Oklahoma § 12-942 - Costs which judges are required to award

§ 12-942. Costs which judges are required to award

A judge of any court of this state may award the following as

costs:

1. Any fees assessed by the court clerk or the clerk of the

appellate court;

2. Reasonable expenses for the giving of notice, including

expenses for service of summons and other judicial process and

expenses for publication;

3. Statutory witness fees and reasonable expenses for service

of subpoenas;

4. Costs of copying papers necessarily used at trial, limited

to the amount authorized by law. If no amount is specified, costs

of copying papers shall be limited to ten cents ($0.10) per page;

5. Transcripts of the trial or another proceeding that the

court determines are necessary to resolve the case;

6. Reasonable expenses for taking and transcribing deposition

testimony, for furnishing copies to the witness and opposing

counsel, and for recording deposition testimony on videotape, but

not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per two-hour videotape,

unless the court determines that a particular deposition was neither

reasonable nor necessary; and

7. Any other expenses authorized by law to be collected as

costs.

Added by Laws 1991, c. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by

Laws 1997, c. 403, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.