Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB3227: Process servers; application; licensing fees; service of process; private or gated residential communities; medical facilities; place of employment; refusal to assist service misdemeanor offense; penalty; effective date.
Status: In committee, February 3, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to process servers; amending 12 O.S. 2021, Section 158.1, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 20, O.S.L. 2023 (12 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 158.1), which relates to process servers; prohibiting the electronic storage of process server applications; removing certain fees for initial application other than One Hundred Fifty Dollar fee; prohibiting additional fees for renewal of license other than Fifteen Dollar fee; prohibiting the use of a process server's license number to be used as a court case number; requiring process servers telephone numbers be posted on statewide registry…
From the introduced text, January 14, 2026:
An Act relating to process servers; amending 12 O.S. 2021, Section 158.1, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 20, O.S.L. 2023 (12 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 158.1), which relates to process servers; prohibiting the electronic storage of process server applications; removing certain fees for initial application other than One Hundred Fifty Dollar fee; prohibiting additional fees for renewal of license other than Fifteen Dollar fee; prohibiting the use of a process server's license number to be used as a court case number; requiring process servers telephone numbers be posted on statewide registry; amending 12 O.S. 2021, Section 2004, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 59, O.S.L. 2022 (12 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 2004), which relates to service of process; adding service to a person's place of employment; adding service to a medical facility where the person is a patient; defining private or gated residential community; requiring entry to private or gated residential community for service of process; authorizing service on employee, security officer, or gatekeeper of a private or gated residential community who refused access to the community; permitting service of process by securely posting service on or by gate if no employee, security guard, or gatekeeper is present and electronic gate or locked gate is present; creating misdemeanor offense for an employer to knowingly refuse to assist service of …