{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-667","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-667","heading":"Continuances - Power to grant - Costs - Continuances and","body":"appeals when member of Legislature is party or attorney.\n\nThe court may, for good cause shown, continue an action at any\n\nstage of the proceedings upon terms as may be just; provided, that\n\nif a party or his attorney of record is serving as a member of the\n\nLegislature or the Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment, or\n\nwithin thirty (30) days after an adjournment of a session of the\n\nLegislature, such fact shall constitute cause for continuance of the\n\ncase, and it is mandatory that the court shall grant such\n\ncontinuance upon motion whether such attorney may have been employed\n\nbefore or during the session of the Legislature, and the court shall\n\nhave no power to exercise its discretion as to the granting of such\n\ncontinuance, and all motions, demurrers and preliminary matters to\n\nbe heard by the court, the refusal to grant which shall constitute\n\nerror, and entitle such party to a new trial as a matter of right.\n\nWhen a continuance is granted on account of the absence of evidence,\n\nit shall be at the cost of the party making the application unless\n\nthe court otherwise order. And when any litigant has given notice\n\nof appeal from any judgment of any court of record in this state to\n\nthe Supreme Court or Criminal Court of Appeals and the time for\n\ndoing any act to perfect such appeal has, or does hereafter lapse\n\nduring the session of the Legislature, whether regular or special,\n\nand the said litigant is a member of the Senate or House of\n\nRepresentatives, of the State of Oklahoma, in such session, or his\n\nattorney of record is such member, such litigant or attorney shall\n\nhave such time after the adjournment of the session of the\n\nLegislature to perform such act and complete his appeal as he had at\n\nthe commencement of the session of the Legislature, of which he or\n\nhis attorney of record was a member, and all acts done in the\n\nperfection of such appeals shall be as valid as if done within the\n\ntime provided.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 5044. Amended by Laws 1915, c. 236, p. 556, § 1; Laws\n\n1919, c. 263, p. 374, § 1; Laws 1935, p. 2, § 1; Laws 1937, p. 1, §\n\n1; Laws 1955, p. 134, § 1.","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":"86c50503c5450435bf4cc6ab99915024b812e3fb4aba9796899acd6ecc8a1fdb","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-666","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-668"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}