Oklahoma Code § 15-215

Title 15. Contracts: Amount presumed to be damages, provision for
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A.  A stipulation or condition in a contract except a contract
to purchase and sell real property, providing for the payment of an
amount which shall be presumed to be the amount of damage sustained
by a breach of such contract, shall be held valid, when, from the
nature of the case, it would be impracticable or extremely difficult
to fix the actual damage.
B.  A provision in a real estate sales contract, providing for
the payment of anamount which shall be presumed to be the amount of
damages sustained by a breach of such contract, shall be held valid
and not a penalty, when such amount does not exceed five percent
(5%) of the purchase price.  In the event such amount exceeds five
percent (5%) of the purchase price, such provision shall be held
invalid and a penalty unless the party seeking to uphold the
provision establishes that such amount is reasonable.  If such
provision is valid under this subsection, the limitations of Section
28 of Title 23 of the Oklahoma Statutes do not apply.

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