{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-2003.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-2003.3","heading":"Commencement of action based on website accessibility","body":"claim.\n\nCOMMENCEMENT OF ACTION BASED ON WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY CLAIM\n\nA. Prior to filing any civil action or a petition for\n\ninjunctive relief based on a claim that an organization's website\n\ndoes not conform with applicable law, codes and standards for\n\nwebsites for the visually or hearing impaired, the plaintiff shall\n\nnotify the defendant in writing of the plaintiff's assertion that\n\nits website does not comply with applicable law, codes and standards\n\nregulating the functionality of an organization's website to\n\naccommodate visually or hearing impaired individuals and the\n\nspecific violations that the plaintiff asserts. The notice shall be\n\nsent by certified mail with return receipt requested at least one\n\nhundred twenty (120) days prior to the filing of a petition for\n\ninjunctive relief.\n\nB. In any civil action or action for injunctive relief based on\n\na claim that an organization's website does not conform with\n\napplicable law, codes and standards for the visually or hearing\n\nimpaired, the plaintiff shall attach to the petition:\n\n1. A copy of the notice required by subsection A of this\n\nsection; and\n\n2. A copy of the certified mail return receipt signed by the\n\ndefendant or person authorized to receive service of process for the\n\ndefendant.\n\nC. If a civil action or action for injunctive relief that is\n\nbased on a claim that an organization's website does not conform\n\nwith applicable law, codes and standards for the visually or hearing\n\nimpaired is filed without the documentation required by subsection B\n\nof this section or if the petition is filed less than one hundred\n\ntwenty (120) days after the date the notice required by subsection A\n\nof this section is sent, the court shall, upon motion of the\n\ndefendant, dismiss the action without prejudice to its refiling.\n\nD. If the defendant corrects the alleged website defect prior\n\nto the filing of the petition and the plaintiff files the petition,\n\nthe court shall dismiss the action and award court costs and\n\nreasonable attorney fees to the defendant. In addition, the court\n\nshall impose sanctions if the action is determined to be frivolous\n\npursuant to Section 2011 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nE. If the defendant has made a reasonable effort to correct the\n\ndefect but has not completed the correction within one hundred\n\ntwenty (120) days of notification as directed in subsection A of\n\nthis section or prior to the filing of the petition, the court may,\n\nupon application of the defendant for good cause shown, grant the\n\ndefendant a reasonable extension of time, based on the nature of the\n\nwork needed on the website to correct the deficiency. If the\n\ncorrection is completed within that period of time, the court shall\n\ndismiss the action.","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":"70edd25124159eb3964008bee2a0488798fe8f09b24f86ff21c4bd6be2c22be7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-2003.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-2004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}