Oklahoma Statutes

Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 720 (2026)

Definition

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In this act "foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state. Added by Laws 1968, c. 170, § 2, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1976–2018 · leading case: Special Indem. Fund v. Bedford, 852 P.2d 150 (Okla. 1993).
Special Indem. Fund v. Bedford, 852 P.2d 150 (Okla. 1993). “Title 12 O.S.1991 § 720 provides in pertinent part: ".”
Willhite v. Willhite, 546 P.2d 612 (Okla. 1976). “12 O.S.1971 § 720: “Definition. — In this act ‘foreign judgment’ means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state.”
Elkhart Coop. Equity Exch. v. Hicks, 823 P.2d 223 (Kan. Ct. App. 1991). “The State of Oklahoma has adopted the Uniform Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act, Okla. Stat. tit. 12, §§ 710 et seq. (1981), and it has adopted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, Okla.”
Herring v. Graham, 2019 OK CIV APP 1 (Okla. Civ. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “12 O.S. §720. Validity requires that the court meet all the jurisdictional requirements: jurisdiction of the parties, jurisdiction of the subject matter, and jurisdiction to render the particular judgment.”
Baxter State Bank v. Bernhardt, 186 F.R.D. 621 (D. Kan. 1999). “The State of Oklahoma has adopted the Uniform Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act, Okla.Stat. tit. 12, §§ 710 et seq. (1981), and it has adopted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, Okla.”
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