Oklahoma § 12-1148.14 - Forcible entry and detainer action not exceeding

§ 12-1148.14. Forcible entry and detainer action not exceeding

jurisdictional amount for small claims court - Small claims docket.

An action for forcible entry and detainer brought pursuant to

procedures prescribed otherwise in this title standing alone or when

joined with a claim for recovery of rent, damages to the premises,

or a claim arising under the Oklahoma Residential Landlord and

Tenant Act, where the total recovery sought, exclusive of attorney's

fees and other court costs, does not exceed the jurisdictional

amount for the small claims court, shall be placed on the small

claims docket of the district court. The district courts may

provide by court rule that any action for forcible entry and

detainer may be assigned to the small claims division for

determination of the right to possession, regardless of the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure

underlying amount in controversy, at the conclusion of which, the

matter shall be returned to the assigned judge for further

proceedings. The court clerk shall in connection with such actions

prepare the affidavit, by which the action is commenced, and the

summons, and generally assist unrepresented plaintiffs to the same

extent that he is now required so to do under the Small Claims

Procedure Act, Section 1751 et seq. of this title.

Added by Laws 1971, c. 339, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1971. Amended by Laws

1978, c. 257, § 35, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 1994, c. 343, § 7, eff.

Sept. 1, 1994.