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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 55 seeking or immediately accepting full-time employment or part-time work if subsection (4) of Section 2-408 of this title applies; applications for or receipt of workers' compensation benefits; employment and earnings; and the reporting of other income from retirement, pension, disability, self-employment, education or training allowances. C. No claim will be allowed or paid unless the claimant resides within a state or foreign country with which the State of Oklahoma has entered into a reciprocal or cooperative arrangement pursuant to Section 4-701 et seq. of this title. D. The Commission may require the individual to produce documents or information relevant to the claim for benefits. If the individual fails to produce it, the individual's claim for unemployment benefits may be disqualified indefinitely by the Commission until the information is produced. An individual that has been disqualified indefinitely by the provisions of this subsection may receive payment for any week between the initial failure and the compliance with this subsection if the claimant is otherwise eligible and has made a timely filing for each intervening week. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-203, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 219, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 30, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2002, c. 452, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 177, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2010, c. 216, § 4, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2013, c. 148, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 4, § 7, emerg. eff. April 2, 2014; Laws 2014, c. 220, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 249, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2019, c. 251, § 3, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 424, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2022, c. 360, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2022. NOTE: Laws 2013, c. 71, § 3 repealed by Laws 2014, c. 4, § 8, emerg. eff. April 2, 2014.

§40-2-204. Registration for employment. REGISTRATION FOR EMPLOYMENT. The unemployed individual must register for work within seven (7) days of filing his or her initial claim for unemployment benefits in accordance with such rules as the Commission may prescribe, except that the Commission may waive the requirements of this section as to individuals attached to regular jobs, situations involving mass layoffs, or individuals in areas not served by an established employment office or Internet service when it finds that compliance with these requirements would be oppressive, or would be inconsistent with the purpose of the Employment Security Act of 1980. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 2-204, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 219, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2012, c. 196, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 2012.