The actions for unlawful entry and detainer standing alone or when joined with a claim for collection of rent or damages to the premises, or both, shall be commenced by filing an affidavit in substantially the following form with the clerk of the court:

In the District Court, County of ____________________________, State of Oklahoma.

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Plaintiff

vs.No.__________

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Defendant

STATE OF OKLAHOMA)

) ss

COUNTY OF _______)

AFFIDAVIT

____________________________, being duly sworn, deposes and says:

The defendant resides at _______________________________, in the above-named county, and defendant's mailing address is ______________ ___________________________________________________________________.

The defendant is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $__________ for rent and for the further sum of $__________ for damages to the premises rented by the defendant; the plaintiff has demanded payment of said sum(s) but the defendant refused to pay the same and no part of the amount sued for herein has been paid,

and/or

the defendant is wrongfully in possession of certain real property described as ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________; the plaintiff is entitled to possession thereof and has made demand on the defendant to vacate the premises, but the defendant refused to do so.

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Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of __________, 19__.

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Notary Public (or Clerk or Judge)

Added by Laws 1971, c. 339, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 1971.