{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-3236","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-3236","heading":"Requests for admission","body":"A. REQUEST FOR ADMISSION. A party may serve upon any other\n\nparty a written request for the admission, for purposes of the\n\npending action only, of the truth of any matters within the scope of\n\nSection 3226 of this title set forth in the request that relate to\n\nstatements or opinions of fact or of the application of law to fact,\n\nincluding the genuineness of any documents described in the request.\n\nCopies of documents shall be served with the request for admission\n\nunless they have been or are otherwise furnished or made available\n\nfor inspection and copying. The number of requests for admissions\n\nfor each party is limited to thirty. No further requests for\n\nadmission will be served unless authorized by the court. If counsel\n\nfor a party believes that more than thirty requests for admissions\n\nare necessary, counsel shall consult with opposing counsel promptly\n\nand attempt to reach a written stipulation as to a reasonable number\n\nof additional requests for admissions. Counsel are expected to\n\ncomply with this requirement in good faith. In the event a written\n\nstipulation cannot be agreed upon, the party seeking to submit such\n\nadditional requests for admissions shall file a motion with the\n\ncourt (1) showing that counsel have conferred in good faith but\n\nsincere attempts to resolve the issue have been unavailing, (2)\n\nshowing reasons establishing good cause for their use, and (3)\n\nsetting forth the proposed additional requests.\n\nThe request may, without leave of court, be served upon any\n\nparty after the filing of a petition. Each matter of which an\n\nadmission is requested shall be separately set forth. The matter is\n\nadmitted unless, within thirty (30) days after service of the\n\nrequest, or within such shorter or longer time as the court may\n\nallow, the party to whom the request is directed serves upon the\n\nparty requesting the admission a written answer or objection\n\naddressed to the matter, signed by the party or by the party's\n\nattorney. The thirty-day response period shall not commence until\n\nan answer to the petition is filed. However, upon leave of court or\n\notherwise agreed to in writing by the parties subject to Section\n\n3229 of this title, the response to the request may be required\n\nprior to the filing of an answer to the petition.\n\nIf objection is made, the reasons therefor shall be stated. The\n\nanswer shall specifically deny the matter or set forth in detail the\n\nreasons why the answering party cannot truthfully admit or deny the\n\nmatter. A denial shall fairly meet the substance of the requested\n\nadmission, and when good faith requires that a party qualify his or\n\nher answer or deny only a part of the matter of which an admission\n\nis requested, he or she shall specify so much of it as is true and\n\nqualify or deny the remainder. An answering party may not give lack\n\nof information or knowledge as a reason for failure to admit or deny\n\nunless the party states that he or she has made reasonable inquiry\n\nand that the information known or readily obtainable by the party is\n\ninsufficient to enable him or her to admit or deny. A party who\n\nconsiders that a matter of which an admission has been requested\n\npresents a genuine issue for trial may not, on that ground alone,\n\nobject to the request; he or she may, subject to the provisions of\n\nsubsection D of Section 3237 of this title, deny the matter or set\n\nforth reasons why he or she cannot admit or deny it.\n\nThe party who has requested the admission may move to determine\n\nthe sufficiency of the answers or objections. Unless the court\n\ndetermines that an objection is justified, it shall order that an\n\nanswer be served. If the court determines that an answer does not\n\ncomply with the requirements of this section, it may order either\n\nthat the matter is admitted or that an amended answer be served.\n\nThe court may, in lieu of these orders, determine that final\ntermine\n\nthe sufficiency of the answers or objections. Unless the court\n\ndetermines that an objection is justified, it shall order that an\n\nanswer be served. If the court determines that an answer does not\n\ncomply with the requirements of this section, it may order either\n\nthat the matter is admitted or that an amended answer be served.\n\nThe court may, in lieu of these orders, determine that final\n\ndisposition of the request be made at a pretrial conference or at a\n\ndesignated time prior to trial. The provisions of paragraph 4 of\n\nsubsection A of Section 3237 of this title apply to the award of\n\nexpenses incurred in relation to the motion.\n\nB. EFFECT OF ADMISSION. Any matter admitted under this section\n\nis conclusively established unless the court on motion permits\n\nwithdrawal or amendment of the admission. The court may permit\n\nwithdrawal or amendment of an admission when the presentation of the\n\nmerits of the action will be subserved thereby and the party who\n\nobtained the admission fails to satisfy the court that withdrawal or\n\namendment will prejudice him or her in maintaining his or her action\n\nor defense on the merits.\n\nC. SCOPE OF ADMISSIONS. Any admission made by a party under\n\nthis section is for the purpose of the pending action only and is\n\nnot an admission for any other purpose nor may it be used against\n\nhim or her in any other proceeding.","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":"4f499cba156de0f4668e3048f322e7ca78d2d85e5253098f90de53aadf58b9c3","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-3235","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-3237"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}