Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-3-119
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Notice of Right to Defend Action
Official statutory text
NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DEFEND ACTION
In an action for breach of an obligation for which a third
person is answerable over pursuant to this article or Article 4 of
this title, the defendant may give the third person notice of the
litigation in a record, and the person notified may then give
similar notice to any other person who is answerable over. If the
notice states (i) that the person notified may come in and defend
and (ii) that failure to do so will bind the person notified in an
action later brought by the person giving the notice as to any
determination of fact common to the two litigations, the person
notified is so bound unless after seasonable receipt of the notice
the person notified does come in and defend.
In an action for breach of an obligation for which a third
person is answerable over pursuant to this article or Article 4 of
this title, the defendant may give the third person notice of the
litigation in a record, and the person notified may then give
similar notice to any other person who is answerable over. If the
notice states (i) that the person notified may come in and defend
and (ii) that failure to do so will bind the person notified in an
action later brought by the person giving the notice as to any
determination of fact common to the two litigations, the person
notified is so bound unless after seasonable receipt of the notice
the person notified does come in and defend.
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