In special cases not hereinbefore provided for, the execution shall conform to the judgment or order of the court. When a judgment for any specified amount, and also for the sale of specific real or personal property, shall have been rendered, and an amount sufficient to satisfy the amount of the debt or damages and costs, be not made from the sale of property specified, an execution may issue for the balance, as in other cases.
§ 903.Execution Must Conform to Judgment
Chapter 13: Limitation of Actions · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceSection 903 requires an execution in any case not otherwise covered to conform to the judgment or court order, and lets an execution issue for the unpaid balance when a sale of specific property named in the judgment doesn't raise enough to cover the debt, damages, and costs.
Full Text of § 903
Amendment History
R.L. 1910, § 5216.
Plain-English Summary
Section 903 is the catch-all for executions the other sections don't specifically address: whatever form the judgment or court order takes, the execution has to conform to it. It also answers a practical gap. When a judgment awards a specific amount and also orders the sale of specific real or personal property, and that sale doesn't raise enough to cover the debt, damages, and costs, an execution may issue for the remaining balance, the same as in any other case.
Frequently Asked Questions
What governs an execution in a situation the other execution rules don't specifically cover?
The execution must conform to the judgment or order of the court.
If a judgment orders both a money award and the sale of specific property, and the sale doesn't cover the full debt, what happens?
An execution may issue for the remaining balance, just as in other cases.
Does this section create a new type of execution?
No, it's a catch-all requiring conformity to the judgment and confirming that a shortfall after a specific-property sale can still be collected by further execution.
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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