Oklahoma § 10-557.17 - Compensation to gestational carrier

Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 10-557.17 — Compensation to gestational carrier, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 10-557.17. Compensation to gestational carrier

A. A gestational carrier may receive reimbursement for expenses

and economic losses resulting from participation in the gestational

carrier arrangement contemplated by a gestational agreement.

B. A gestational carrier may be paid a reasonable compensation

for carrying a child pursuant to a gestational agreement. The

compensation, if any, paid to a gestational carrier must be

negotiated in good faith between the parties; the amount of such

compensation must be set forth in the gestational agreement; and the

compensation may in no manner be conditioned upon the purported

quality or any genome-related traits of the sperm, eggs, gametes,

embryos or resulting child; provided, that nothing in this section

prohibits compensation that is conditioned on the number of embryos

implanted, the number of assisted reproduction procedures undertaken

for the gestational carrier to become pregnant, the number of

children with which the gestational carrier becomes pregnant or the

duration of the pregnancy.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 433, § 18, emerg. eff. May 23, 2019.

Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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What does Oklahoma Statutes § 10-557.17 cover?

Section 10-557.17 ("Compensation to gestational carrier") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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