2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 12. Civil Procedure
§12-426. Statement under penalty of perjury.
Whenever, under any law of Oklahoma or under any rule, order, or requirement made pursuant to the law of Oklahoma, any matter is required or permitted to be supported, evidenced, established, or proved by the sworn statement, declaration, verification, certificate, oath, or affidavit, in writing of the person making the same (other than a deposition, or any oath of office, or an oath required to be taken before a specified official other than a notary public), the matter may with like force and effect be supported, evidenced, established, or proved by the unsworn statement in writing of the person made and signed under penalty of perjury setting forth the date and place of execution and that it is made under the laws of Oklahoma. The statement under penalty of perjury may be substantially in the following form:
“I state under penalty of perjury under the laws of Oklahoma that the foregoing is true and correct.
_______________________________________________________________
(Date and Place)(Signature)”
The signed statement under penalty of perjury shall constitute a legally binding assertion that the contents of the statement to which it refers are true. This section shall not affect any requirement for acknowledgment of an instrument affecting real property.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 468, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
