{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-842","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-842","heading":"Debtor’s appearance and answer regarding property -","body":"Subpoena - Contempt citation or bench warrant upon failure to appear\n\n- Discovery - Attorney fee.\n\nA. At any time after a final judgment, order, or decree is\n\nfiled, on application of the judgment creditor, a judge of the court\n\nin which the final judgment, order, or decree was rendered shall\n\norder the judgment debtor to appear before the judge, or a referee\n\nappointed by the judge, at a time and place specified in the order,\n\nto answer concerning the judgment debtor’s property. The judge may,\n\nby order, enjoin the judgment debtor from alienating, concealing, or\n\nencumbering any of the judgment debtor’s nonexempt property pending\n\nthe hearing and further order of the court. Upon the judgment\n\ndebtor’s disclosure of any nonexempt property, proceedings as\n\nprovided by law may be had for the application of the property to\n\nthe satisfaction of the judgment. If the judgment debtor is\n\npersonally served with an order to appear pursuant to this section,\n\nthe judge issuing the order may authorize the issuance of either a\n\ncontempt citation or a bench warrant for the judgment debtor’s\n\nfailure to comply with the order. If the judgment debtor is served\n\nby other than personal service, the judge may authorize the issuance\n\nof a contempt citation for the judgment debtor’s failure to comply\n\nwith the order.\n\nB. At any time after a final judgment, order, or decree is\n\nfiled, an attorney for a judgment creditor may:\n\n1. Subpoena the judgment debtor, pursuant to Section 2004.1 of\n\nthis title, to appear at any place in the county in which the\n\njudgment, order, or decree was rendered, or the judgment debtor’s\n\ncounty of residence, to answer concerning the judgment debtor’s\n\nproperty, income, or liabilities, or to produce documents concerning\n\nthe debtor’s property, income, or liabilities. The judgment debtor\n\nshall not be entitled to an attendance fee or mileage;\n\n2. Subpoena any person, pursuant to Section 2004.1 of this\n\ntitle, to appear at any place in the county where the person is\n\nlocated, or where service may otherwise be had on the person, to\n\nanswer concerning the judgment debtor’s property, income, or\n\nliabilities, or to produce documents concerning the judgment\n\ndebtor’s property, income, or liabilities; or\n\n3. Serve interrogatories, requests for admissions, or request\n\nfor production of documents, pursuant to Section 3224 et. seq. of\n\nthis title, upon the judgment debtor, concerning the judgment\n\ndebtor’s property, income, or liabilities.\n\nC. Failure by any person, without good cause, to obey a\n\nsubpoena issued and served pursuant to this section by personal\n\nservice may be deemed a contempt of the court from which the\n\nsubpoena issued.\n\nD. In addition to sums otherwise due under a final judgment,\n\norder, or decree if an order, subpoena, citation for failure to obey\n\nan order to appear or discovery request is served upon the judgment\n\ndebtor or any person under this section, the judgment creditor shall\n\nbe entitled to costs of service and, if represented by an attorney,\n\nto an attorney fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each order\n\nor subpoena to appear, citation for failure to obey an order or\n\nsubpoena to appear, and discovery request; provided, attorney fees\n\nawarded pursuant to this subsection relating to a judgment, order,\n\nor decree shall not exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) in any\n\ncalendar year.","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":"426d524855666b6bea49edadfee4a7507819087fbc481c5c2aaa5b3077d511e8","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-841","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-844"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}