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Oklahoma Exemptions

   

Federal supplemental exemptions can be used in conjunction with your Oklahoma exemptions and can be viewed here.

Also see Oklahoma bankruptcy forms.

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EXEMPTION DESCRIPTION

LAW SECTION

Homestead

Real property or manufactured home to unlimited value; property cannot ¼ acre, may claim $5000 on 1 acre in city, town or village, or 160 acres elsewhere (need not occupy homestead to claim it exempt as long as you don’t acquire another)

 

 

 

31-1(A) (1), 31-1(A) (2), 31-2

Insurance

Assessment or mutual benefits

Fraternal benefit society benefits

Funeral benefits prepaid & placed in trust

Group life policy or proceeds

Limited stock insurance benefits

36-2410

2718.1

36-6125

36-3632

36-2510

Miscellaneous

Alimony, child support

Property of business partnership

31-1(A) (19)

54-225

Pensions

County employees

Disabled veterans

ERISA-qualified benefits

Firefighters

Law enforcement employees

Police officers

Public employees

Tax exempt benefits

Teachers

19-959

31-7

31-1(A) (20)

11-49-126

47-2-303.3

11-50-124

74-923

60-328

70-17-109

Personal Property

Books, portraits, pictures & gun

2 bridles & 2 saddles

Burial plots

100 chickens, 10 hogs, 5 cows & calves under 6 months, 20 sheep; forage for livestock to last 1 year (cows must be able to produce milk for human consumption)

Clothing to $4000

Furniture, health aids, food to last 1 year

Motor vehicle to $3000

Claim for personal bodily injury, death or workers' compensation claim, for a net amount not in excess of $50,000.00, but not including any claim for exemplary or punitive damages

31-1(A) (7), (14)

31-1(A) (12)

31-1(A) (4), 8-7

 

31-1 (A) (10), (11), (15), (16)

31-1(A) (8)

31-1(A) (3), (9), (17)

31-1(A) (13)

31-1(A) (21); In re Luckinbill, 163 B.R. 856 (W.D. Okla. 1994)

Public Benefits

Crime victims’ compensation

Social security

Unemployment compensation

Worker’s compensation (see personal property)

21-142.13

56-173

40-2-203

85-48

Tools of Trade

Husbandry implements to farm homestead, tools, books & apparatus to $5000 total

 

31-1(A) (5), (6), 31-1( C)

Wages

75% of wages earned in 90 days before filing bankruptcy; bankruptcy judge may allow more if you show hardship

12-1171.1,

31-1(A) (18)

Wild Card

None

 

 


     

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