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Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1188: Bond by defendant

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  2. Title 12

The defendant may, at any time after the garnishment affidavit

is filed, and before judgment, file with the clerk of the court an

undertaking, executed by at least two sureties, resident freeholders

of the state, to the effect that they will, on demand, pay to the

plaintiff the amount of the judgment that may be recovered against

such defendant in the action, with all costs not exceeding a sum

specified, which sum shall not be less than double the amount

demanded by the complaint on file, or in such less sum as the court

shall, upon application, direct. The sureties shall justify their

responsibility by affidavit annexed stating a sum which each is

worth, in property within this state, over and above all his debts

and liabilities and property exempt from execution, the aggregate of

which sums shall be double the amount specified in the undertaking.

The defendant shall serve a copy of such undertaking, with a notice

where and when the same was filed, on the plaintiff. Within three

(3) days after the receipt thereof the plaintiff shall give notice

to the defendant that he excepts to the sufficiency of the sureties,

or he shall be deemed to have waived all objections to them.

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