167, § 4. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 199, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-506. Municipality not having proper facilities and personnel - Manner of disposal.

Any municipality that does not have proper facilities and trained personnel shall transport in a humane manner any animals which are to be euthanized to the nearest municipality which has proper facilities and trained personnel or contract for euthanasia of such animals by a licensed veterinarian.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 167, § 6.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-507. Violation of act as nuisance - Injunction - Abatement.

Failure by any private or public animal shelter to comply with the provisions of this act for euthanizing animals shall constitute a nuisance. Any person may maintain a civil action to enjoin the continuance of the nuisance. If the acts sought to be enjoined are determined by the courts to violate the provisions of this act, a permanent injunction against such acts shall be granted. The nuisance may also be abated by any public body or officer authorized to do so by law.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 167, § 7.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-508. Exemptions.

The provisions of Sections 1 through 7 of this act shall not apply to any municipality with a population of ten thousand (10,000) or less persons according to the latest Federal Decennial Census. However, unclaimed animals must be destroyed by an acceptable, humane method.
Added by Laws 1981, c. 167, § 8.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-511. Definitions.

As used in this act:
1. “Abandon” includes leaving an animal without making reasonable arrangements for assumption of custody by another person; and
2. “Neglect” means unreasonable deprivation of necessary food, care, or shelter.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 116, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-512. Seizure of abandoned or neglected animals - Divestment of ownership.

A. If a law enforcement officer has reason to believe that an animal has been abandoned or neglected in violation of Sections 1685 or 1692 through 1700 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the officer may apply in a court of competent jurisdiction for a warrant to seize the animal. Upon a showing of probable cause, the court shall issue a warrant and set a hearing within ten (10) calendar days of the date of issuance to determine if a violation of such statutes has occurred. Upon execution of the warrant, the animal shall be impounded and the owner of the animal shall receive written notice of the time and place of a hearing to determine whether the owner’s right to ownership of the animal shall be terminated.
B. If the court finds that the owner of the animal has not abandoned or neglected the animal, the court shall order the animal returned to the owner.
C. If the court finds that the owner of the animal has abandoned or neglected the animal, the owner shall be divested of ownership of the animal, and the court shall order:
1. The ownership of the animal be transferred to a nonprofit animal shelter, pound or society for the protection of animals so that the animal may be sold or adopted; or
2. The animal be humanely destroyed if the court determines that the best interests of the animal or that the public health and safety would be served by doing so.
D. If the court finds that the owner of the animal has abandoned or neglected the animal, the court shall order the owner to pay all court costs, any reasonable costs incurred for housing and caring for the animal during impoundment, and any reasonable costs incurred for humanely destroying the animal if ordered by the court.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 116, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-602. Pet overpopulation – Gifts, grants and donations - Programs.

A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, through the State Veterinarian, may:
1. Adopt an education program concerning pet overpopulation with emphasis on the importance of spaying and neutering to control pet overpopulation;
2. Accept gifts, grants, and donations, including personal services. Any gift, grant, or donation other than personal services shall be deposited into the Oklahoma Pet Overpopulation Fund created in Section 17 of this act;
3. Develop, adopt, and implement a cooperative process for working with animal shelters, veterinarians, and local communities concerning pet overpopulation in this state; and
4. Enter into contracts with entities for the evaluation and selection of program applicants.
B. When expending funds to implement this section, the State Veterinarian shall:
1. Establish a method for publishing, accepting, and evaluating grant applications for spay and neuter programs; and
2. Give priority to the areas that have demonstrated the greatest need.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 504, § 20, eff. July 1, 2004.
NOTE: An identical section added by Laws 2004, c. 366, § 3 repealed by Laws 2004, c. 1, § 1, emerg. eff. March 15, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-702. Definitions.

As used in the Care and Disposition of Disaster Animals Act:
1. "Animal shelter" means a physical facility or entity, including those utilizing private homes, operating for the purpose of providing temporary or long-term animal shelter to lost, unwanted or abandoned animals, that is recognized and approved by the state or local authority;
2. "Approved website" means a website approved by the State Veterinarian;
3. "Class #1 Event" means a state-declared emergency for a county or portion of a county requiring companion animals' owners to leave their residences for more than twenty-four (24) hours;
4. "Class #2 Event" means a federally declared disaster requiring companion animals' owners to leave their residences for more than twenty-four (24) hours;
5. "Companion animals" means domesticated animals, such as a dog, cat, bird, rabbit, rodent or turtle, that are traditionally kept in the home for pleasure rather than for commercial purposes, can travel in commercial carriers and be housed in temporary facilities. Companion animals do not include reptiles other than turtles, amphibians, fish, insects, arachnids, farm animals including, but not limited to, horses, animals kept for racing purposes or animals held by a registered research facility under the federal Animal Welfare Act. Feral animals, animals covered by the federal Animal Welfare Act or by regulations issued under that act and any other animals held for use in or used in research are excluded from the Care and Disposition of Disaster Animals Act;
6. "Disaster animals" means domesticated companion animals that have become separated from an owner as the result of a Class #1 Event or Class #2 Event. Disaster animals include those found on private property or running at large, as well as owner-surrendered or relinquished companion animals. Feral animals are excluded from the Care and Disposition of Disaster Animals Act;
7. "Extension by contract" means extensions of the mandated holding period based upon an agreement between the owner and animal shelter for an additional time period;
8. "Feral animals" means animals that do not have an owner;
9. "Holding period" means the length of time that disaster animals are cared for by an animal shelter and not disposed of;
10. "Owner" means the person having title to companion animals;
11. "Reclaim" means the taking back of possession of disaster animals by the owner or an agent of the owner;
12. "Shelter animals" means companion animals living at an animal shelter before a Class #1 Event or Class #2 Event; and
13. "Tracking information" means available information about the owner, physical description and health history of the disaster animal, photographs of the disaster animal, information about where the disaster animal was found and transported to, recommended course of treatment and communications with an owner, including a holding period extension by contract.
Added by Laws 2015, c. 304, § 2, emerg. eff. May 12, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-705. Removal from the state - Penalties.

A. No disaster animal may be removed from the state without the permission of the State Veterinarian or by satisfying such requirements as might be established by the State Veterinarian.
B. Except as provided in subsection A of this section, anyone who knowingly removes disaster animals from the state is subject to a civil fine of up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per offense. Each disaster animal, each action or each day a violation continues may constitute a separate and distinct offense.
Added by Laws 2015, c. 304, § 5, emerg. eff. May 12, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-706. Application and construction of act.

A. The Care and Disposition of Disaster Animals Act shall not limit an animal control authority or agent thereof from humanely euthanizing an animal in accordance with existing state law.
B. The Care and Disposition of Disaster Animals Act does not impose any affirmative duty on an animal shelter to admit disaster animals.
C. The Care and Disposition of Disaster Animals Act shall not restrict or interfere with the general powers of the State Veterinarian, including the power to quarantine or to restrict the movement of disaster animals or to exercise powers provided by law.
D. The Care and Disposition of Disaster Animals Act shall not be construed as preventing veterinary care for disaster animals either before or after they are brought to an animal shelter.
Added by Laws 2015, c. 304, § 6, emerg. eff. May 12, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-707. Enforcement.

Violations of the Care and Disposition of Disaster Animals Act may be enforced by the State Board of Agriculture pursuant to its enforcement authority and all remedies found in the Oklahoma Agricultural Code for the enforcement of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2015, c. 304, § 7, emerg. eff. May 12, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 4. Animals › §4-801. Public accommodations – Policy to prohibit animals – Service animal exception.

A. For purposes of this section:
1. The terms "place of public accommodation", "public accommodation" and "service animal" shall have the same meaning as such terms are defined in 28 C.F.R., Section 36.104. "Service animal" does not include an emotional support animal or a therapy animal;
2. "Emotional support animal" means an animal selected to reside with an individual with a disability that does not work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability and does not accompany at all times an individual with a disability; and
3. "Therapy animal" means a personal pet who is certified to make therapeutic visits with a trained volunteer to places including, but not limited to, nursing facilities, schools and hospitals to bring therapeutic benefit, comfort and cheer to others.
B. A public accommodation may adopt a policy to prohibit animals, except service animals, from entering the place of public accommodation.
C. A public accommodation which adopts such a policy shall post a sign in a conspicuous location outside the entrance of the place of public accommodation stating which animals or types of animals are prohibited. Such sign shall also state that service animals are permitted.
D. If a public accommodation inquires into the qualification of a service animal, the public accommodation shall comply with 28 C.F.R., Section 36.302(c)(6).
Added by Laws 2019, c. 361, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-1. Persons disqualified to practice law – Alien eligibility.

No person shall practice as an attorney and counselor at law in any court of this state who is not a citizen of the United States, or who holds a commission as judge of any court of record, or who is a sheriff or coroner; nor shall the clerk of the Supreme Court, or the clerk of the district court, or probate court, or the deputy of either, practice in the particular court of which he is clerk or deputy clerk; but nothing herein contained shall prevent any judge of any of the courts of this state from finishing any business by him undertaken in the district, circuit, or Supreme Court of the United States, prior to his election or appointment as judge; and an alien who has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States may practice as if he were a citizen.
R.L.1910, § 240. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 29, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-2. Oath.

Upon being permitted to practice as attorneys and counselors at law, they shall, in open court, take the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you will support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma; that you will do no falsehood or consent that any be done in court, and if you know of any you will give knowledge thereof to the judges of the court, or some one of them, that it may be reformed; you will not wittingly, willingly or knowingly promote, sue, or procure to be sued, any false or unlawful suit, or give aid or consent to the same; you will delay no man for lucre or malice, but will act in the office of attorney in this court according to your best learning and discretion, with all good fidelity as well to the court as to your client, so help you God.
R.L.1910, § 242.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-3. Duties of attorney and counselor.

It is the duty of an attorney and counselor:
First. To maintain, while in the presence of the courts of justice, or in the presence of judicial officers engaged in the discharge of judicial duties, the respect due to the said courts and judicial officers, and at all times to obey all lawful orders and writs of the court.
Second. To counsel and maintain no actions, proceedings or defenses, except those which appear to him legal and just, except the defense of a person charged with a public offense.
Third. To employ for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to him such means only as are consistent with truth, and never to seek to mislead the judges by any artifice or false statements of facts or law.
Fourth. To maintain inviolate the confidence, and, at any peril to himself, to preserve the secrets of his client.
Fifth. To abstain from all offensive personalities, and to advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness unless required by the justice of the cause with which he is charged.
Sixth. Not to encourage either the commencement or continuance of an action or proceeding from motive of passion or interest.
Seventh. Never to reject for any consideration personal to himself the cause of the defenseless or the oppressed.
R.L.1910, § 244.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-4. Receipt of money for client - Discharge of claim - Acknowledging satisfaction of judgment.

An attorney and counselor has power to receive money claimed by his client in an action or proceeding during the pendency thereof, or afterwards, unless he has been previously discharged by his client, and, upon payment thereof, and not otherwise, to discharge the claim or acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment.
R.L.1910, § 245.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-5. Proof of authority - Stay of proceedings.

The court, on motion of either party and on the showing of reasonable grounds therefor, may require the attorney for the adverse party or for any one of the several adverse parties to produce or prove by oath, or otherwise, the authority under which the attorney appears and, until the attorney does so, may stay proceedings by the attorney on behalf of the parties for whom the attorney assumes to appear.
R.L. 1910, § 246. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 483, § 1, emerg. eff. July 14, 1965; Laws 2006, c. 30, § 1, emerg. eff. April 11, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-6. Attorneys' lien - When attaching - Extent - Effect of settlement on lien - Notice of lien - Filing - Endorsement.

A. From the commencement of an action, or from the filing of an answer containing a counterclaim, the attorney who represents the party in whose behalf such pleading is filed shall, to the extent hereinafter specified, have a lien upon his client's cause of action or counterclaim, and same shall attach to any verdict, report, decision, finding or judgment in his or her client's favor; and the proceeds thereof, wherever found, shall be subject to such lien, and no settlement between the parties without the approval of the attorney shall affect or destroy such lien, provided such attorney serves notice upon the defendant or defendants, or proposed defendant or defendants, in which he or she shall set forth the nature of the lien he or she claims and the extent thereof; and the lien shall take effect from and after the service of such notice, but such notice shall not be necessary provided such attorney has filed such pleading in a court of record, and endorsed thereon his or her name, together with the words "Lien claimed."
B. In order to claim an attorney's lien on real property, the attorney shall file a Notice of Attorney's Lien in the office of the county clerk of the county where the real estate is situated and shall refile the Notice of Attorney's Lien every five (5) years before the expiration of the date previously filed. The Notice of Attorney's lien shall contain the style of the case, the court where pending, the case number, the attorney's name, address and phone number and a complete legal description of the property subject to the lien.
C. Any attorney claiming an attorney's lien prior to the effective date of this act shall have a period of one (1) year from such date to file a Notice of Attorney's Lien in accordance with subsection B of this section.
D. An action to enforce an attorney's lien against real property shall be commenced in the county where the real property is situated within ten (10) years of recordation of the Notice of Attorney's Lien with the county clerk. The ten-year period for an attorney's lien claimed prior to the effective date of this act shall run from the effective date regardless of when the Notice of Attorney's Lien is recorded.
R.L.1910, § 247; Laws 2014, c. 246, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-7. Contingent fee - Limitation on amount - Compromise or settlement - Effect on lien - Certain contracts void.

It shall be lawful for an attorney to contract for a percentage or portion of the proceeds of a client's cause of action or claim not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the net amount of such judgment as may be recovered, or such compromise as may be made, whether the same arises ex contractu or ex delicto, and no compromise or settlement entered into by a client without such attorney's consent shall affect or abrogate the lien provided for in this chapter. Provided that all such contracts in personal injury or wrongful death cases including, but not restricted to, cases in which jurisdiction is in the Industrial Commission, shall be void and unenforceable (1) if secured as a result of the intervention of any laymen, association, or corporation for compensation, or promise of compensation, or anticipation of gift, compensation or hope of reward, or (2) where any laymen, association or corporation has a direct or indirect interest in, or growing out of, any judgment arising out of such claim recovery or compensation from, or settlement of any such claim.
R.L.1910, § 248; Laws 1953, p. 15, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-8. Adverse party - Liability on settlement or compromise of claim involving lien - Lien as against judgment debtor - Enforcement of lien.

Should the party to any action or proposed action whose interest is adverse to the client contracting with an attorney settle or compromise a cause of action, claim or judgment wherein any lien perfected under Sections 6 and 7 of this title is involved and such settlement or compromise is made without the consent of the attorney holding such lien, such adverse party shall thereupon become liable to such attorney for the fee that was due or would have become due under a contract of employment but for the settlement. After judgment in any court of record, the attorney's lien provided for herein may also be effective against the judgment debtor upon endorsement of the words "subject to the attorney's lien in favor of [insert name]" on the judgment. An attorney may enforce any lien provided for by this act in any court of competent jurisdiction by action filed within one (1) year after the attorney becomes aware of such compromise or payment of such judgment, or judgment may be rendered on motion in the case in the court in which the suit was brought.
R.L.1910, § 249. Amended by Laws 1919, c. 22, p. 38, § 1; Laws 1997, c. 23, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-9. Adverse party - Amount of liability on settlement or compromise.

Should the amount of the attorney's fees be agreed upon in the contract of employment, then such attorney's lien and cause of action against such adverse party shall be for the amount or portion of the property so agreed upon. If the fee be not fixed by contract the lien and cause of action, as aforesaid, shall be for a reasonable amount for not only the services actually rendered by such attorney, but for a sum, which it might be reasonably supposed, would have been earned by him, had he been permitted to complete his contract, and been successful in the action, and such attorney in order to recover need not establish that his client, if the case has gone to trial, would have been successful in the action, but the fact of settlement shall be sufficient without other proof to establish that the party making the settlement was liable in the action. Should the contract be for a contingent fee and specify the amount for which action is to be filed, then the lien and cause of action, as aforesaid shall be for the amount contracted for if fixed at a definite sum of money or for the percentage of the amount or property sued for as mentioned in said contract where the fee is fixed on a percentage basis, not exceeding thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) of the amount sued on where the settlement is before a verdict or judgment and if made after verdict or judgment then the full contract price.
Laws 1919, c. 22, p. 39, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-10. Bond to dissolve lien.

Any person interested may release said lien by executing a bond in the sum double the amount claimed, or in such sum as may be fixed by a judge of the court in which the action or judgment is or has been pending, payable to the attorney, with security to be approved by the clerk of the court, conditioned to pay the amount finally due the attorney for his services, which amount may be ascertained by suit on the bond.
R.L.1910, § 250.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-11. Licensed attorneys and their spouses - Prohibition on becoming sureties - Effect of unauthorized bond.

Licensed attorneys of this state, their spouses or anyone to whom said attorneys have conveyed property for the purpose of signing bonds for said attorneys, are prohibited from signing any bonds as surety in any civil or criminal action, pending or about to be commenced in any of the courts of this state, or before any justice of the peace. No court clerk or judicial officer of this state shall accept any bonds signed by licensed attorneys, their spouses or anyone to whom said attorneys have conveyed property for the purpose of signing bonds for said attorneys. All such bonds, signed by an attorney or his or her spouse, shall be absolutely void, and no penalty can be recovered of the attorney or his or her spouse signing the same.
R.L.1910, § 256; Laws 1965, c. 440, § 1, emerg. eff. July 12, 1965.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-12. Qualifications and fitness for admission to practice law.

The Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma shall have exclusive power and authority to pass upon qualifications and fitness of all applicants for admission to practice law in the State of Oklahoma, and the qualifications of such applicants shall be those which are now or may be hereafter prescribed by the statutes of Oklahoma and the rules of the Supreme Court including, but not limited to, requiring a national criminal history record check as defined by Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes on applicants.
Added by Laws 1939, p. 68, § 1. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 204, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-13. Disciplinary power and revocation of permit.

The Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma shall have the exclusive power and authority to discipline attorneys and counselors at law or revoke the permit to practice law granted to attorneys and counselors at law and the rules of conduct of attorneys and counselors at law in this state shall be such as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by the statutes of Oklahoma and the rules of the Supreme Court.
Laws 1939, p. 68, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-14. Examination of applicants - Admission - Oath - Order - Examining commission.

When a person applies to the Supreme Court for admission to the bar, he shall be examined by the Court, or by a commission appointed by the Court, under such rules and regulations as the Court may provide, touching his fitness and qualifications; and if, on such examination the Court is satisfied that he is of good moral character, and has a competent knowledge of the law, and sufficient general learning, an oath of office shall be administered to him, and an order shall be made on the journal that the applicant be admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in all courts of record of this state; provided, that said Court may appoint, to serve for one or more years, a commission composed of not less than five (5) persons learned in the law to assist in such examination. The Court Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be ex officio secretary of any commission appointed by the Supreme Court to assist in the examination of applicants. The members of said commission and all other expenses of said examination shall be paid out of funds collected from applicants for admission to the bar, said fees to be fixed by the Supreme Court in a sum of not more than $________.
Laws 1939, p. 69, § 3.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-16. Examinations for applicants.

Within thirty (30) days after this act takes effect, the Supreme Court shall examine applicants for admission to the bar and all applicants who have heretofore been passed upon and allowed to take the examination of the Committee of State Bar Examiners shall be eligible for examination by the Supreme Court at its first examination, and thereafter the Supreme Court shall hold examinations for applicants at least twice each year and at such other times as the Supreme Court may prescribe.
Laws 1939, p. 69, § 5.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar › §5-18. Inactive status - Application - Reactivation.

A. Any person who has been admitted to practice as an attorney in this state, who is a member in good standing of the bar of this state, and who meets all requirements for licensure in this state may apply for status as an inactive member of the bar.
B. The application for such status shall contain:
1. The person's name, bar number, residence address, telephone number or numbers where he can be reached;
2. The reason or reasons he desires such status;
3. A statement that he understands that, while on such status, he may not do anything which constitutes the practice of law while in this state;
4. A statement that he has notified all of his clients in this state that he is no longer practicing in this state; and
5. An affidavit that the information given is true and correct.
C. Immediately upon receipt of the application, the Supreme Court or its designee shall acknowledge the application and enter the person's name on a roll of inactive attorneys.
D. While on inactive status, an attorney shall not be required to complete any continuing legal education requirements and shall be required to pay only twenty percent (20%) of the annual dues of an active member.
E. While on inactive status, an attorney shall not receive the Oklahoma Bar Journal or any other services from the Oklahoma Bar Association except upon such terms and conditions, including payment of charges and fees, as shall be established by the Association.
F. Once on inactive status, an attorney may reactivate his license to practice upon payment of the equivalent of one year's annual dues to the Association and upon successful completion of one year's mandatory continuing legal education requirement.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 264, § 108, operative July 1, 1990.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies › §6-101. Short title.

This act may be cited as the "Oklahoma Banking Code".
Added by Laws 1965, c. 161, § 101. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 111, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2000, c. 205, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 2000.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies › §6-104. Effect on existing banks and trust companies - Registration of bank or trust-related activities.

A. The certificates, permits and charters of state banks and trust companies heretofore organized under the laws of the state and existing before August 31, 1965, shall continue in full force and effect. All such state banks and trust companies, and, to the extent applicable, all national banks now or hereafter doing business in this state, shall from August 31, 1965, be subject to the provisions and requirements of this Code in every particular as if organized under this act.
B. Any bank, bank holding company, trust company or business association not holding a charter of authority to engage in banking or trust company business in this state shall register with the Commissioner, on a form provided by the Commissioner and pay a registration fee in an amount set by rule of the Board, all bank or trust-related activities conducted in this state by the bank, bank holding company, trust company, business association, or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof.
C. Bank or trust-related activities include receiving deposits, transaction accounts, making loans, issuing debentures or other evidence of debt, holding funds or other property in trust, acting in a fiduciary capacity, or conducting in any other manner banking, or bank or trust-related activities.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 161, § 104. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 360, § 1, emerg. eff. June 27, 1980; Laws 1984, c. 133, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1984; Laws 1997, c. 111, § 3, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2005, c. 48, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies › §6-201.1. Compensation of Commissioner.

A. The annual compensation, payable monthly, of the Commissioner, shall be fixed by the Banking Board. Unless otherwise disapproved by the Legislature, and notwithstanding any other prescription of salary limits including the ranges set forth in Section 3601.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Banking Board may fix the salary of the Commissioner in an amount not in excess of the maximum salary proposed for the Banking Department and set forth in the most recent Annual Compensation Report prepared by or for the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
B. The Commissioner and, with the Commissioner's authority, other members of the Department shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, as provided by the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 331, § 5, emerg. eff. July 29, 1985. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 208, § 13, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 236, § 52, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987; Laws 1990, c. 266, § 14, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 367, § 14, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 183, § 3, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 270, § 1, operative July 1, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 111, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1999, c. 27, § 2, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, c. 222, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 356, § 3, emerg. eff. June 3, 2003; Laws 2013, c. 62, § 2, emerg. eff. April 18, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies › §6-206. Power to subpoena witnesses - Declaratory order - Good faith as a defense.

A. Witnesses - Subpoena. The Commissioner and the Board shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, require the production of evidence, administer an oath and examine any person under oath in connection with any subject relating to duty imposed upon or a power vested in the Commissioner. These powers shall be enforced by the district court of the district in which the hearing is held.
B. Declaratory order. The Board may, on petition of any interested person and after hearing, issue a declaratory order with respect to the applicability of this Code or a rule issued hereunder to any person, property or state of facts. The orders shall bind the Board and all parties to the proceeding on the state of facts declared unless it is modified or reversed by a court. A declaratory order may be reviewed and enforced in the same manner as other orders of the Commissioner, but the refusal to issue a declaratory order shall not be reviewable.
C. Civil or criminal liability - Good faith as defense. No person shall be subjected to any civil or criminal liability for any act or omission to act in good faith in reliance upon an existing order, regulation or definition of the Board notwithstanding a subsequent decision by a court invalidating the order, regulation or definition.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 161, § 206.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies › §6-210. Removal of officer, director or employee of bank or trust company by Commissioner.

Any officer, director or employee of a bank or trust company found by the Commissioner to be dishonest, reckless, unfit to participate in the conduct of the affairs of the institution, or to have engaged or participated in any unsafe or unsound practice in connection with a bank or trust company, or to be practicing a continuing disregard or violation of laws, rules, regulations or orders which are likely to cause substantial loss to the institution or likely to seriously weaken the condition of the institution shall be removed immediately from office by the board of directors of the bank or trust company of which he is an officer, director or employee, on the written order of the Commissioner; provided, that said bank or trust company or officer, employee or director may within ten (10) days file a notice of protest for said removal with the Secretary of the Board and as soon as possible thereafter the Board will review the order of said Commissioner and make such findings as it deems proper, and that, pending said time, the said officer, employee or director shall not perform any of the duties of his office.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 161, § 210. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 223, § 4; Laws 1985, c. 168, § 3, emerg. eff. June 18, 1985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies › §6-211.1. Revolving fund - Creation.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma State Banking Department. The revolving fund shall consist of all fees and assessments paid to or collected by the Department, including all monies received by the Commissioner under Sections 104, 204, 303, 415, 501.1 and 501.2 of this title and Section 381.16 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes and those payments required to be deposited in the revolving fund pursuant to Sections 211, 1103, 1206, 2001.2, 2008, 2107 and 2113 of this title, Section 381.15 of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and Section 7106 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The revolving fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations. Expenditures from the fund shall be made pursuant to the laws of this state and the statutes relating to the Department, and without legislative appropriation. Warrants for expenditures from the fund shall be drawn by the State Treasurer, based on claims signed by an authorized employee or employees of the Department and approved for payment by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 111, § 13, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 77, § 5, emerg. eff. April 14, 2000; Laws 2000, c. 205, § 9, emerg. eff. May 17, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 356, § 5, emerg. eff. June 3, 2003; Laws 2005, c. 48, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 30.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies › §6-212. Commissioner's annual report.

A. Commissioner's Report - Contents. The Commissioner shall report to the Governor annually. The report shall be a public document and shall include such matters as the Commissioner deems advisable.
B. Copies furnished to Legislature and Oklahoma Publishing Clearing House. Copies of the annual reports not previously so submitted shall be submitted to the Legislature at the opening of each regular session and to the Oklahoma Publishing Clearing House. A copy of the annual report shall also be published on the Oklahoma State Banking Department’s website.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 161, § 212. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 267, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1970, c. 321, § 4; Laws 1971, c. 352, § 5; Laws 1975, c. 161, § 1; Laws 1982, c. 223, § 5; Laws 1997, c. 111, § 15, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2010, c. 62, § 3, emerg. eff. April 9, 2010.
NOTE: Laws 1975, c. 109, § 4 repealed by Laws 1982, c. 223, § 15.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies › §6-213. Interests of department officers or employees in banks or trust companies.

No officer or employee of the Department shall be an officer, director, attorney, owner or shareholder in any bank or trust company or, except as hereinafter provided, receive, directly or indirectly, any payment or gratuity from any such bank or trust company or be indebted to any bank or trust company or other institution over which the Department has supervisory control. Willful violation of this section is declared to be a criminal offense. This provision shall not prohibit employees of the Department from being members of credit unions or from being indebted to credit unions and finance companies, nor shall it prohibit their being depositors in a bank or lessees of safe deposit boxes therein on the same terms as are available to the public generally, or being indebted to a bank upon a mortgage loan upon the mortgagor's own home, or upon an installment debt transferred to a bank in the regular course of business by a seller of consumer goods, including automobiles purchased by the officer or employee. Further, this section shall not prohibit the five banker members of the Board from being executive officers in banks and from receiving bona fide compensation as such officers.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 161, § 213. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 1967; Laws 1986, c. 316, § 3, emerg. eff. June 24, 1986; Laws 1997, c. 111, § 16, eff. July 1, 1997.