Chapter 36: Small Claims Procedure Act · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceCaps discovery in expedited actions cases at a defined 180-day window, plus firm limits of 20 deposition-hours and 15 each of interrogatories, production requests, and admission requests per party, unless the case is removed from the expedited track.
A.Every case that follows the expedited actions process shall be governed by the discovery control plan provided for in this section. Discovery shall be subject to the limitations provided for in Section 3226 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes and to the following additional limitations:
1.In a suit not governed by Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes, all discovery shall be conducted during the discovery period, which begins when the first initial disclosures are due and continues for one hundred eighty (180) days. In a suit governed by Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes, all discovery shall be conducted during the discovery period, which begins when the suit is filed and continues until one hundred eighty (180) days after the first request for discovery of any kind is served on a party;
2.Each party shall have no more than twenty (20) hours in total to examine and cross-examine all witnesses in oral depositions. The court may modify the deposition hours so that no party is given unfair advantage;
3.Any party may serve on any other party no more than fifteen written interrogatories, excluding interrogatories asking a party only to identify or authenticate specific documents. Each discrete subpart of an interrogatory is considered a separate interrogatory;
4.Any party may serve on any other party no more than fifteen written requests for production. Each discrete subpart of a request for production is considered a separate request for production; and
5.Any party may serve on any other party no more than fifteen written requests for admissions. Each discrete subpart of a request for admission is considered a separate request for admission.
B.If a suit is removed from the expedited actions process or, in a divorce, the filing of a pleading renders this section no longer applicable, the discovery period shall reopen and discovery shall be completed within the limitations provided in Section 3226 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Any person previously deposed may be redeposed. On motion of any party, the court should continue the trial date if necessary to permit completion of discovery.
Amendment History
Added by Laws 2025, c. 311,s. 4, eff. 9/1/2025.
Plain-English Summary
Section 1778 sets the discovery control plan for every case on the expedited actions track, layering additional limits on top of the general discovery rules in Section 3226 of Title 12. The discovery period runs 180 days -- starting when initial disclosures are due in a typical suit, or, in a suit governed by Title 43 (family law), starting when the suit is filed and running until 180 days after the first discovery request is served.
Within that window, each party gets no more than 20 total hours to examine and cross-examine all witnesses in oral depositions, though the court can adjust that to prevent an unfair advantage. Each party can also serve no more than 15 written interrogatories, 15 requests for production, and 15 requests for admission on any other party -- excluding interrogatories that just identify or authenticate documents -- with every discrete subpart of a request counted as a separate request.
If a suit leaves the expedited process, or a filing in a divorce case makes this section no longer apply, discovery reopens under Section 3226's ordinary limits, anyone already deposed can be redeposed, and the court should push back the trial date if needed to finish discovery.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is the discovery period in an Oklahoma expedited actions case?
180 days -- starting when initial disclosures are due in most cases, or, in a Title 43 family-law case, running until 180 days after the first discovery request is served, counted from the suit's filing date.
How many interrogatories or document requests can each side send?
No more than 15 each of written interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for admission, with every discrete subpart counted as its own request.
How many hours do I get to depose witnesses?
Each party gets up to 20 total hours to examine and cross-examine all witnesses in oral depositions, though the court can adjust that to prevent an unfair advantage.
What happens to discovery if the case leaves the expedited actions process?
The discovery period reopens under Section 3226's ordinary limits, previously deposed witnesses can be redeposed, and the court may extend the trial date to allow time to finish.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature.
Last verified August 3, 2026.
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