A. When a plaintiff requests an indigency exemption from providing an affidavit of merit in a civil action for negligence pursuant to Section 2 of this act, such person shall submit an appropriate application to the court clerk, on a form created by the Administrative Director of the Courts, which shall state that the application is signed under oath and under the penalty of perjury and that a false statement may be prosecuted as such.
B. 1. The Supreme Court shall promulgate rules governing the determination of indigency for a plaintiff claiming an exemption from providing an affidavit of merit in a civil action for negligence pursuant to Section 2 of this act. The initial determination of indigency shall be made by the Chief Judge of the Judicial District or a designee thereof, based on the plaintiff's application and the rules provided herein.
2. Upon promulgation of the rules required by law, the determination of indigency shall be subject to review by the Presiding Judge of the Judicial Administrative District.
Added by Laws 2013, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 12, § 4.
NOTE: Text formerly resided under repealed Title 12, § 192, which was derived from Laws 2009, c. 228, § 4, which was held unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in the case of Douglas v. Cox Retirement Properties, Inc., 2013 OK 37, 302 P.2d 789 (Okla. 2013).
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