{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-85a-85a-317","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 85A, § 85A-317","heading":"Subpoenas - Depositions - Discovery","body":"A. An arbitrator may issue a subpoena for the attendance of a\n\nwitness and for the production of records and other evidence at any\n\nhearing and may administer oaths. A subpoena shall be served in the\n\nmanner for service of subpoenas in a civil action and, upon\n\napplication and motion to the Commission by a party to the\n\narbitration proceeding or the arbitrator, enforced in the manner for\n\nenforcement of subpoenas in a civil action. A witness may be\n\nallowed to appear telephonically or by any other available means\n\nthat allows contemporaneous cross-examination.\n\nB. In order to make the proceedings fair, expeditious, and\n\ncost-effective, on request of a party or witness in an arbitration\n\nproceeding, an arbitrator may permit a deposition of any witness to\n\nbe taken for use as evidence at the hearing, including a witness who\n\ncannot be subpoenaed for or is unable to attend a hearing. The\n\narbitrator shall determine the conditions under which the deposition\n\nis taken.\n\nC. An arbitrator may permit such discovery as the arbitrator\n\ndecides is appropriate in the circumstances, taking into account the\n\nneeds of the parties to the arbitration proceeding and other\n\naffected persons and the desirability of making the proceeding fair,\n\nexpeditious, and cost-effective.\n\nD. If an arbitrator permits discovery under subsection C of\n\nthis section, the arbitrator may order a party to the arbitration\n\nproceeding to comply with the arbitrator's discovery-related orders,\n\nissue subpoenas for the attendance of a witness and for the\n\nproduction of records and other evidence at a discovery proceeding,\n\nand take action against a noncomplying party to the extent a court\n\ncould if the controversy were the subject of a civil action in this\n\nstate.\n\nE. An arbitrator may issue a protective order to prevent the\n\ndisclosure of privileged information, confidential information,\n\ntrade secrets, and other information protected from disclosure to\n\nthe extent a court could if the controversy were the subject of a\n\ncivil action in this state.\n\nF. All laws compelling a person under subpoena to testify and\n\nall fees for attending a judicial proceeding, a deposition, or a\n\ndiscovery proceeding as a witness apply to an arbitration proceeding\n\nas if the controversy were the subject of a civil action in this\n\nstate.\n\nG. The Commission may enforce a subpoena or discovery-related\n\norder for the attendance of a witness within this state and for the\n\nproduction of records and other evidence issued by an arbitrator in\n\nconnection with an arbitration proceeding in another state upon\n\nconditions determined by the Commission so as to make the\n\narbitration proceeding fair, expeditious, and cost-effective.","path":["OK Code","Title 85A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os85A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"3d7cbe11489ce5913682c5d611ce9dc98d9dd01870f1d558baa2c3e99c47580c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-85a-85a-316","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-85a-85a-318"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}