Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-1601.2
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Power to certify
Official statutory text
Power to Certify. The Supreme Court or the Court of Criminal
Appeals of this state, on the motion of a party to pending
litigation or on its own motion, may certify a question of law to
the highest court of another state, or of a federally recognized
Indian tribal government, or of Canada, a Canadian province or
territory, Mexico, or a Mexican state if:
1. The pending litigation involves a question to be decided
under the law of the other jurisdiction;
2. The answer to the question may be determinative of an issue
in the pending litigation; and
3. The question is one for which an answer is not provided by a
controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision, or statute
of the other jurisdiction.
Appeals of this state, on the motion of a party to pending
litigation or on its own motion, may certify a question of law to
the highest court of another state, or of a federally recognized
Indian tribal government, or of Canada, a Canadian province or
territory, Mexico, or a Mexican state if:
1. The pending litigation involves a question to be decided
under the law of the other jurisdiction;
2. The answer to the question may be determinative of an issue
in the pending litigation; and
3. The question is one for which an answer is not provided by a
controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision, or statute
of the other jurisdiction.
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