Chapter 38B: Uniform Arbitration Act · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceRequires a person starting an arbitration to give the other parties notice describing the general nature of the controversy and the remedy sought, and treats appearance at the hearing without objection as a waiver of any notice defect.
A.A person initiates an arbitration proceeding by giving notice in a record to all the other parties to the agreement to arbitrate in the agreed manner between the parties or, in the absence of agreement, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and obtained, or by service as authorized for the commencement of a civil action. The notice must describe:
B.Unless a person objects for lack or insufficiency of notice under subsection C of Section 16 of this act not later than the beginning of the arbitration hearing, the person by appearing at the hearing waives any objection to lack of or insufficiency of notice.
Amendment History
Added by Laws 2005, SB 873, c. 364, §10, eff. 1/1/2006.
Plain-English Summary
Section 1860 sets the notice requirements for kicking off an arbitration. A person initiates the proceeding by giving notice, in a record, to every other party to the agreement, using whatever manner the parties agreed to or, without an agreement, by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested and obtained) or by service the way a civil action is commenced. The notice must describe the general nature of the controversy and the remedy and damages the initiating party seeks.
Subsection B gives that notice requirement teeth, but only up to a point. A person who objects to a lack of notice, or to insufficient notice, has to raise the objection no later than the start of the arbitration hearing under Section 1866(C). Show up at the hearing without objecting, and the right to complain about the notice is gone.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you start an arbitration proceeding in Oklahoma?
By giving notice in a record to all the other parties, in the manner they agreed to or, absent an agreement, by certified or registered mail with return receipt, or by service as for a civil action -- describing the general nature of the controversy and the remedy sought.
What does the notice starting an arbitration have to say?
It must describe the general nature of the controversy and the remedy and alleged damages sought.
What if I think I never got proper notice that arbitration had started?
Raise the objection before the arbitration hearing begins -- appearing at the hearing without objecting waives any claim that notice was lacking or insufficient.
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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