Oklahoma § 5-5 Proof of authority - Stay of proceedings.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 5-5 — Proof of authority - Stay of proceedings.

Oklahoma § 5-5

Title 5Attorneys And State Bar

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Okla. Stat. tit. 5, § 5-5 (2026).

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The court, on motion of either party and on the showing of reasonable grounds therefor, may require the attorney for the adverse party or for any one of the several adverse parties to produce or prove by oath, or otherwise, the authority under which the attorney appears and, until the attorney does so, may stay proceedings by the attorney on behalf of the parties for whom the attorney assumes to appear.

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The court, on motion of either party and on the showing of reasonable grounds therefor, may require the attorney for the adverse party or for any one of the several adverse parties to produce or prove by oath, or otherwise, the authority under which the attorney appears and, until the attorney does so, may stay proceedings by the attorney on behalf of the parties for whom the attorney assumes to appear.