{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-3226.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-3226.1","heading":"Abusive discovery","body":"A. ABUSIVE DISCOVERY. In addition to the protective orders\n\nthat a court may issue pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection C of\n\nSection 3226 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a protective\n\norder may be issued by the court authorizing or denying discovery in\n\nthe court in which the action is pending. A protective order may\n\nalso be authorized on matters relating to a deposition. The order\n\nmay be issued upon a motion by a party or the person from whom\n\ndiscovery is sought. The motion shall be accompanied by a\n\ncertification that the movant has in good faith conferred or\n\nattempted to confer, either in person or by telephone, with other\n\naffected parties in an effort to resolve the dispute without court\n\naction. Upon receipt by the court of the motion and certification,\n\nthe court may enter the protective order authorizing or denying the\n\ndiscovery upon a finding that justice requires a party or person be\n\nprotected from annoyance, harassment, embarrassment, oppression or\n\nundue delay, burden, or expense.\n\nB. AWARD OF EXPENSES OF MOTION. If the motion is granted, the\n\ncourt may, after opportunity for hearing, require the party or\n\nperson whose conduct necessitated the motion or the party or\n\nattorney advising such conduct or both of them to pay to the moving\n\nparty the reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining the order,\n\nincluding attorney fees, unless the court finds that the opposition\n\nto the motion was substantially justified or that other\n\ncircumstances make an award of expenses unjust.\n\nIf the motion is denied, the court may, after opportunity for\n\nhearing, require the moving party or the attorney advising the\n\nmotion or both of them to pay to the party or deponent who opposed\n\nthe motion the reasonable expenses incurred in opposing the motion,\n\nincluding attorney fees, unless the court finds that the making of\n\nthe motion was substantially justified or that other circumstances\n\nmake an award of expenses unjust.\n\nIf the motion is granted in part and denied in part, the court\n\nmay apportion the reasonable expenses incurred in relation to the\n\nmotion among the parties and persons in a just manner.","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":"2442108ab1c9f571a688384a15818334e0908d197e78b8f033c7e8dd174f38f1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-3226","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-3226.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}