Oklahoma § 12-990.3 - Time for enforcement of judgments, decrees or final

§ 12-990.3. Time for enforcement of judgments, decrees or final

orders.

A. Where only the payment of money is awarded, no execution or

other proceeding shall be taken for the enforcement of the judgment,

decree or final order until ten (10) days after the judgment, decree

or order is filed with the court clerk. Asset hearing proceedings

shall not be stayed under this section.

B. Where relief other than the payment of money is awarded or

where relief in addition to the payment of money is awarded, the

enforcement of the judgment, decree or final order shall be stayed

until ten (10) days after the judgment, decree or order is filed

with the court clerk, but the court, in its discretion, may impose

any conditions on the parties that are necessary for the protection

of the property or interests that are the subject of the action,

including distribution of part or all of the property involved where

the court requires the filing of a superseded bond.

C. This section shall not apply in actions for divorce,

separate maintenance, annulment, post-decree matrimonial

proceedings, paternity, custody, adoption, termination of parental

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rights, juvenile matters, probate proceedings, habeas corpus

proceedings, special executions in foreclosures, conservatorship or

guardianship proceedings, mental health, quiet title actions, and

partition proceedings or actions, involving temporary or permanent

injunctions, proceedings under the Small Claims Procedure Act, writs

of assistance in foreclosure, and other real property actions, postjudgment replevin, and forcible entry and detainer proceedings. The

court, in its discretion, may impose any conditions that are

necessary to protect the interests of the parties in such actions.

D. It shall be the responsibility of the judgment creditor or

counsel for the judgment creditor to ensure that no execution or

other proceeding for enforcement of the judgment is sought or taken

within the ten-day stay.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 351, § 20, eff. Oct. 1, 1993. Amended by

Laws 1994, c. 343, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.