(a) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of the court an affidavit setting forth the name and last-known post-office address of the judgment debtor, and of the judgment creditor.
§ 722.Notice of Filing
Chapter 12: Judgment · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceSection 722 requires a judgment creditor filing a foreign judgment to submit an affidavit with the debtor's and creditor's last-known addresses, directs the clerk to mail the debtor notice of the filing, and bars execution until twenty days after the judgment is filed.
Full Text of § 722
(b) Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and post-office address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's lawyer, if any, in this state. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the filing of the judgment to the judgment debtor and may file proof of mailing with the clerk. Lack of notice of filing by the clerk shall not affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been filed.
(c) No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment filed hereunder shall issue until twenty (20) days after the date the judgment is filed.
Amendment History
Laws 1968, SB 288, c. 170, § 4, emerg. eff. 4/15/1968.
Plain-English Summary
Filing a foreign judgment under this Act comes with a paper trail requirement. The creditor or the creditor's lawyer must file an affidavit giving the debtor's and creditor's last-known post-office addresses at the time of filing.
The clerk then mails the debtor notice of the filing and logs the mailing in the docket; the notice includes the creditor's and the creditor's lawyer's address. The creditor may also mail a separate notice and file proof of it — and if that proof is on file, the clerk's failure to send notice won't hold up enforcement. Either way, no execution or other enforcement process can issue until twenty days after the judgment is filed.
Frequently Asked Questions
What has to be filed along with the foreign judgment?
An affidavit giving the last-known post-office address of both the judgment debtor and the judgment creditor.
How does the debtor find out the judgment was filed?
The clerk mails notice to the debtor's address and notes the mailing in the docket; the creditor may also mail a separate notice and file proof of it.
What if the clerk never mails the notice?
Enforcement isn't affected as long as the judgment creditor filed proof of having mailed notice.
How soon can the creditor start enforcement after filing?
Not until twenty days have passed from the date the judgment was filed.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature.
Last verified August 3, 2026.
· Official source
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