Unless otherwise provided by statute, the costs of motions, continuances, amendments and the like, shall be taxed and paid as the court, in its discretion, may direct.
§ 927.Certain Costs Taxed At Discretion of Court
Chapter 14: Costs · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceSection 927 leaves the costs of motions, continuances, amendments, and similar matters to the court's discretion, unless another statute already directs how to handle them.
Full Text of § 927
Amendment History
R.L. 1910, § 5228.
Plain-English Summary
For routine procedural steps -- motions, continuances, amendments, and the like -- this section doesn't fix who pays. It leaves the taxing and payment of those particular costs to whatever the court, in its discretion, directs, except where some other statute already covers the point.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who pays the costs of a continuance or amendment in an Oklahoma civil case?
Whoever the court directs, in its discretion, unless another statute already specifies.
Does this section set a default rule favoring either party?
No. It gives the court discretion instead of assigning those costs to a particular side.
How does this section relate to the general costs-to-the-prevailing-party rules?
Those broader rules, in Sections 928 through 930, cover costs on the judgment as a whole; this section covers the incidental costs of motions and similar procedural steps along the way.
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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