2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 40. Labor
§40-2-203. Claim.
CLAIM.
A. An unemployed individual must file an initial claim for unemployment benefits by completing the required forms through the Internet Claims service provided by the Commission, or by completing all forms necessary to process an initial claim in a local office of the Commission or any alternate site designated by the Commission to take unemployment benefit claims. The Commission may obtain additional information regarding an individual's claim through any form of telecommunication, writing, or interview. An unemployed individual must file a claim by telecommunication or by Internet utilizing the digital services portal to create an account to access benefits with respect to each week in accordance with such rule as the Commission may prescribe.
B. With respect to each week, the claimant must provide the Commission with a true and correct statement of all material facts relating to unemployment; ability to work; availability for work; activities or conditions which could restrict the individual from seeking or immediately accepting full-time employment or part-time work if subsection (4) of Section 2-408 of this title applies; applications for or receipt of workers' compensation benefits; employment and earnings; and the reporting of other income from retirement, pension, disability, self-employment, education or training allowances.
C. No claim will be allowed or paid unless the claimant resides within a state or foreign country with which the State of Oklahoma has entered into a reciprocal or cooperative arrangement pursuant to Section 4-701 et seq. of this title.
D. The Commission may require the individual to produce documents or information relevant to the claim for benefits. If the individual fails to produce it, the individual's claim for unemployment benefits may be disqualified indefinitely by the Commission until the information is produced. An individual that has been disqualified indefinitely by the provisions of this subsection may receive payment for any week between the initial failure and the compliance with this subsection if the claimant is otherwise eligible and has made a timely filing for each intervening week.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-203, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 219, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 30, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2002, c. 452, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 177, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2010, c. 216, § 4, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2013, c. 148, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 4, § 7, emerg. eff. April 2, 2014; Laws 2014, c. 220, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 249, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2019, c. 251, § 3, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 424, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2022, c. 360, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
NOTE: Laws 2013, c. 71, § 3 repealed by Laws 2014, c. 4, § 8, emerg. eff. April 2, 2014.
