Chapter 15: Appeal and Error · Last amended September 10, 2013 · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceSection 993 lets a party immediately appeal specific interlocutory district-court orders — on attachments, injunctions, receivers, pendente lite payments, class certification, and orders granting a new trial or vacating a judgment — without waiting for the case to end, and sets bond and stay rules for those appeals.
1.Discharges, vacates, or modifies or refuses to discharge, vacate, or modify an attachment;
2.Denies a temporary or permanent injunction, grants a temporary or permanent injunction except where granted at an ex parte hearing, or discharges, vacates, or modifies or refuses to discharge, vacate, or modify a temporary or permanent injunction;
3.Discharges, vacates, or modifies or refuses to discharge, vacate, or modify a provisional remedy which affects the substantial rights of a party;
4.Appoints a receiver except where the receiver was appointed at an ex parte hearing, refuses to appoint a receiver, or vacates or refuses to vacate the appointment of a receiver;
5.Directs the payment of money pendente lite except where granted at an ex parte hearing, refuses to direct the payment of money pendente lite, or vacates or refuses to vacate an order directing the payment of money pendente lite;
6.Certifies or refuses to certify an action to be maintained as a class action;
7.Denies a motion in a class action asserting lack of jurisdiction because an agency of this state has exclusive or primary jurisdiction of the action or a part of the action, or asserting that a party has failed to exhaust administrative remedies, but only if the class is subsequently certified and only as part of the appeal of the order certifying the class action; or
8.Grants a new trial or opens or vacates a judgment or order, the party aggrieved thereby may appeal the order to the Supreme Court without awaiting the final determination in said cause, by filing the petition in error and the record on appeal with the Supreme Court within thirty (30) days after the order prepared in conformance with Section 696.3 of this title, is filed with the court clerk. If the appellant did not prepare the order, and Section 696.2 of this title required a copy of the order to be mailed to the appellant, and the court records do not reflect the mailing of a copy of the order to the appellant within three (3) days, exclusive of weekends and holidays, after the filing of the order, the petition in error may be filed within thirty (30) days after the earliest date on which the court records show that a copy of the order was mailed to the appellant. The Supreme Court may extend the time for filing the record upon good cause shown.
B.If the order discharges or modifies an attachment or temporary injunction and it becomes operative, the undertaking given upon the allowance of an attachment or temporary injunction shall stay the enforcement of said order and remain in full force until final order of discharge shall take effect.
C.If a receiver shall be or has been appointed, upon the appellant filing an appeal bond, with sufficient sureties, in such sum as may have been required of the receiver by the court or a judge thereof, conditioned for the due prosecution of the appeal and the payment of all costs or damages that may accrue to the state or any officer or person by reason thereof, the authority of the receiver shall be suspended until the final determination of the appeal, and if the receiver has taken possession of any property, real or personal, it shall be returned and surrendered to the appellant upon the filing and approval of the bonds.
Amendment History
Amended with no change by Laws 2013, c. 23 s. 3, eff. 9/10/2013.
Amended by Laws 2013, c. 10 s. 3, eff. 9/10/2013.
Added by Laws 1970, HB 1743, c. 289, § 1, emerg. eff. 7/1/1970; Amended by Laws 1978, HB 1532, c. 245,
§ 8, emerg. eff. 7/1/1978; Amended by Laws 1984, HB 1591, c. 40, § 1, eff. 11/1/1984; Amended by Laws
1990, SB 881, c. 251, § 14, eff. 1/1/1991; Amended by Laws 1991, SB 24, c. 251, § 17, emerg. eff. 6/1/1991;
Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1468, c. 351, §22, eff. 10/1/1993; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2122, c. 61, § 1,
eff. 11/1/1996; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1778, c. 102, §8, emerg. eff. 5/1/1997; Amended by Laws 2009,
HB 1603, c. 228, §9, eff. 11/1/2009.
Note
Laws 2013, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 10, § 3 and Laws 2013, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 23, § 3 made identical amendments. Laws 2009, c. 228, § 9 was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013) and repealed by Laws 2013, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 10, § 1, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013 and Laws 2013, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 23, § 1, emerg. eff. Sept. 10, 2013.
Plain-English Summary
Ordinarily an appeal waits for a final judgment, but Section 993 lists orders a party can appeal right away. The list covers orders that discharge, vacate, or modify (or refuse to) an attachment, a temporary or permanent injunction, or another provisional remedy affecting a party's substantial rights; orders appointing or refusing to appoint a receiver; orders directing or refusing to direct payment of money pendente lite; orders certifying or refusing to certify a class action, plus a related jurisdictional ruling once a class is certified; and orders granting a new trial or opening or vacating a judgment. The aggrieved party appeals by filing the petition in error and the record on appeal within thirty days of the order's filing, subject to the same service-based extension found elsewhere in this article.
Two subsections manage what happens while that interlocutory appeal is pending. If the order discharges or modifies an attachment or temporary injunction, the bond originally given for the attachment or injunction stays the discharge order's effect until a final discharge order takes hold. If a receiver has been appointed, the appellant can suspend the receiver's authority — and get back any property the receiver had already taken — by posting an appeal bond in the amount the court set for the receiver.
The history behind this section includes a legislative dead end: a 2009 amendment was later held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., and the legislature repealed it in a 2013 special session, replacing it with the current text.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I appeal an order granting a receiver before the case is over?
Yes — Section 993 lets a party appeal an order appointing, refusing to appoint, or vacating the appointment of a receiver without waiting for final judgment.
What's the deadline for appealing one of these interlocutory orders?
Thirty days after the order is filed with the court clerk, subject to an extension if you weren't timely served and didn't prepare the order yourself.
Does appealing an order dissolving an attachment or injunction stop it from taking effect right away?
Yes — subsection B says the original attachment or injunction bond stays the discharge order's effect until a final order of discharge takes hold.
What happened to the version of this section enacted in 2009?
The Oklahoma Supreme Court held that 2009 amendment unconstitutional in Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., and the legislature repealed it in a 2013 special session and replaced it with the current text.
Can class-action certification orders be appealed right away?
Yes — subsection A(6) covers orders certifying or refusing to certify a class action, and A(7) covers a related jurisdictional ruling once a class is later certified.
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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