Okla. Stat. tit. 12 § 10

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Rule 10 - Notice of Taking Default Judgment

In matters in default in which an appearance, general or special, has been made or a motion or pleading has been filed, default shall not be taken until a motion therefore has been filed in the case and five (5) days notice of the date of the hearing is mailed or delivered to the attorney of record for the party in default or to the party in default if he is unrepresented or his attorney's address is unknown. If the addresses of both the party and his attorney are unknown, the motion for default judgment may be heard and a default judgment rendered after the motion has been regularly set on the motion and demurrer docket. It shall be noted on the motion whether notice was given to the attorney of the party in default, to the party in default, or because their addresses are unknown, to neither. Once a party or an attorney provides an email address for service in a specific case in accordance with the Rules for Electronic Filing in the Oklahoma Courts, the provided email address shall serve as the appropriate address for purposes of notice as required by this rule, unless the filer is informed that the electronic transmission failed. See Rules for Electronic Filing in Oklahoma Courts. 2012 OK 61

Notice of taking default is not required where the defaulting party has not made an appearance. Also, notice of taking default is not required in the following cases even if the defaulting party has made an appearance:

1) Any case, whether a matrimonial action or otherwise, in which waiver of summons and entry of appearance has been filed;

2) any case prosecuted under the small claims procedure for money judgment or possession of personal property;

3) any forcible entry and detainer case, whether or not placed on the small claims docket;

4) any probate or juvenile proceeding;

5) any case that is at issue and has been regularly set on the trial docket in which neither the other party nor his or her attorney appears at the trial;

6) any case as to any party who has filed a disclaimer;

7) any garnishment proceeding; and

8) any statutory proceeding following the rendition of final judgment in a case, including but not limited to, enforcement proceedings, or proceedings initiated by a motion or delayed petition for new trial, or by any motion, petition or application to correct, open, modify or vacate the judgment, whether filed in the same action or as a separate action.

Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 10

Amended by order of the Supreme Court, 2013 OK 68, eff. 8/1/2013.