Oklahoma Code § 12-718.5

Title 12. Civil Procedure: Personal jurisdiction
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A.  A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition
for lack of personal jurisdiction if:
1.  The defendant was served with process personally in the
foreign country;

2.  The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other
than for the purpose of protecting property seized or threatened
with seizure in the proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of
the court over the defendant;
3.  The defendant, before the commencement of the proceeding,
had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the foreign court with
respect to the subject matter involved;
4.  The defendant was domiciled in the foreign country when the
proceeding was instituted or was a corporation or other form of
business organization that had its principal place of business in,
or was organized under the laws of, the foreign country;
5.  The defendant had a business office in the foreign country
and the proceeding in the foreign court involved a cause of action
arising out of business done by the defendant through that office in
the foreign country; or
6.  The defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane in the
foreign country and the proceeding involved a cause of action
arising out of that operation.
B.  The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in subsection A
of this section is not exclusive.  The courts of this state may
recognize bases of personal jurisdiction other than those listed in
subsection A of this section as sufficient to support a foreign-
country judgment.

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