{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-937","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-937","heading":"Attorney fees taxed as costs in actions to collect on","body":"checks.\n\nIn any civil action to enforce payment of or to collect upon a\n\ncheck, draft or similar bill of exchange drawn on a bank or\n\notherwise, payment upon which said instrument has been refused\n\nbecause of insufficient funds or no account, the party prevailing on\n\nsuch cause of action shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee,\n\nsuch fee to be assessed by the court as costs against the losing\n\nparty; provided, that said fee shall not be allowed unless the\n\nplaintiff offers proof during the trial of said action that prior to\n\nthe filing of the petition in the action demand for payment of the\n\ncheck, draft or similar bill of exchange had been made upon the\n\ndefendant by registered or certified mail not less than ten (10)\n\ndays prior to the filing of such suit.","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":"04c9f0e2c2899aa6998db8109f5e4636ec8a22150d172f7ae849fd5513dd55bc","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-936","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-938"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}