Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-91.7d: Filing, transferring, or removing actions — Venue

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no action shall

be eligible to be filed, transferred, or removed to a business court

division prior to January 1, 2026. Except as provided in subsection

F of Section 6 of this act, actions shall be brought before the

business court as follows:

1. An action within the subject matter jurisdiction of the

business court may be filed in the business court. An action that

arises in a county located within the jurisdiction of the United

States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma shall be

filed in Business Court Division I; an action that arises in a

county located within the jurisdiction of the United States District

Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma or Eastern District of

Oklahoma shall be filed in Business Court Division II. Venue may be

established as provided by law or, if a written contract specifies a

county as venue for the action, as provided by the contract;

2. If the business court determines it does not have

jurisdiction over the action, the business court shall:

a. transfer the action to a district court in a county

with jurisdiction over the action, or

b. dismiss the action without prejudice to the rights of

the parties; and

3. If the business court determines that the venue is improper

as to the action, the business court shall transfer the action to

the court of proper venue, but the business court judge shall

continue to preside over the action.

B. 1. A district court in this state may transfer an action to

the business court division of proper venue if the district court

judge determines the business court has subject matter jurisdiction

over the action.

2. A party to an action filed in a district court that is

within the jurisdiction of the business court may remove the action

to the business court. If the business court does not have

jurisdiction of the action, the business court shall remand the

action to the court in which the action was originally filed.

C. A party may file an agreed notice of removal to the business

court at any time during the pendency of the action. If all parties

to the action have not agreed to remove the action, the notice of

removal shall be filed:

1. Not later than thirty (30) days after the date the party

requesting removal of the action discovered, or reasonably should

have discovered, facts establishing the business court’s

jurisdiction over the action; provided, however, in no event shall a

party have less than the amount of time to respond to the action

than to remove to the business court; or

2. If an application for temporary injunction is pending on the

date the party requesting removal of the action discovered, or

reasonably should have discovered, facts establishing the business

court’s jurisdiction over the action, not later than thirty (30)

days after the date the application is granted, denied, or denied as

a matter of law.

D. The notice of removal shall be filed with the business court

and the district court in which the action was originally filed. On

receipt of the notice, the clerk of the court in which the action

was originally filed shall immediately transfer the action to the

business court in accordance with the Oklahoma Pleading Code,

Section 2001 et seq. of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and the

court clerk shall assign the action to the appropriate division of

the business court.

E. Unless otherwise provided in this section, all pleadings

shall be governed by the Oklahoma Pleading Code.