Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB29 Introduced / Bill

Filed 11/17/2020

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) 
 
SENATE BILL 29 	By: Bergstrom 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to forcible entry and deta iner; 
amending 12 O.S. 2011, Sections 1148.10 and 1148.10A, 
which relate to writs of executio n; modifying certain 
form; specifying restor ation of physical possession 
to plaintiff under certain circumstances; making 
language gender neutral; and providing an effective 
date. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     12 O.S. 2011, Section 1148.10, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 1148.10. If judgment be for plaintiff, the court shal l, 
at the request of the plaintiff, his or her agent or attorney, issue 
a writ of execution t hereon, which shall be in substantially the 
following form: 
The State of Oklahoma, _______ County. 
The State of Oklahoma to the Sheriff of ________ County: 
Whereas, in a certain action for the forcible en try and 
detention (or for the forcible detention as the case may be) of the 
following described premises, to wit:  __________ ____ lately tried   
 
 
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before me, wherein _____ ____ was plaintiff, and _______ was 
defendant, judgment was rendered on the ____ day of _ _____, 1920__, 
that the plaintiff have restitution o f said premises; and also that 
he recover rent, attorney fees and costs in the sum of ______; you, 
therefore, are hereby commanded to cause the defendant to be 
forthwith removed from said premises and the said plaintiff to have 
restitution physical possession of the same; also that you levy on 
the goods and chattels of the said defendant, and make t he costs 
aforesaid, and all accruing costs, and of this writ, make l egal 
service and due return. 
Witness my hand this _____ day of ________, 1920__. 
 	_______________ 
 	A.B., Judge 
A motion for a new trial may be filed only within three (3) days 
of judgment but shall not operate to stay execution. 
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     12 O.S. 2011, Sectio n 1148.10A, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 1148.10A. A.  The plaintiff or agent of the plaintiff 
or officer shall immediately notify the defendant in person or b y 
posting of said notice that the plaintiff o r agent of the plaintiff 
or officer shall return in forty-eight (48) hours to restore the 
plaintiff possession of the premises by executing the writ 
prescribed in Section 1148.10 of this title and shall make lev y to 
collect the amount of the judgment and a ll accruing costs.   
 
 
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B.  The original writ of execution issued as provided by Section 
1148.10 of this title shall be filed in the action in the manner 
provided for judgments in civil cases. 
C.  The plaintiff or ag ent of the plaintiff may execute the writ 
upon the defendant by personally serving a c ertified copy of the 
writ upon the defendant or upon a person authorized to receive 
service of process as provided by Section 2004 of this title.  If 
the plaintiff or age nt of the plaintiff is unable to personally 
serve the defendant or a person authorized to receive service of 
process as provided by Sectio n 2004 of this title, the plaintiff or 
agent of the plaintiff may post a notice in a conspicuous place at 
the premises address that the plaintiff or agent of the p laintiff 
shall return at a specified date and time, which shall be not less 
than forty-eight (48) hours from the time of posting, to restore the 
plaintiff to physical possession of the premises by executing the 
writ prescribed in Section 1148.10 of this ti tle. 
D.  Any person who wrongfully refuse s to surrender physical 
possession of the premises d escribed in the writ of execution upon 
service of the writ by the plaintiff or the agent of the plaintiff 
shall, upon conviction, be dee med guilty of a trespass an d may be 
punished by a fine in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars 
($500.00) or by confinement in the county jail for a period not to 
exceed thirty (30) days or by both such fine and imprisonment.   
 
 
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E.  The plaintiff or th e agent of the plaintiff ma y summon 
either the sheriff of the county or the law enforcement agency of 
the city or town in which the premises are located for assistance in 
executing the writ. 
F.  The plaintiff’s, the agent of the plaintiff ’s, or the 
officer’s return shall be as upon other executions.  Within two (2) 
days of the date of the judgment, the defendant may post a 
supersedeas bond conditioned as provided by law.  This time limit 
may be enlarged by a trial judge ’s order to not more than seven (7) 
days after the date of judgme nt.  The posting of a supersedeas bond 
shall not be construed to relieve the defendant of his or her duty 
to pay current rent as it becomes due while the appeal is pending.  
The rent shall be paid into the court clerk ’s office together wi th 
poundage.  If there be controversy as to the amount of r ent, the 
judge shall determine by order how much sha ll be paid in what time 
intervals.  Withdrawal by the plaintiff of rent deposited in the 
court clerk’s office pending appeal shall not operate to estop him 
or her from urging on appeal his or her right to the possession of 
the premises.  Failure to pay cur rent rentals while the appeal is 
pending shall be considered as abandonment of the appeal. 
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. 
 
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