- A. Any document, correspondence or order submitted to the Court, Court Administrator or to any trial judge thereof, shall be typed or printed legibly and shall bear the typed or printed name and the signature of the person who prepared the document or correspondence; the firm name if applicable, the complete address including the zip code; the telephone number, including the area code; and the case number, if one has been assigned to the claim. If the document or correspondence has been prepared by legal counsel, the counsel's Oklahoma Bar Association number shall also be listed.
B. The signature of an attorney or party constitutes the following:
- 1. a certification that the form, motion or other paper has been read;
- 2. that to the best of attorney's or party's knowledge, information and belief formed after reasonable inquiry, it is well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification or reversal of existing law; and
- 3. that it is not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.
- C. Any document or correspondence submitted to the Court shall include a certificate of mailing to all parties.
Adopted by order of the Supreme Court, 1997 OK 130, eff. November 1, 1997. Amended by order of the Supreme Court, 2002 OK 6, eff. March 1, 2002.