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Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes is, by its own § 1, "the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of Oklahoma." Oklahoma practice cites it as “12 O.S.” (Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § N in Bluebook form). All 45 chapters are covered below, including the standalone Small Claims, Arbitration, Pleading, Evidence and Discovery Codes. A companion page covers the Rules for District Courts of Oklahoma, where the state's summary-judgment and pretrial rules live.

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Chapter 1. Preliminary Provisions

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 2 active sections · 12 in the official compilation

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Chapter 1A. Class Actions

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 2 active sections · 9 in the official compilation

Chapter 2. General Provisions

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 45 active sections · 62 in the official compilation

Chapter 3. Limitations of Actions

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 18 active sections · 23 in the official compilation

Chapter 4. Domicile of Business Concerns

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 0 active sections · 6 in the official compilation

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Chapter 5. Venue

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 15 active sections · 17 in the official compilation

Chapter 6. Commencement of Actions

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 14 active sections · 70 in the official compilation

Chapter 7. Parties

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 1 active sections · 27 in the official compilation

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Chapter 8. Pleadings

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 6 active sections · 68 in the official compilation

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  • § 303 Libel Or Slander - Alleging Publication Concerning Plaintiff
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Chapter 9. Witnesses

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 16 active sections · 44 in the official compilation

Chapter 10. Evidence

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 5 active sections · 89 in the official compilation

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Chapter 11. Trial

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 60 active sections · 72 in the official compilation

Chapter 12. Judgment

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 60 active sections · 88 in the official compilation

Chapter 13. Limitation of Actions

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 70 active sections · 87 in the official compilation

Chapter 14. Costs

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 17 active sections · 31 in the official compilation

Chapter 15. Appeal and Error

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 23 active sections · 101 in the official compilation

Chapter 16. Trial Court Vacation and Modification of Judgments

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 9 active sections · 9 in the official compilation

Chapter 17. Survival and Abatement of Actions

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 5 active sections · 5 in the official compilation

Chapter 18. Revivor of Actions

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 5 active sections · 40 in the official compilation

Chapter 19. Miscellaneous Proceedings

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 22 active sections · 23 in the official compilation

Chapter 20. Actions Regarding Real Property

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 33 active sections · 36 in the official compilation

Chapter 21. Garnishment and Attachment

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 68 active sections · 73 in the official compilation

Chapter 22. Divorce and Alimony

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 0 active sections · 42 in the official compilation

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Chapter 23. Habeas Corpus

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 25 active sections · 50 in the official compilation

Chapter 24. Injunction

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 29 active sections · 39 in the official compilation

Chapter 25. Slander and Libel

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 14 active sections · 18 in the official compilation

Chapter 26. Mandamus

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 12 active sections · 12 in the official compilation

Chapter 27. Occupying Claimants

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 7 active sections · 7 in the official compilation

Chapter 28. Partition

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 17 active sections · 18 in the official compilation

Chapter 29. Quo Warranto

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 8 active sections · 8 in the official compilation

Chapter 30. Receivers

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 9 active sections · 10 in the official compilation

Chapter 31. Replevin

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 16 active sections · 17 in the official compilation

Chapter 32. Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 0 active sections · 45 in the official compilation

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Chapter 33. Change of Name

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 7 active sections · 10 in the official compilation

Chapter 34. Declaratory Judgments

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 7 active sections · 7 in the official compilation

Chapter 35. Uniform Interstate and International Procedure Act

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 1 active sections · 22 in the official compilation

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Chapter 36. Small Claims Procedure Act

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 27 active sections · 33 in the official compilation

Chapter 37. Dispute Resolution Act

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 15 active sections · 15 in the official compilation

Chapter 38. District Court Mediation Act

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 5 active sections · 5 in the official compilation

Chapter 38A. Choice in Mediation Act

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 10 active sections · 10 in the official compilation

Chapter 38B. Uniform Arbitration Act

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 31 active sections · 31 in the official compilation

Chapter 39. Oklahoma Pleading Code

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 40 active sections · 42 in the official compilation

Chapter 40. Oklahoma Evidence Code

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 102 active sections · 109 in the official compilation

Chapter 41. Discovery Code

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 18 active sections · 33 in the official compilation

Chapter 41A. Structured Settlement Protection Act of 2001

Cited as 12 O.S. § N · 46 active sections · 46 in the official compilation

Rules for District Courts of Oklahoma

A companion ruleset promulgated by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 27 active rules · 31 in the official compilation

Browse the Rules for District Courts of Oklahoma → — including Rule 4 (Motions), Rule 5 (Pretrial Procedure), Rule 13 (Summary Judgment), and Rule 15 (Disqualification of Judges).

All 4 chunks (Chapters 1-41a, the complete Title 12): 679 of 1,621 reconciled section numbers are dead stubs, nearly all "[Repealed]"; Chapters 4, 16-18, 22, and 32 are entirely or nearly entirely dead (22 and 32 fully renumbered out to Title 43 in 1989). Dead stubs shown unlinked. Chapter 13's own official heading reads "Limitation of Actions," but its actual content governs time limits on judgment EXECUTION and enforcement (dormancy, renewal, contribution among execution debtors) -- a genuinely different species of "limitation" than Chapter 3's ordinary filing-deadline statutes, not a mislabeled chapter. Chapter 15 contains a large embedded appendix of Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules of Appellate Procedure, and Chapter 37 a smaller embedded appendix of dispute-mediation-program rules -- both excluded from this build for now, tracked as a future follow-up. Two not-yet-effective acts are included as active sections but framed accordingly in their commentary: Chapter 19's §§1121-1129 (the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act, eff. 11/1/2026) and Chapter 41A's §§3401-3408 (the Uniform Judicial Interview of Children Act, eff. 11/1/2026). This completes the Oklahoma Code of Civil Procedure at this build's defined scope.

Source: Oklahoma State Courts Network (oscn.net) · Enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature · Current through 2026 Regular Session (per the source PDFs' own "2026 Edition" label) · Official source