{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-103","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 52-103","heading":"Contempt - Proceedings - How commenced - Complaint -","body":"Citation.\n\nProceedings as for contempt for disobedience or violation of the\n\nprovisions of this act or of the orders, rules, regulations and\n\njudgments of the Commission made, issued and/or rendered under the\n\nprovisions of this act, may be commenced by the filing with the\n\nCommission by (a) the Attorney General, or (b) the Proration\n\nAttorney, or (c) the Proration Umpire, or (d) Assistant Proration\n\nUmpire, or (e) by any producer of oil or taker in the state, of a\n\ncomplaint which shall, when filed by any producer of oil or taker,\n\nbe verified upon information and belief. Said complaint by\n\nwhomsoever filed shall state, (a) the name of the person, firm,\n\ntrust, corporation, or association against whom the complaint is\n\nmade; (b) the order or orders, rule or rules, regulation or\n\nregulations and judgment or judgments of the Commission, violation\n\nof which is charged; (c) and briefly in general terms the acts or\n\nomissions of the defendant constituting the violation of which\n\ncomplaint is made. Any such complaint may charge against any\n\ndefendant one or more violations of the provisions of this act\n\nand/or of any rule, order or regulation of the Commission made\n\nhereunder; provided, that the acts or omissions of the defendant\n\nconstituting each violation charged shall be briefly stated in\n\ngeneral terms in separately numbered paragraphs or counts of such\n\ncomplaint. Upon the filing of any such complaint the Secretary of\n\nthe Commission shall issue in the name of the state by him as\n\nSecretary of the Commission, addressed to the defendant or\n\ndefendants, a citation to the defendant or defendants in said\n\ncomplaint, to which shall be attached a copy of said complaint. Said\n\ncitation shall state (a) the date on which and by whom said\n\ncomplaint was filed and the name of the complainant, (b) a brief\n\ngeneral description of the nature of the complaint, (c) a reference\n\nto copy of the complaint which shall be attached to said notice,\n\n(d) the date on which said complaint is set for hearing, which shall\n\nnot be earlier than ten (10) days from the date of such citation,\n\nand (e) a statement that unless the defendant shall on or before\n\nsaid date for hearing file his or its pleadings to such complaints,\n\nallegations and charges therein contained, the same shall be taken\n\nas confessed. Service of said citation in such proceedings for\n\ncontempt shall be had and return thereof made as hereinafter\n\nprovided.","path":["OK Code","Title 52"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os52.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"fa78bd4c0fae29a6e929dc40d904d72e3110493f5cf0e78836a5534e4bae8563","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-102","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-52-52-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}