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How much does it cost to file an eviction in Oklahoma?

Filing an eviction in Oklahoma district court costs an $85 flat fee, $138 with the statutory assessments. Oklahoma's forcible entry and detainer action — the landlord's suit for possession — is named expressly in the flat fee schedule: 28 O.S. §152(A)(14) prices "all others, including but not limited to actions for forcible entry and detainer," at $85, collected by the court clerk at the time of filing. Five assessments in subsections (B) through (G) of the same section add $53 on a paragraph (14) filing — $6 for the Law Library Fund, $25 for the Oklahoma Court Information System, $10 for court-appointed special advocates, $2 for judicial complaint and interpreter funds, and $10 for the Court Clerk's Records Management and Preservation Fund — bringing the state total to $138 before service.

Oklahoma eviction fees at a glance

Section 152's design is worth understanding before the number surprises anyone: the flat fee in subsection (A) is declared to be the only charge for court costs except as otherwise specifically provided by law, and it is never refundable — but the assessments in (B) through (G) are some of the charges otherwise provided, and they are itemised rather than folded in. Paragraph (14) is expressly listed in subsection (B), so the $6 law library assessment applies to an eviction filing, and in subsection (F), so a county whose commissioners have approved it may add a courthouse security assessment of up to $10 more; that optional county amount is excluded from the $138 total here, which is why a given county's counter total can read $148. The same section prices the landlord's follow-on filings: any other proceeding after judgment is $33 under (A)(13), a garnishment to collect a money judgment is $23 under (A)(11), and a continuing wage garnishment is $63 under (A)(12) — each a flat fee to which the (C), (D), (E) and (G) assessments are added as their text provides. The national comparison is on the eviction filing costs hub.

District court or small claims: two doors for possession

Oklahoma landlords can pursue possession through the forcible entry and detainer procedure in district court or, within its limits, through the small claims procedure — and the fee analysis differs by door. This page prices the district court filing under §152(A)(14), the line the statute names for forcible entry and detainer. The steps before either door are the same and are not court charges: the landlord must give the statutory notice to terminate and demand possession, and only after the notice period runs may the petition be filed. After filing, the summons must be served on the tenant — by the sheriff or a licensed process server at charges set under the companion fee statute, 28 O.S. §152.1, and by the server — and a writ of execution for possession, if the tenant does not leave after judgment, is enforced through the sheriff on the same separate-charge basis. Those service and enforcement charges are real, but they are not in §152 and they vary by server and county, so this page names them without inventing figures, exactly as it treats the optional county security assessment.

How the case runs

1. Serve the statutory notice to terminate and demand possession — no court fee at this stage
2. File the forcible entry and detainer petition in district court and pay the flat fee and assessments $138
3. Have the summons served on the tenant — sheriff or process server charges apply under §152.1
4. Attend the hearing; if the landlord prevails, the court enters judgment for possession and any rent or damages proved
5. If the tenant remains, obtain a writ of execution and have the sheriff enforce it; post-judgment proceedings are $33 and a garnishment $23 under (A)(13) and (A)(11), plus applicable assessments

What an eviction really costs beyond the clerk

A landlord's full Oklahoma eviction budget adds the pre-suit notice, service of the summons, sheriff enforcement of the writ, and — where rent is pursued — the post-judgment filings above, plus any attorney's private rate. The service-side charges live in §152.1 and in the server's own pricing rather than in the §152 flat fee, and lost rent during the notice and hearing period dwarfs every fee on this page without being a court cost at all. None of those amounts is fixed by §152, so this page names them without inventing figures — the same discipline applied on this site's Texas eviction costs, Florida eviction costs and Arizona eviction costs pages. What a landlord can predict exactly from the statute is the filing spine: $85 flat, $53 in assessments, $138 collected, with up to $10 more where the county has adopted the security assessment. The wider state picture is on the Oklahoma court costs guide, and the same schedule's family and probate lines are on the Oklahoma divorce costs and Oklahoma probate costs pages.

Can't afford the fee?

Section 152(H) is the schedule's own safety valve: a litigant who has a just cause of action but, by reason of poverty, cannot pay the fees and costs and cannot employ counsel may file an affidavit in forma pauperis, and on a satisfactory showing that the litigant has no means, no fees or costs are required. The affidavit is sworn before an officer authorised to administer oaths and the showing is made to the court. Landlords file evictions as a business cost far more often than as hardship cases, but the provision is part of the same section and applies by its terms to any litigant who qualifies. The general mechanics of fee waivers are explained in the fee waiver guide.

Sources: 28 O.S. §152 (2025), official text read directly — (A)(14) all others, including forcible entry and detainer, $85; (A)(11) garnishment $23; (A)(12) continuing wage garnishment $63; (A)(13) any other proceeding after judgment $33; assessments (B) $6 Law Library Fund (paragraph 14 expressly listed), (C) $25 Oklahoma Court Information System Revolving Fund, (D) $10 Oklahoma court-appointed special advocates, (E) $2, (G) $10 Court Clerk's Records Management and Preservation Fund until November 1, 2027 — $53 total, $138 with the flat fee; (F) optional county courthouse security assessment up to $10 on paragraph 14 filings, excluded from the total; (H) in forma pauperis · Uniform Oklahoma Fee Schedule (Supreme Court Administrative Office of the Courts), forcible entry and detainer grouped under (A)(14) · 28 O.S. §152.1 (additional clerk and service charges, separate from the flat fee). Last verified: November 2026 — confirm your county's total, including any (F) security assessment, with the court clerk.