Title 12 — Title 12 — Civil Procedure

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. Except as provided by law other than this act, during the collaborative law process, on the request of another party, a party shall make timely, full, candid, and informal disclosure of information related to the collaborative matter without formal disc…

reporting not affected. STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND MANDATORY REPORTING NOT AFFECTED. This act does not affect: 1. The professional responsibility obligations and standards applicable to a lawyer or other licensed professional; or 2. The obligation of a person to…

APPROPRIATENESS OF COLLABORATIVE LAW PROCESS. Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall: 1. Assess with the prospective party factors the lawyer reasonably believes relate to whether a collaborative law …

COERCIVE OR VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP. A. Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall make reasonable inquiry whether the prospective party has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another prosp…

CONFIDENTIALITY OF COLLABORATIVE LAW COMMUNICATION. A collaborative law communication is confidential to the extent agreed by the parties in a signed record or as provided by law of this state other than this act. Added by Laws 2025, c. 226, § 16, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

communication — Admissibility — Discovery. PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE FOR COLLABORATIVE LAW COMMUNICATION; ADMISSIBILITY; DISCOVERY. A. Subject to Sections 18 and 19 of this act, a collaborative law communication is privileged under subsection B of this section, is not subject …

WAIVER AND PRECLUSION OF PRIVILEGE. A. A privilege under Section 17 of this act may be waived in a record or orally during a proceeding if it is expressly waived by all parties and, in the case of the privilege of a nonparty participant, it is also expressly waived by the nonpart…

LIMITS OF PRIVILEGE. A. There is no privilege under Section 17 of this act for a collaborative law communication that is: 1. Available to the public under the Oklahoma Open Records Act or made during a session of a collaborative law process that is open, or is required by law to …

AUTHORITY OF TRIBUNAL IN CASE OF NONCOMPLIANCE. A. If an agreement fails to meet the requirements of Section 4 of this act, or a lawyer fails to comply with Section 14 or 15 of this act, a tribunal may nonetheless find that the parties intended to enter into a collaborative law p…

UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. Added by Laws 2025, c. 226, § 21, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

Commerce Act. RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT. This act modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C., Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section …

The provisions of this article shall, as far as they are applicable, apply to the clerk of all courts of record. R.L. 1910, § 5334.

information for Supreme Court, President Pro Tempore of Senate and Speaker of House. The clerks of each of the courts shall exercise the powers and perform the duties imposed upon them by the statutes of this state and by the common law. The clerks of each of the courts of record…

fees. A. The duties of the court clerk may include processing of passports as permitted and prescribed by federal law and regulation if the court clerk files a written election with the Administrative Office of the Courts to process passports. Upon the filing of the election to p…

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A. Every clerk of a district court shall keep a seal, to be furnished by the court, which shall contain the name of the county and the words "Oklahoma" and "District Court". The seal may be either metallic or nonmetallic. B. Every instrument, document, record, paper or other thin…

12 O.S. § 381 Repealed by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 1102, eff. Oct. 1, 1978

12 O.S. § 382 Repealed by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 1102, eff. Oct. 1, 1978

12 O.S. § 383 Repealed by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 1102, eff. Oct. 1, 1978

12 O.S. § 384 Repealed by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 1102, eff. Oct. 1, 1978

12 O.S. § 385 Repealed by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 1102, eff. Oct. 1, 1978

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12 O.S. § 386 Repealed by Laws 1984, c. 164, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 1984

12 O.S. § 387 Repealed by Laws 1984, c. 164, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 1984

12 O.S. § 388 Repealed by Laws 1982, c. 198, § 16

12 O.S. § 389 Repealed by Laws 1984, c. 164, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 1984

certain charges on court-controlled website. A. No court clerk shall publish on a court-controlled website any document in a case that contains a charge involving rape, sodomy, sex crimes, sexual images, lewd or indecent conduct, pornography, child abuse or neglect, domestic abus…

12 O.S. § 390 Repealed by Laws 1984, c. 164, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 1984

12 O.S. § 390.1 Repealed by Laws 1982, c. 198, § 16

12 O.S. § 391 Repealed by Laws 1984, c. 164, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 1984

as a witness punishable as contempt. Disobedience of a subpoena, or refusal to be sworn or to answer as a witness, when lawfully ordered, may be punished as a contempt of the court or officer by whom his attendance or testimony is required. R.L. 1910, § 5057. Amended by Laws 1980…

When a witness fails to attend in obedience to a subpoena (except in case of a demand and failure to pay his fees), the court or officer before whom his attendance is required may issue an attachment to the sheriff, coroner or constable of the county, commanding him to arrest and…

A. The punishment for the contempt provided in Section 393 of this title shall be as follows: When the witness fails to attend, in obedience to the subpoena, except in case of a demand and failure to pay his fees, the court or officer may fine the witness in a sum not exceeding F…

A witness so imprisoned by an officer before whom his deposition is being taken, may apply to a judge of a court of record, who shall have power to discharge him, if it appears that his imprisonment is illegal. R.L. 1910, § 5060.

Every attachment for the arrest, or order of commitment to prison of a witness by a court or officer, pursuant to this article, must be under the seal of the court or officer, if he have an official seal, and must specify, particularly, the cause of arrest or commitment; and if t…

Release for examination - Notice - Attorney fee award prohibited - Writ of habeas corpus. A. A person confined in any prison in this state may by order of any court of record, be required to be produced for oral examination as a witness by the court in the county where he is impr…

If a prisoner's testimony is taken by deposition, he shall remain in the custody of the official charged with the prisoner's custody. The official custodian shall afford reasonable facilities for the taking of the deposition. R.L. 1910, § 5063. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 174, § 2, …

A witness shall not be liable to be sued in a county in which he does not reside, by being served with a summons in such county, while going, returning or attending, in obedience to a subpoena. R.L. 1910, § 5064.

12 O.S. § 4 Repealed by Laws 1984, c. 164, § 32, eff. Nov. 1, 1984

At the commencement of each day after the first day, a witness may demand his fees for that day's attendance in obedience to a subpoena; and if the same be not paid, he shall not be required to remain, except witnesses subpoenaed by any state department, board, commission or legi…

12 O.S. § 401 Repealed by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 1102, eff. Oct. 1, 1978

No testimony given by a witness before the House of Representatives or the Senate, or before any committee established by a Resolution of the House, or Senate, or Concurrent Resolution of the two Houses of the Legislature, shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding agai…

In the case of proceedings before a committee that two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the full committee shall by affirmative vote have authorized such witness, to be granted immunity under this act with respect to the transactions, matters or things concerning which he is compel…

The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or a chairman of committee of the whole, or of any committee or either House of the Legislature, is empowered to administer oaths to witnesses in any case under their examination. Added by Laws 1957, p. 168…

Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either house of the Legislature, to give testimony or produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either house, or any committee of either house of the Legislature, willfully makes default, or who, hav…

No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or produce any paper, respecting which he shall be examined by either house of the Legislature, or by any committee of either house, upon the ground that his testimony to such fact or his production of such paper may tend…

Whenever a witness summoned as mentioned in Section 4 of this act fails to testify, and the facts are reported to either house, the President of the Senate or Speaker of the House, as the case may be, shall certify the fact under the seal of the Senate or House to the Attorney Ge…