§12-1148.14. Forcible entry and detainer action not exceeding
jurisdictional amount for small claims court - Small claims docket.
An action for forcible entry and detainer brought pursuant to
procedures prescribed otherwise in this title standing alone or when
joined with a claim for recovery of rent, damages to the premises,
or a claim arising under the Oklahoma Residential Landlord and
Tenant Act, where the total recovery sought, exclusive of attorney's
fees and other court costs, does not exceed the jurisdictional
amount for the small claims court, shall be placed on the small
claims docket of the district court. The district courts may
provide by court rule that any action for forcible entry and
detainer may be assigned to the small claims division for
determination of the right to possession, regardless of the
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underlying amount in controversy, at the conclusion of which, the
matter shall be returned to the assigned judge for further
proceedings. The court clerk shall in connection with such actions
prepare the affidavit, by which the action is commenced, and the
summons, and generally assist unrepresented plaintiffs to the same
extent that he is now required so to do under the Small Claims
Procedure Act, Section 1751 et seq. of this title.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 339, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1971. Amended by Laws
1978, c. 257, § 35, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 1994, c. 343, § 7, eff.
Sept. 1, 1994.