Oklahoma § 12-1778 - Discovery control plan

§ 12-1778. Discovery control plan

A. Every case that follows the expedited actions process shall

be governed by the discovery control plan provided for in this

section. Discovery shall be subject to the limitations provided for

in Section 3226 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes and to the

following additional limitations:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure

1. In a suit not governed by Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

all discovery shall be conducted during the discovery period, which

begins when the first initial disclosures are due and continues for

one hundred eighty (180) days. In a suit governed by Title 43 of

the Oklahoma Statutes, all discovery shall be conducted during the

discovery period, which begins when the suit is filed and continues

until one hundred eighty (180) days after the first request for

discovery of any kind is served on a party;

2. Each party shall have no more than twenty (20) hours in

total to examine and cross-examine all witnesses in oral

depositions. The court may modify the deposition hours so that no

party is given unfair advantage;

3. Any party may serve on any other party no more than fifteen

written interrogatories, excluding interrogatories asking a party

only to identify or authenticate specific documents. Each discrete

subpart of an interrogatory is considered a separate interrogatory;

4. Any party may serve on any other party no more than fifteen

written requests for production. Each discrete subpart of a request

for production is considered a separate request for production; and

5. Any party may serve on any other party no more than fifteen

written requests for admissions. Each discrete subpart of a request

for admission is considered a separate request for admission.

B. If a suit is removed from the expedited actions process or,

in a divorce, the filing of a pleading renders this section no

longer applicable, the discovery period shall reopen and discovery

shall be completed within the limitations provided in Section 3226

of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Any person previously deposed

may be redeposed. On motion of any party, the court should continue

the trial date if necessary to permit completion of discovery.

Added by Laws 2025, c. 311, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2025.