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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 93 1. The employer shall answer the Notice of Levy on a form provided by the Commission. The employer shall follow the procedure for answering a continuing earnings garnishment as set out in subsection F of Section 1173.4 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes; 2. The Notice of Levy shall be a lien on the debtor's property in the same manner as provided for in subsection G of Section 1173.4 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Notice of Levy shall also be subject to the procedures and time limits set out in subsections H, I, J and K of Section 1173.4 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, except that when a document is required to be filed with the clerk of the court, the document will instead be filed with the Commission as directed on the forms provided; 3. Any employer that fails or refuses to surrender money or rights to money belonging to its employee in the employer's possession, or that fails or refuses to make the appropriate deduction from wages pursuant to a levy provided for by this statute upon being served with a Notice of Levy and supporting warrant of levy and lien of the Commission, shall be liable to the Commission in a sum equal to the amount of money, rights to money, or wage deduction not so surrendered, but not exceeding the amount of the debtor's indebtedness for the collection of which the levy has been made, together with accrued interest pursuant to Section 2-613 of this title, and the cost of service of the Notice of Levy. Any amount recovered in this manner shall be credited against the liability of the debtor for the benefit overpayment indebtedness, for which the levy was made; and 4. Any employer in possession of money or rights to money subject to levy upon which a levy has been made that surrenders the money or rights to money to the Commission shall be discharged from any obligation or liability to the debtor and any other person or entity with respect to such money or rights to money arising from the surrender or payment. D. To levy upon a debtor's bank account, the Commission must serve a Notice of Levy on the bank in which the debtor has an account, along with the warrant of levy and lien issued against the debtor. The following procedures will apply to a Notice of Levy served on a bank: 1. Upon receiving the Notice of Levy and the warrant of levy and lien issued against the debtor, the bank shall deliver all of the debtor's interest in the money in the debtor's bank account at the time of service of the levy, subject to the banker's lien or right of set off or any other priority claim of the bank, up to the amount of indebtedness indicated on the warrant of levy and lien plus accrued interest pursuant to Section 2-613 of this title and any fees for service of process, to the Commission office indicated in the Notice of Levy;