Oklahoma Code § 12-142

Title 12. Civil Procedure: Action for collection on open account, statement of
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account, account stated, note or other instrument of indebtedness -
Contracts for goods, wares, merchandise, labor or services.

The venue of civil actions for the collection of an open
account, a statement of account, account stated, written or oral
contract relating to the purchase of goods, wares or merchandise,
labor or services, or for the collection of any note or other
instrument of indebtedness shall be, at the option of the plaintiff
or plaintiffs, in either of the following:
(a) in any county in which venue may be properly laid as now
provided by law; or
(b) in the county in which the debt was contracted or in which
the note or other instrument of indebtedness was given.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 94, § 1.  Amended by Laws 1971, c. 45, § 1,
eff. Oct. 1, 1971; Laws 1978, c. 305, § 1, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws
1988, c. 4, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.

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