Oklahoma § 12-729.8 Judgment or award on foreign-money claim.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 12-729.8 — Judgment or award on foreign-money claim.

Oklahoma § 12-729.8

Title 12Civil Procedure

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Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-729.8 (2026).

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A.Except as provided in subsection C of this section, a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim must be stated in an amount of the money of the claim.

B.A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim is payable in that foreign money or, at the option of the debtor, in the amount of United States dollars which will purchase that foreign money on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate.

C.Assessed costs must be entered in United States dollars.

D.Each payment in United States dollars must be accepted and credited on a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim in the amount of the foreign money that could be purchased by the dollars at a bank-offered spot rate of exchange at or near the close of business on the conversion date for that payment.

E.A judgment or award made in an

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A. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim must be stated in an amount of the money of the claim. B. A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim is payable in that foreign money or, at the option of the debtor, in the amount of United States dollars which will purchase that foreign money on the conversion date at a bank-offered spot rate. C. Assessed costs must be entered in United States dollars. D. Each payment in United States dollars must be accepted and credited on a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim in the amount of the foreign money that could be purchased by the dollars at a bank-offered spot rate of exchange at or near the close of business on the conversion date for that payment. E. A judgment or award made in an action or distribution proceeding on both: 1. A defense, set-off, recoupment or counterclaim; and 2. The adverse party's claim, must be netted by converting the money of the smaller into the money of the larger, and by subtracting the smaller from the larger, and specify the rates of exchange used. F. A judgment substantially in the following form complies with subsection A of this section: IT IS ADJUDGED AND ORDERED, that Defendant (insert name) pay to Plaintiff (insert name) the sum of (insert amount in the foreign money) plus interest on that sum at the rate of (insert rate - see Section 10 of this act) percent a year or, at the option of the judgment debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the (insert name of foreign money) with interest due, at a bank-offered spot rate at or near the close of business on the banking day next before the day of payment, together with assessed costs of (insert amount) United States dollars. G. If a contract claim is of the type covered by subsection A or B of Section 6 of this act, the judgment or award must be entered for the amount of money stated to measure the obligation to be paid in the money specified for payment or, at the option of the debtor, the number of United States dollars which will purchase the computed amount of the money of payment on the conversion date at a bank- offered spot rate. H. In order to create a lien, a judgment in foreign money must be filed and indexed in the same manner as other judgments. It may be discharged in the same manner as other judgments.