{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-1902","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-1902","heading":"Delinquency proceedings – Jurisdiction – Arbitration –","body":"Venue - Appeal.\n\nA. The district court is vested with exclusive original\n\njurisdiction of delinquency proceedings pursuant to the provisions\n\nof this article, and is authorized to make all necessary and proper\n\norders to carry out the purposes of this article.\n\nB. Except as to claims against the estate, nothing in this\n\narticle shall deprive a party in interest of any contractual right\n\nto pursue arbitration of any dispute under any law. Where an\n\ninsurer subject to this article is a party to an arbitration\n\nproceeding, the venue of such arbitration proceeding shall be in\n\nOklahoma County.\n\nC. In addition to grounds otherwise provided by law, the\n\nfollowing persons are subject to the personal jurisdiction of the\n\ndistrict court:\n\n1. Current and former agents and brokers of the insurer;\n\n2. Policy holders and reinsurers of the insurer;\n\n3. Current and former officers, directors, managers, trustees,\n\norganizers, promoters, and any other persons in control of the\n\ninsurer; and\n\n4. Any third party administrator for an insurer and any person\n\nthat maintains information for an insurer.\n\nD. Notwithstanding any other provision in this article, this\n\nsection shall not confer jurisdiction on the district court to\n\nresolve coverage disputes between guaranty associations and those\n\nasserting claims against an association resulting from the\n\ninitiation of a delinquency proceeding under this article except to\n\nthe extent that the guaranty association has otherwise expressly\n\nconsented to such jurisdiction pursuant to a plan of rehabilitation\n\nor liquidation that resolves its obligations to covered\n\npolicyholders.\n\nE. The determination of any dispute with respect to the\n\nstatutory obligations of any guaranty association by a court or\n\nadministrative agency or body with jurisdiction in the state of\n\ndomicile of the guaranty association shall be binding and conclusive\n\nas to the parties in a delinquency proceeding initiated in the\n\ndistrict court, including, without limitation, the policyholders of\n\nthe insurer.\n\nF. The venue of delinquency proceedings against any insurer\n\nshall be in Oklahoma County.\n\nG. No person other than the Insurance Commissioner, his\n\nattorney, or the Attorney General representing the Insurance\n\nCommissioner shall appear in the courts of this state requesting the\n\nappointment of a receiver or otherwise commence delinquency\n\nproceedings to take over, liquidate, rehabilitate, reorganize, or\n\nconserve an insurer and no court shall entertain a petition for the\n\ncommencement of such proceedings unless the same has been filed in\n\nthe name of the state on the relation of the Insurance Commissioner.\n\nH. An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from an order\n\ngranting or refusing rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation,\n\nand from every other order in delinquency proceedings having the\n\ncharacter of a final order as to the particular portion of the\n\nproceedings embraced therein.","path":["OK Code","Title 36"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os36.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"4605dc105eb11bbd45da1eac7be86b6fcb5401fdb350944ae9067c62e2fd8939","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-1901","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-1903"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}