{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12a-12a-3-311","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-3-311","heading":"Accord and Satisfaction by Use of Instrument","body":"ACCORD AND SATISFACTION BY USE OF INSTRUMENT\n\n(a) If a person against whom a claim is asserted proves that\n\n(i)\n\nthat person in good faith tendered an instrument to the claimant as\n\nfull satisfaction of the claim, (ii) the amount of the claim was\n\nunliquidated or subject to a bona fide dispute, and (iii) the\n\nclaimant obtained payment of the instrument, the following\n\nsubsections apply.\n\n(b) Unless subsection (c) of this section applies, the claim is\n\ndischarged if the person against whom the claim is asserted proves\n\nthat the instrument or an accompanying written communication\n\ncontained a conspicuous statement to the effect that the instrument\n\nwas tendered as full satisfaction of the claim.\n\n(c) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, a claim is not\n\ndischarged under subsection (b) of this section if either of the\n\nfollowing applies:\n\n(1) The claimant, if an organization, proves that (i)\n\nwithin a reasonable time before the tender, the\n\nclaimant sent a conspicuous statement to the person\n\nagainst whom the claim is asserted that communications\n\nconcerning disputed debts, including an instrument\n\ntendered as full satisfaction of a debt, are to be\n\nsent to a designated person, office, or place, and\n\n(ii) the instrument or accompanying communication was\n\nnot received by that designated person, office or\n\nplace; or\n\n(2) The claimant, whether or not an organization, proves\n\nthat within ninety (90) days after payment of the\n\ninstrument, the claimant tendered repayment of the\n\namount of the instrument to the person against whom\n\nthe claim is asserted. This paragraph does not apply\n\nif the claimant is an organization that sent a\n\nstatement complying with subparagraph (i) of paragraph\n\n(1) of this subsection.\n\n(d) A claim is discharged if the person against whom the claim\n\nis asserted proves that within a reasonable time before collection\n\nof the instrument was initiated, the claimant, or an agent of the\n\nclaimant having direct responsibility with respect to the disputed\n\nobligation, knew that the instrument was tendered in full\n\nsatisfaction of the claim.","path":["OK Code","Title 12A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os12A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"17b7689541bf805e97245d896c34e1db5d00b925d20d2846dd60977d075b0726","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12a-12a-3-310","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12a-12a-3-312"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}