{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-18-18-1136","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-1136","heading":"Service of process on nonqualifying foreign corporations","body":"SERVICE OF PROCESS ON NONQUALIFYING FOREIGN CORPORATIONS\n\nA. If any foreign corporation shall transact business in this\n\nstate without having qualified to do business in accordance with the\n\nprovisions of Section 1130 of this title, service on the corporation\n\nmay be made by serving the Secretary of State as its agent as\n\nprovided in Section 2004 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nB. If any foreign corporation consents in writing to be subject\n\nto the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in this state for\n\nany civil action, suit or proceeding against it arising or growing\n\nout of any business or matter, and if the agreement or instrument\n\nsetting forth such consent does not otherwise provide a manner of\n\nservice of legal process in any such civil action, suit or\n\nproceeding against it, such foreign corporation shall be deemed to\n\nhave thereby appointed and constituted the Secretary of State of\n\nthis state its agent for the acceptance of legal process in any such\n\ncivil action, suit or proceeding against it. The transaction of\n\nbusiness in this state by such corporation or such consent by such\n\ncorporation to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in\n\nthis state without provision for a manner of service of legal\n\nprocess shall be a signification of the agreement of such\n\ncorporation that any process served upon the Secretary of State when\n\nso served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served\n\nupon an authorized officer or agent personally within this state.\n\nC. The provisions of Section 1132 of this title shall not apply\n\nin determining whether any foreign corporation is transacting\n\nbusiness in this state within the meaning of this section; and \"the\n\ntransaction of business\" or \"business transacted in this state\", by\n\nany such foreign corporation, whenever those words are used in this\n\nsection, shall mean the course or practice of carrying on any\n\nbusiness activities in this state, including, without limiting the\n\ngenerality of the foregoing, the solicitation of business or orders\n\nin this state. The provisions of this section shall not apply to\n\nany insurance company doing business in this state.","path":["OK Code","Title 18"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os18.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"032989dd35930f1925113b75d97a671444381bcfd0645daff77a50254fe65c24","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-18-18-1135","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-18-18-1137"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}