{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-75-75-309","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 75, § 75-309","heading":"Individual proceedings - Notice - Hearing","body":"A. In an individual proceeding, all parties shall be afforded\n\nan opportunity for hearing after reasonable notice.\n\nB. The notice shall include:\n\n1. A statement of the time, place and nature of the hearing;\n\n2. A statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction under\n\nwhich the hearing is to be held;\n\n3. A reference to the particular sections of the statutes and\n\nrules involved; and\n\n4. A short and plain statement of the matters asserted. If the\n\nagency or other party is unable to state the matters in detail at\n\nthe time the notice is served, the initial notice may be limited to\n\na statement of the issues involved. Thereafter upon application a\n\nmore definite and detailed statement shall be furnished.\n\nC. Opportunity shall be afforded all parties to respond and\n\npresent evidence and argument on all issues involved.\n\nD. Deliberations by administrative heads, hearing examiners,\n\nand other persons authorized by law may be held in executive session\n\npursuant to paragraph 8 of subsection B of Section 307 of Title 25\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nE. Unless precluded by law, informal disposition may be made of\n\nany individual proceeding by stipulation, agreed settlement, consent\n\norder, or default.\n\nF. The record in an individual proceeding shall include:\n\n1. All pleadings, motions and intermediate rulings;\n\n2. Evidence received or considered at the individual\n\nproceeding;\n\n3. A statement of matters officially noticed;\n\n4. Questions and offers of proof, objections, and rulings\n\nthereon;\n\n5. Proposed findings and exceptions;\n\n6. Any decision, opinion, or report by the officer presiding at\n\nthe hearing; and\n\n7. All other evidence or data submitted to the hearing examiner\n\nor administrative head in connection with their consideration of the\n\ncase provided all parties have had access to such evidence.\n\nG. Oral proceedings shall be electronically recorded. Such\n\nrecordings shall be maintained for such time so as to protect the\n\nrecord through judicial review. Copies of the recordings shall be\n\nprovided by the agency at the request of any party to the\n\nproceeding. Costs of transcription of the recordings shall be borne\n\nby the party requesting the transcription. For judicial review,\n\nelectronic recordings of an individual proceeding, as certified by\n\nthe agency, may be submitted to the reviewing court by the agency as\n\npart of the record of the proceedings under review without\n\ntranscription unless otherwise required to be transcribed by the\n\nreviewing court. In such case, the expense of transcriptions shall\n\nbe taxed and assessed against the nonprevailing party. Parties to\n\nany proceeding may have the proceedings transcribed by a court\n\nreporter at their own expense.\n\nH. Findings of fact shall be based exclusively on the evidence\n\nreceived and on matters officially noticed in the individual\n\nproceeding unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties on the\n\nrecord.","path":["OK Code","Title 75"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os75.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"aa1245a55156aa4b6d47fd88b240cb6dabb74b1f18ca3a888b58f656b89206e2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-75-75-308v2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-75-75-31.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}