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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 12. CIVIL PROCEDURE

  § 12-842. Debtor’s appearance and answer regarding property - Subpoena - Contempt citation or bench warrant upon failure to appear - Discovery - Attorney fee.  

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  • A.  At any time after a final judgment, order, or decree is filed, on application of the judgment creditor, a judge of the court in which the final judgment, order, or decree was rendered shall order the judgment debtor to appear before the judge, or a referee appointed by the judge, at a time and place specified in the order, to answer concerning the judgment debtor’s property.  The judge may, by order, enjoin the judgment debtor from alienating, concealing, or encumbering any of the judgment debtor’s nonexempt property pending the hearing and further order of the court.  Upon the judgment debtor’s disclosure of any nonexempt property, proceedings as provided by law may be had for the application of the property to the satisfaction of the judgment.  If the judgment debtor is personally served with an order to appear pursuant to this section, the judge issuing the order may authorize the issuance of either a contempt citation or a bench warrant for the judgment debtor’s failure to comply with the order.  If the judgment debtor is served by other than personal service, the judge may authorize the issuance of a contempt citation for the judgment debtor’s failure to comply with the order.

    B.  At any time after a final judgment, order, or decree is filed, an attorney for a judgment creditor may:

    1.  Subpoena the judgment debtor, pursuant to Section 2004.1 of this title, to appear at any place in the county in which the judgment, order, or decree was rendered, or the judgment debtor’s county of residence, to answer concerning the judgment debtor’s property, income, or liabilities, or to produce documents concerning the debtor’s property, income, or liabilities.  The judgment debtor shall not be entitled to an attendance fee or mileage;

    2.  Subpoena any person, pursuant to Section 2004.1 of this title, to appear at any place in the county where the person is located, or where service may otherwise be had on the person, to answer concerning the judgment debtor’s property, income, or liabilities, or to produce documents concerning the judgment debtor’s property, income, or liabilities; or

    3.  Serve interrogatories, requests for admissions, or request for production of documents, pursuant to Section 3224 et. seq. of this title, upon the judgment debtor, concerning the judgment debtor’s property, income, or liabilities.

    C.  Failure by any person, without good cause, to obey a subpoena issued and served pursuant to this section by personal service may be deemed a contempt of the court from which the subpoena issued.

    D.  In addition to sums otherwise due under a final judgment, order, or decree if an order, subpoena, citation for failure to obey an order to appear or discovery request is served upon the judgment debtor or any person under this section, the judgment creditor shall be entitled to costs of service and, if represented by an attorney, to an attorney fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each order or subpoena to appear, citation for failure to obey an order or subpoena to appear, and discovery request; provided, attorney fees awarded pursuant to this subsection relating to a judgment, order, or decree shall not exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) in any calendar year.

R.L.1910, § 5190.  Amended by Laws 1965, c. 300, § 2; Laws 1999, c. 293, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 177, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 450, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2011, c. 187, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.