Okla. Stat. tit. 23, § 23-10
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Recovery of damages by political subdivisions from parents
Official statutory text
of children under age of eighteen.
A. The state or any county, city, town, municipal corporation
or school district, or any person, corporation or organization,
shall be entitled to recover damages in a court of competent
jurisdiction from a parent or parents of any child under the age of
eighteen (18) years when the child is living with the parent or
parents at the time of the act, and commits any criminal or
delinquent act resulting in bodily injury to any person or damage to
or larceny of any property, real, personal or mixed, belonging to
the state or a county, city, town, municipal corporation, school
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district, person, corporation or organization. The amount of
damages awarded pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).
B. Any victim, or the victim’s representative in the event of
the victim’s death, shall be entitled to recover damages in a court
of competent jurisdiction from any person convicted of a violation
of subsection B of Section 1273 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes
or as otherwise allowed by law.
A. The state or any county, city, town, municipal corporation
or school district, or any person, corporation or organization,
shall be entitled to recover damages in a court of competent
jurisdiction from a parent or parents of any child under the age of
eighteen (18) years when the child is living with the parent or
parents at the time of the act, and commits any criminal or
delinquent act resulting in bodily injury to any person or damage to
or larceny of any property, real, personal or mixed, belonging to
the state or a county, city, town, municipal corporation, school
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 23. Damages Page 6
district, person, corporation or organization. The amount of
damages awarded pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).
B. Any victim, or the victim’s representative in the event of
the victim’s death, shall be entitled to recover damages in a court
of competent jurisdiction from any person convicted of a violation
of subsection B of Section 1273 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes
or as otherwise allowed by law.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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