{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-28-28-152","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 28, § 28-152","heading":"Flat fee schedule - In forma pauperis","body":"A. In any civil case filed in a district court, the court clerk\n\nshall collect, at the time of filing, the following flat fees, none\n\nof which shall ever be refundable, and which shall be the only\n\ncharge for court costs, except as is otherwise specifically provided\n\nfor by law:\n\n1. Actions for divorce, alimony without divorce,\n\n2. Any ancillary proceeding to modify or vacate\n\n5. Any proceeding for sale or lease of real or\n\npersonal property or mineral interest in probate or\n\n6. Any proceeding to revoke the probate of a\n\n9. Civil actions for an amount of Ten Thousand\n\n10. Civil actions for an amount of Ten Thousand\n\n14. All others, including but not limited to\n\nactions for forcible entry and detainer, judgments\n\nfrom all other courts, including the Workers’\n\nB. In addition to the amounts collected pursuant to paragraphs\n\n1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 14 of subsection A of this section, the sum of\n\nSix Dollars ($6.00) shall be assessed and credited to the Law\n\nLibrary Fund.\n\nC. In addition to the amounts collected pursuant to subsections\n\nA and B of this section, the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)\n\nshall be assessed and credited to the Oklahoma Court Information\n\nSystem Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 1315 of Title 20\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nD. In addition to the amounts collected pursuant to subsection\n\nA of this section, the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be assessed\n\nand credited to the Oklahoma court-appointed special advocates\n\n(OCASA).\n\nE. In addition to the amounts collected pursuant to subsection\n\nA of this section, the sum of Two Dollars ($2.00) shall be assessed\n\nand credited as follows:\n\n1. One Dollar and fifty-five cents ($1.55) of such amount shall\n\nbe credited to the Council on Judicial Complaints Revolving Fund;\n\nand\n\n2. Forty-five cents ($0.45) of such amount shall be credited to\n\nthe Supreme Court Revolving Fund and may be budgeted and expended by\n\nthe Supreme Court for expenses lawfully incurred for providing\n\nqualified courtroom interpreter services in the district courts, for\n\ncredentialing and training Oklahoma courtroom interpreters, and for\n\nany other expenditures determined by the Supreme Court to be\n\nnecessary to provide language access in the district courts as\n\nrequired by state and federal law. Payments of expenses may be made\n\nafter the claim or expense is approved by the Chief Justice of the\n\nSupreme Court or another justice designated by the Chief Justice.\n\nF. In addition to the amounts collected pursuant to paragraphs\n\n1, 3, 8, 9, 10 and 14 of subsection A of this section, each county\n\nmay assess, upon approval by the board of county commissioners, a\n\nsum not to exceed Ten Dollars ($10.00) per case to be credited to\n\nthe Sheriff’s Service Fee Account in the county in which the action\n\narose for the purpose of enhancing existing or providing additional\n\ncourthouse security.\n\nG. Until November 1, 2027, in addition to the amounts collected\n\npursuant to subsection A of this section, the sum of Ten Dollars\n\n($10.00) shall be assessed and credited to the Court Clerk’s Records\n\nManagement and Preservation Fund created in Section 31.3 of this\n\ntitle.\n\nH. In any case in which a litigant claims to have a just cause\n\nof action and that, by reason of poverty, the litigant is unable to\n\npay the fees and costs provided for in this section and is\n\nfinancially unable to employ counsel, upon the filing of an\n\naffidavit in forma pauperis executed before any officer authorized\n\nby law to administer oaths to that effect and upon satisfactory\n\nshowing to the court that the litigant has no means and is,\n\ntherefore, unable to pay the applicable fees and costs and to employ\n\ncounsel, no fees or costs shall be required. The opposing party or\n\nparties may file with the court clerk of the court having\n\njurisdiction of the cause an affidavit similarly executed\n\ncontradicting the allegation of poverty. In all such cases, the\nupon satisfactory\n\nshowing to the court that the litigant has no means and is,\n\ntherefore, unable to pay the applicable fees and costs and to employ\n\ncounsel, no fees or costs shall be required. The opposing party or\n\nparties may file with the court clerk of the court having\n\njurisdiction of the cause an affidavit similarly executed\n\ncontradicting the allegation of poverty. In all such cases, the\n\ncourt shall promptly set for hearing the determination of\n\neligibility to litigate without payment of fees or costs. Until a\n\nfinal order is entered determining that the affiant is ineligible,\n\nthe clerk shall permit the affiant to litigate without payment of\n\nfees or costs. Any litigant executing a false affidavit or counter\n\naffidavit pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be guilty\n\nof perjury.\n\nI. Payments to the court clerk for fees and costs assessed\n\npursuant to this section may be made by a nationally recognized\n\ncredit or debit card or other electronic payment method as provided\n\nin paragraph 1 of subsection B of Section 151 of this title.","path":["OK Code","Title 28"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os28.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"be369c605f1870420aa9248b95d562d5d51de22dcce30924449a3e892fcc7fdb","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-28-28-151.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-28-28-152.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}