Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-4216
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Actions against nonresident owners or operators - Service
Official statutory text
of notice - Venue.
In an action in any court of this state, arising out of injury
to person or property caused by any vessel or motor while operating
in the waters of this state, including the Oklahoma portion of
boundary rivers, or moored in such waters or against shore land in
this state, when the owner or operator is a nonresident of this
state or a corporation not incorporated under the laws of this
state, service of the original notice may be made upon such
nonresident owner or operator or upon such foreign corporation in
the manner provided in Sections 2004 and 2005 of Title 12 of the
Oklahoma Statutes. The venue of such an action shall be the county
in which the damage occurred and the presence of such vessel and the
doing of said damage within the territory comprising the State of
Oklahoma, together with the subsequent removal of said vessel from
the jurisdiction of the State of Oklahoma, shall constitute a waiver
by the owner or operator thereof of any objection to the venue of
such an action commenced in a proper court of this state.
In an action in any court of this state, arising out of injury
to person or property caused by any vessel or motor while operating
in the waters of this state, including the Oklahoma portion of
boundary rivers, or moored in such waters or against shore land in
this state, when the owner or operator is a nonresident of this
state or a corporation not incorporated under the laws of this
state, service of the original notice may be made upon such
nonresident owner or operator or upon such foreign corporation in
the manner provided in Sections 2004 and 2005 of Title 12 of the
Oklahoma Statutes. The venue of such an action shall be the county
in which the damage occurred and the presence of such vessel and the
doing of said damage within the territory comprising the State of
Oklahoma, together with the subsequent removal of said vessel from
the jurisdiction of the State of Oklahoma, shall constitute a waiver
by the owner or operator thereof of any objection to the venue of
such an action commenced in a proper court of this state.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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