Oklahoma § 12-718.5 - Personal jurisdiction

§ 12-718.5. Personal jurisdiction

A. A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition

for lack of personal jurisdiction if:

1. The defendant was served with process personally in the

foreign country;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure

2. The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other

than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened

with seizure in the proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of

the court over the defendant;

3. The defendant, before the commencement of the proceeding,

had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with

respect to the subject matter involved;

4. The defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the

proceeding was instituted or was a corporation or other form of

business organization that had its principal place of business in,

or was organized under the laws of, the foreign country;

5. The defendant had a business office in the foreign country

and the proceeding in the foreign court involved a cause of action

arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in

the foreign country; or

6. The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the

foreign country and the proceeding involved a cause of action

arising out of that operation.

B. The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in subsection A

of this section is not exclusive. The courts of this state may

recognize bases of personal jurisdiction other than those listed in

subsection A of this section as sufficient to support a foreigncountry judgment.

Added by Laws 2009, c. 283, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.