{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1031.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1031.1","heading":"Authorization to correct, open, modify or vacate","body":"judgments - Time - Notice.\n\nA. A court may correct, open, modify or vacate a judgment,\n\ndecree, or appealable order on its own initiative not later than\n\nthirty (30) days after the judgment, decree, or appealable order\n\nprepared in conformance with Section 696.3 of this title has been\n\nfiled with the court clerk. Notice of the court's action shall be\n\ngiven as directed by the court to all affected parties.\n\nB. On motion of a party made not later than thirty (30) days\n\nafter a judgment, decree, or appealable order prepared in\n\nconformance with Section 696.3 of this title has been filed with the\n\ncourt clerk, the court may correct, open, modify, or vacate the\n\njudgment, decree, or appealable order. If the moving party did not\n\nprepare the judgment, decree, or appealable order, and Section 696.2\n\nof this title required a copy of the judgment, decree, or appealable\n\norder to be mailed to the moving party, and the court records do not\n\nreflect the mailing of a copy of the judgment, decree, or appealable\n\norder to the moving party within three (3) days, exclusive of\n\nweekends and holidays, after the filing of the judgment, decree, or\n\nappealable order, the motion to correct, open, modify, or vacate the\n\njudgment, decree, or appealable order may be filed no later than\n\nthirty (30) days after the earliest date on which the court records\n\nshow that a copy of the judgment, decree, or appealable order was\n\nmailed to the moving party. The moving party shall give notice to\n\nall affected parties. A motion to correct, open, modify, or vacate\n\na judgment or decree filed after the announcement of the decision on\n\nall issues in the case but before the filing of the judgment or\n\ndecree shall be deemed filed immediately after the filing of the\n\njudgment or decree.\n\nC. If more than thirty (30) days have passed since the filing\n\nof a judgment, decree, or appealable order, proceedings to vacate or\n\nmodify the judgment, decree, or appealable order shall be by\n\npetition in conformance with Section 1033 of this title unless\n\napproved by all parties who have entered an appearance in the\n\nlawsuit.\n\nD. The party that prevails in an action to vacate any judgment,\n\ndecree or appealable order shall only be considered the prevailing\n\nparty for the purpose of the award of costs, to include a reasonable\n\nattorney fee, if such party prevails on the merits in the underlying\n\naction.","path":["OK Code","Title 12"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os12.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"c8e0429a116fb41125ac165e43e4f20880ba3964757ab3a3d23a47fd0322d1f3","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1031","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1032"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}