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Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 1601.2

Power to certify

Added by Laws 1973, c. 22, § 9, operative July 1, 1973

Power to Certify. The Supreme Court or the Court of Criminal Appeals of this state, on the motion of a party to pending litigation or on its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state, or of a federally recognized Indian tribal government, or of Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico, or a Mexican state if:

1. The pending litigation involves a question to be decided under the law of the other jurisdiction;

2. The answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending litigation; and 3. The question is one for which an answer is not provided by a controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision, or statute of the other jurisdiction.

Official source: Oklahoma Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oklahoma statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.