Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-3-302
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Official statutory text
COLLECTIONS. A. If any employer defaults in any payment of
contributions, interest, penalty or fees thereon, the amount due may
be collected by civil action in the name of the State of Oklahoma.
Civil actions brought under this section to collect contributions,
interest, penalty or fees thereon from an employer shall be heard by
the court at the earliest possible date and shall be entitled to
preference upon the calendar of the court over all other civil
actions except petitions for judicial review under this act.
B. The courts of this state shall in like manner entertain
actions to collect contributions, interest, penalty or fees thereon
for which liability has accrued under the unemployment compensation
law of any other state or of the federal government.
C. No suit, including an action for a declaratory judgment,
shall be maintained and no writ or process shall be issued by any
court of this state which has the purpose or effect of restraining,
delaying, or forestalling the collection of any contributions,
interest, penalties and fees under this act or substituting any
collection procedure for those prescribed in this act.
contributions, interest, penalty or fees thereon, the amount due may
be collected by civil action in the name of the State of Oklahoma.
Civil actions brought under this section to collect contributions,
interest, penalty or fees thereon from an employer shall be heard by
the court at the earliest possible date and shall be entitled to
preference upon the calendar of the court over all other civil
actions except petitions for judicial review under this act.
B. The courts of this state shall in like manner entertain
actions to collect contributions, interest, penalty or fees thereon
for which liability has accrued under the unemployment compensation
law of any other state or of the federal government.
C. No suit, including an action for a declaratory judgment,
shall be maintained and no writ or process shall be issued by any
court of this state which has the purpose or effect of restraining,
delaying, or forestalling the collection of any contributions,
interest, penalties and fees under this act or substituting any
collection procedure for those prescribed in this act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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