The Supreme Court shall consist of nine (9) Justices. Each Justice in office on July 1, 2020, shall serve the term for which the Justice was appointed or retained in office by retention ballot and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified, unless the Justice vacates the office prior to the end of […]
The Supreme Court may try said issue of fact in banc or may designate one of its members to preside at such trial; and a jury shall be secured as provided in the following section. The Court or the justice trying the same shall conduct said trial, and the verdict therein shall be rendered in […]
A. The Oklahoma Supreme Court shall maintain a calendar of cases pending before the court which shall be made available to the public on the Supreme Court website. Such calendar shall include: 1. Dates the court will hear oral argument, hearings before referees or any other hearings or proceedings of the court; 2. For cases […]
That the court clerk of each district court is hereby directed and ordered to destroy, or sell for salvage, or give to any religious, fraternal or patriotic organization, for sale, all papers, files and records in misdemeanor and traffic cases, except docket books, in the Justice of the Peace Courts, County Courts, Special Sessions Courts […]
It is the intent and purpose of this act to relieve counties of the burden of storing or keeping useless files and records where microfilm is not economically feasible. It shall be the duty of the court clerk to record in a permanent docket book, or on a permanent docket sheet, the disposition of each […]
A. Unless there is an objection by the presiding administrative judge or the chief judge of the district court, the court clerk is authorized to dispose of the judicial records enumerated in this subsection. Nothing shall prohibit the presiding administrative judge or the chief judge of the district court from entering an order for the […]
A. All paper records which have been recorded on microfilm, microfiche, compact disc, or any other recognized technological means may be destroyed after the respective case has been adjudicated. With the exception of felony conviction records, probate, adoption, quiet title, ejectment, partition, marriage and divorce records, and Indian deed approval records, all court records which […]
A. Unless there is an objection by the chief judge of the district court, the court clerk is authorized to destroy all exhibits in all domestic relations cases in which there has been no activity for more than twenty (20) years, and exhibits in all other civil cases in which there has been no activity […]
The court clerk in each county in Oklahoma is authorized to destroy or sell for salvage the documents mentioned in this section which have been on file or stored in the court clerk’s office for a period longer than the time specified below: 1. One (1) year. All marriage health certificates. 2. Two (2) years. […]
In each county of this state, the court clerk is hereby authorized to destroy, from time to time, depositions taken in all civil cases and domestic cases in which no minor child is involved, except adoptions, after a ten-year period, and depositions taken in domestic relations cases in which a minor child is involved may […]
Unclaimed office files of a deceased lawyer that pertain to litigation, as well as those unrelated to any litigation, may be destroyed by persons lawfully in their possession after the lapse of five (5) years from the death of the deceased lawyer. Added by Laws 1972, c. 175, § 2, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
Two or more district judges may sit and hold court at the same time in the same county during term time; and regular terms, or adjourned terms of court in two or more counties in the same judicial district shall proceed until the same are adjourned sine die. R.L. 1910, § 1796.
A judge of the district court, when sitting in any county of the district, may make any order of a nature not requiring notice and hearing, in any cause pending in any county of the district; and he also may sign the journal entry of any order, judgment or decree theretofore made in any other […]
A court reporter’s notes may be destroyed by a person lawfully in possession of the notes after a one-year period has elapsed following the death of the court reporter. Added by Laws 1995, c. 197, § 6, emerg. eff. May 19, 1995. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 390, § 4, emerg. eff. June 4, 2002.
A. Unless otherwise ordered by a judge of the district court, each court reporter who has been employed by a district court of this state shall remove all exhibits, notes and other materials from the custody of the court clerk within thirty (30) days after termination of employment with that district court by the court […]
A. Any judge of the district court designated by the Chief Justice to hold court in another district, or appointed by the Chief Justice to hold court in another district when the public business shall require, or any judge pro tempore agreed upon by the parties or elected by the members of the bar of […]
(a) When any judge of the district court is ordered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma or by the Presiding Judge of the Judicial Administrative District to perform duties or to attend or participate in a judicial conference outside the county of his residence, such judge shall be […]
Reimbursement for necessary and actual expenses of judges of the district court and their court reporters, within their districts or when assigned outside their districts shall be as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act. Reimbursement for such expenses shall be from funds appropriated for such purpose upon claims submitted to and approved by the […]
The Supreme Court, with the aid of the Administrative Director of the Courts, shall determine the number of full-time and part-time court reporters that may be appointed in each judicial administrative district of the state in the manner as hereinafter provided by this act. In determining how many court reporters are needed in each administrative […]
Full-time official court reporters employed by the district court on the effective day of this act, who were so employed by the district court on January 1, 1969, are hereby granted the status of certified shorthand reporters in the State of Oklahoma. Added by Laws 1974, c. 299, § 4, emerg. eff. May 29, 1974.
