Title 15, Title 15 — Contracts

The provisions of this act shall not apply to farm cooperatives, public schools, all recognized religious nonprofit organizations and all veterans organizations. Laws 1957, p. 87, § 7.

Consent is not mutual unless the parties all agree upon the same thing in the same sense. But in certain cases, defined by the article on interpretation, they are to be deemed so to agree without regard to the fact. R.L.1910, § 911.

Consent can be communicated with effect, only by some act or omission of the party contracting, by which he intends to communicate it, or which necessarily tends to such communication. R.L.1910, § 912.

Sections 1 through 5 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Sales Representatives Recognition Act". Added by Laws 1989, c. 268, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.

As used in the Sales Representatives Recognition Act: 1. "Commission" means compensation accruing to a person for payment by another person, the rate of which is expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of orders, sales or profits; 2. "Principal" means any person who does n…

For purposes of the Sales Representatives Recognition Act, the time at which a commission is due to a sales representative shall be determined in the following manner: 1. If the contract between the principal and the sales representative is in writing and its terms unambiguously …

Attorney's fees and court costs. A. If a contract between a principal and a sales representative for the solicitation of wholesale orders is terminated, the principal shall pay the sales representative all commissions due him at the time of the termination within fourteen (14) ca…

of Act - Availability of rights and remedies - Contracts affected. A. For purposes of the Sales Representatives Recognition Act, a person who enters into an agreement, as a principal, with a sales representative for the solicitation of orders in this state is transacting business…

If a proposal prescribes any conditions concerning the communication of its acceptance, the proposer is not bound unless they are conformed to; but in other cases any reasonable and usual mode may be adopted. R.L.1910, § 913.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Invention Development Services Act". Added by Laws 1991, c. 170, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

As used in the Invention Development Services Act: 1. "Contract for invention development services" includes a contract by which an invention developer undertakes to develop or promote an invention for a customer; 2. "Customer" means any natural person who is solicited by, inquir…

statement to customer and summary of terms. A. Every contract for invention development services shall be in writing and shall be subject to the provisions of the Invention Development Services Act. A copy of each fully executed, written contract shall be given to the customer at…

A. The customer shall have the unconditional right to cancel a contract for invention development services for any reason at any time before midnight of the third business day following the date the invention developer and the customer sign the contract and the customer receives …

A contract for invention development services shall be in the following form: 1. A contract for invention development services shall set forth the information required in this section in at least 10-point type; 2. The following disclosure statement shall be in boldface type and s…

period. In either the first written communication from the invention developer to a specific customer or at the first personal meeting between the invention developer and a customer, the invention developer shall make a written disclosure to the customer of the information requir…

A. Every invention developer rendering or offering to render invention development services in this state shall maintain a bond issued by a surety admitted to do business in this state, and equal to either ten percent (10%) of the invention developer's gross income from the inven…

In connection with a contract for invention development services, the invention developer shall not take from a customer a negotiable instrument other than a check as evidence of the obligation of the customer. A holder is not a holder in due course if he takes a negotiable instr…

Every invention developer shall maintain all records and correspondence relating to performance of each invention development contract for a period of not less than three (3) years after expiration of the term of the contract. Added by Laws 1991, c. 170, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

- Application of act. A. The provisions of the Invention Development Services Act are not exclusive and do not relieve the parties or the contract from compliance with all other applicable provisions of law. B. Any contract for invention development services that does not comply …

Consent is deemed to be fully communicated between the parties as soon as the party accepting a proposal has put his acceptance in the course of transmission to the proposer, in conformity to the last section. R.L.1910, § 914.

As used in Sections 1 through 4 of this act: 1. "Customer" means any individual or entity who causes or caused a molder to fabricate, cast, or otherwise make a die, mold, form, or pattern or who provides a molder with a die, mold, form, or pattern to manufacture, assemble, cast, …

pattern - Claim of possession - Transfer of title to molder - Notice to customer. A. In the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the customer shall have all rights and title to any die, mold, form, or pattern in the possession of the molder. B. If a customer does not claim p…

A. Molders shall have a lien, dependent on possession, on all dies, molds, forms, or patterns in their hands belonging to a customer, for the balance due them from such customer for any manufacturing or fabrication work, and in the value of all material related to such work. The …

A. Before a molder may sell the die, mold, form, or pattern, the molder shall notify the customer by registered mail, return receipt requested. The notice shall include the following information: 1. The molder's intention to sell the die, mold, form, or pattern thirty (30) days a…

Performance of the conditions of a proposal, or the acceptance of the consideration offered with a proposal, is an acceptance of the proposal. R.L.1910, § 915.

An acceptance must be absolute and unqualified, or must include in itself an acceptance of that character, which the proposer can separate from the rest, and which will include the person accepting. A qualified acceptance is a new proposal. R.L.1910, § 916.

A proposal may be revoked at any time before its acceptance is communicated to the proposer, but not afterwards. R.L.1910, § 917.

Injunctive relief. No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or agent or employee thereof, shall, in any manner, or by any means, offer for sale in this state, goods, wares, or merchandise, where the offer includes the voluntary and unsolicited sending of such goo…

termination of membership. If a person is a member of an organization which makes retail sales of any goods, wares, or merchandise to its members, and the person notifies the organization of his termination of membership by certified mail, return receipt requested, any unordered …

A proposal is revoked: 1. By the communication of notice of revocation by the proposer to the other party, before his acceptance has been communicated to the former. 2. By the lapse of the time prescribed in such proposal for its acceptance, or if no time is so prescribed the lap…

A contract which is voidable, solely for want of due consent may be ratified by a subsequent consent. R.L.1910, § 919.

A voluntary acceptance of the benefit of a transaction is equivalent to a consent to all the obligations arising from it so far as the facts are known, or ought to be known to the person accepting. R.L. 1910, Sec. 920.

This act may be cited as the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act. Laws 1972, c. 227, § 1, operative Sept. 1, 1972.

As used in the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act: 1. "Person" means a natural person, corporation, trust, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association, or any other legal entity; 2. "Consumer transaction" means the advertising, offering for sale or purchase, sale, purch…

account information - Operative dates of section. A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who accepts credit cards or debit cards for a consumer transaction shall not print more than the last five digits of the account number or the expiration date upon any rece…

A person engages in a practice which is declared to be unlawful and deemed a Class D1 felony offense under the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act when, in the course of the person's business, the person: 1. Represents, knowingly or with reason to know, that the subject of a consume…

Nothing in the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act shall apply to: 1. Publishers, broadcasters, printers or other persons insofar as an unlawful practice as defined in Section 753 of this title involves information that has been disseminated or reproduced on behalf of others without…

Conditions. A. The connection of an automatic dial announcing device to a telephone line is subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act. B. No person shall operate an automatic dial announcing device except in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma C…

- Voidability. A contract or agreement to purchase any consumer goods or services pursuant to an unsolicited telephone call or message, including a cellular telephone call or text message, made by an automatic dial announcing device conveying a prerecorded or synthesized voice me…

Nothing in this act shall prohibit a telephone company from providing a service that is utilized for relaying messages for private purposes, including but not limited to voice messaging services or message delivery services. Added by Laws 1991, c. 312, § 5, eff. July 1, 1991.

Consent judgment - Orders. A. The Attorney General or a district attorney may bring an action: 1. To obtain a declaratory judgment that an act or practice violates the Consumer Protection Act; 2. To enjoin, or to obtain a restraining order against a person who has violated, is vi…

A. When the Attorney General or a district attorney has reason to believe a person has engaged in, is engaging in or is about to engage in any practice declared to be unlawful by Section 753 of this title, and he believes it to be in the public interest that an investigation shou…

To accomplish the objectives and to carry out the duties prescribed by the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act, the Attorney General or district attorney, in addition to other powers conferred on them by the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act, or the laws of this state, may issue subp…

Service of any notice, demand or subpoena under this act shall be made in accordance with the statutes of this state. Laws 1972, c. 227, § 9, operative Sept. 1, 1972.

The district court of the county where the person served with any notice, demand or subpoena resides or has his principal place of business or the district court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, may enforce compliance with any notice, demand or subpoena under this act by order, the …

A. The commission of any act or practice declared to be a violation of the Consumer Protection Act shall render the violator liable to the aggrieved consumer for the payment of actual damages sustained by the customer and costs of litigation including reasonable attorney's fees, …

A. In addition to all other powers and duties as set forth in this act, the Attorney General may do any or all of the following and upon request receive the assistance of any department, division or branch of state government: 1. Coordinate consumer protection activities within s…

The remedies in this act are in addition to and not in derogation of remedies otherwise available under state or local law to the Attorney General. Laws 1972, c. 227, § 13, operative Sept. 1, 1972.

A. As used in this section: 1. "Hearing aid" means any wearable instrument or device designed or offered for the purpose of aiding or compensating for impaired human hearing and any parts, attachments, or accessories thereto, but excluding ear molds, batteries and cords. The term…

Sections 3 through 5 of this act shall constitute a part of the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act and shall be known and may be cited as the "Home Repair Fraud Act". Any violation of the Home Repair Fraud Act shall constitute an unlawful business practice and shall be subject to t…