Oklahoma Code § 61-227

Title 61. Public Buildings And Public Works: Application of act - Void and unenforceable provisions,
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covenant, clauses or understandings.
A.  1.  This act shall not apply to:
a. highway construction,
b. railroad construction, or
c. turnpike construction.
2.  Except as the following may be a portion of a construction
contract as defined in Section 2 of this act, this act shall not
apply to:
a. roads,
b. bridges,
c. utilities,
d. traffic control,
e. drainage construction,
f. sanitary sewer construction, or
g. waterline construction.
3.  This act shall not apply to any contract relating to a
single-, two-, three-, or four-family dwelling.
B.  The following are against the public policy of this state
and are void and unenforceable:
1.  A provision, covenant, clause or understanding in,
collateral to or affecting a construction contract that makes the
contract subject to the laws of another state or that requires any
litigation, arbitration or other dispute resolution proceeding
arising from the contract to be conducted in another state; and
2.  A provision, covenant, clause or understanding in,
collateral to or affecting a construction contract that disallows or
alters the rights of any prime contractor, subcontractor, sub-
subcontractor, or material supplier to receive and enforce any and
all rights under this act.

Added by Laws 2004, c. 256, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.  Amended by Laws
2005, c. 92, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.  Renumbered from Title 15, §
627 by Laws 2005, c. 92, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.

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