§12-1778. Discovery control plan.
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A. Every case that follows the expedited actions process shall be governed by the discovery control plan provided for in this section. Discovery shall be subject to the limitations provided for in Section 3226 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes and to the following additional limitations:
1. In a suit not governed by Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes, all discovery shall be conducted during the discovery period, which begins when the first initial disclosures are due and continues for one hundred eighty
(180)days. In a suit governed by Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes, all discovery shall be conducted during the discovery period, which begins when the suit is filed and continues until one hundred eighty
(180)days after the first request for discovery of any kind is served on a party;
2. Each party shall have no more than twenty
(20)hours in total to examine and cross-examine all witnesses in oral depositions. The court may modify the deposition hours so that no party is given unfair advantage;
3. Any party may serve on any other party no more than fifteen written interrogatories, excluding interrogatories asking a party only to identify or authenticate specific documents. Each discrete subpart of an interrogatory is considered a separate interrogatory;
4. Any party may serve on any other party no more than fifteen written requests for production. Each discrete subpart of a request for production is considered a separate request for production; and
5. Any party may serve on any other party no more than fifteen written requests for admissions. Each discrete subpart of a request for admission is considered a separate request for admission.
B. If a suit is removed from the expedited actions process or, in a divorce, the filing of a pleading renders this section no longer applicable, the discovery period shall reopen and discovery shall be completed within the limitations provided in Section 3226 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Any person previously deposed may be redeposed. On motion of any party, the court should continue the trial date if necessary to permit completion of discovery. Added by Laws 2025, c. 311, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2025.