§ 6-102. Suits authorized under small claims procedure.
A. The following suits may be brought under the small claims procedure:
1. Actions for the recovery of money based on contract or tort, including subrogation claims, but excluding libel or slander, in which the amount sought to be recovered, exclusive of attorney fees and other court costs, does not exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00);
2. Actions to replevy personal property the value of which does not exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00). If the claims for possession of personal property and to recover money are pled in the alternative, the joinder of claims is permissible if neither the value of the property nor the total amount of money sought to be recovered, exclusive of attorney fees and other costs, exceeds Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00); and
3. Actions in the nature of interpleader, as provided for in the Osage Nation Civil Code, in which the value of the money which is the subject of such action does not exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).
B. In those cases which are uncontested, the amount of attorney fees allowed shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the judgment.
C. No action may be brought under the small claims procedure for any alleged claim against the Osage Nation.
D. No action by a plaintiff who is currently incarcerated in any jail or prison may be brought against any person or entity under the small claims procedure. ONCA 12-104, eff. Sept. 28, 2012.