Title 20 — Title 20 — Courts

The State Auditor and Inspector shall enforce all of the provisions of this act and report any violations thereof to the Chief Justice, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. Added by 1975, c. 55, § 12, emerg. eff. April 9, 1975. Amended by Laws 197…

A. At the request of the board of trustees of the law library in a county having a population of three hundred thousand (300,000) or more, the presiding judge of an administrative district, with the approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, shall be authorized to transf…

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Supreme Court to be designated the "Law Library Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies collected by the clerks of the d…

A. Special judges may hear and decide the following: 1. Actions for the recovery of money where the amount claimed does not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and counterclaim or setoff does not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00); 2. All uncontested matters, whether b…

of orders and judgments. All objections to the determination of an action by a special judge are waived unless made before the trial or hearing begins. No order or judgment is void or subject to collateral attack merely because it was rendered by a special judge. Added by 1968, c…

Compensation and salary - Number - Retirement and other benefits – CLEET-certified. A. In all counties of the state there is created the office of secretary-bailiff for district judges and associate district judges, and a secretary-bailiff for business court judges, with each suc…

Qualifications - Salary. A. There are authorized to be appointed, two trial court administrators, one for the Oklahoma-Canadian Counties Judicial Administrative District and one for the Tulsa-Pawnee Counties Judicial Administrative District. The duties of a trial court administra…

Members - Meetings - Staff. A. There is hereby created until November 30, 2008, the "Judicial and District Attorney Redistricting Task Force". The task force shall study: 1. The redistricting of judicial districts; and 2. The redistricting of district attorney districts. B. The t…

A. Juvenile court case managers may be appointed in any county pursuant to subsection C of this section. B. The duties of the juvenile court case managers shall be: 1. To assist judges with juvenile docket responsibilities in the appointing county by ensuring that juvenile cases …

A judge of the district court, municipal judge, or retired judge of the district court who receives a statement from the appropriate retirement system verifying the status of the person as a retired judge of the district court may carry a firearm on his or her person anywhere in …

Exceptions. The use of videoconferencing technology, or the equivalent thereof, in the district courts is hereby authorized in all stages of civil or criminal proceedings and shall be governed by the Rules for District Courts of Oklahoma. Such authorization includes the use of vi…

All fees, fines, costs and forfeitures shall, when collected by the court clerk, be deposited in a fund in the county treasury designated "The Court Fund", and shall be used, from year to year, in defraying the expenses of holding court in said county. The county treasurer shall …

The governing board of the Court Fund created by Section 1 of this act shall be a district judge, an associate district judge and the clerk of the court of the county where the fund is established. If there is more than one district judge in the judicial district, the district ju…

building. A. Claims against the court fund shall include only expenses lawfully incurred for the operation of the court in each county. Payment of the expenses may be made after the claim is approved by the district judge who is a member of the governing board of the court fund a…

Payment of expenses. In each county with a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, the chief judge of the district court may, with the concurrence of the majority of the district judges regularly serving in the coun…

No charge shall be made by any city or town in the state for the use of municipally-owned quarters by a special judge. A majority of the governing board of the court fund may authorize the use of money from the court fund to rent privately-owned quarters for special judges in cou…

20 O.S. § 1306 Repealed by Laws 1995, c. 286, § 15, eff. July 1, 1995

A. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each quarter of every fiscal year, the court clerk of each county shall report to the Administrative Director of the Courts, in the manner prescribed by law for the reporting of information by agencies to the Office of Management and En…

20 O.S. § 1307.1 Repealed by Laws 1995, c. 286, § 15, eff. July 1, 1995

Judicial Fund. Clerks in counties having a population of less than seventy thousand (70,000) must transmit each quarter for deposit in the State Judicial Revolving Fund the amount by which the receipts deposited in the court fund for the quarter, including the interest earned on …

All remittances transmitted to the Supreme Court for deposit to the State Judicial Revolving Fund and to the State Judicial Retirement Fund shall be placed by the Administrative Director of the Courts in a clearing account and thence transferred to the proper fund after refunds d…

20 O.S. § 1310 Repealed by Laws 2004, c. 443, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2004

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Supreme Court, to be designated the "Supreme Court Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of monies appropriated by the Legislature f…

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Supreme Court to be designated the "State Judicial Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all receipts designated for deposit ther…

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Supreme Court to be designated as the "Supreme Court Administrative Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies transferred …

When the court fund in any county becomes so exhausted that it appears that a party cannot procure an immediate trial by jury, the Administrative Director of the Courts upon the request of the presiding judge of the judicial administrative district and upon the approval by the Ch…

The court fund of the district court as well as the law library fund in every county of this state shall be audited at least once every two (2) fiscal years by the State Auditor and Inspector or by his duly appointed deputy or deputies and all of the books, records and accounts t…

A. As used in this section: 1. “Arrested” means taking custody of another for the purpose of holding or detaining him or her to answer a criminal charge; 2. “Convicted” means any final adjudication of guilt, whether pursuant to a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or otherwise, an…

A. In addition to the fees imposed by Sections 1313.2 and 1313.4 of this title, any person convicted of any offense, including traffic offenses but excluding parking and standing violations, punishable by a fine of Ten Dollars ($10.00) or more or by incarceration or any person fo…

Assessment – Collection. A. In addition to the penalty assessments and fees imposed by Sections 1313.2 and 1313.3 of this title, any person convicted of any offense, including traffic offenses, but excluding parking and standing violations, punishable by a fine of Ten Dollars ($1…

traffic offenses. A. As used in this section: 1. “Convicted” means any final adjudication of guilt, whether pursuant to a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or otherwise, and any deferred or suspended sentence or judgment; and 2. “Court” means any district court having jurisdictio…

offenses punishable pursuant to Sections 11-901 and 11-902 of Title 47. A. As used in this section: 1. “Convicted” means any final adjudication of guilt, whether pursuant to a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or otherwise, and any deferred or suspended sentence or judgment; and …

Medical Expense Liability Revolving Fund - Criteria for use of monies. A. In addition to the fees imposed by Sections 1313.2 and 1313.3 of this title, any person convicted of any offense, excluding municipal ordinances, traffic offenses and parking and standing violations, but in…

of records. The Supreme Court may provide by rule for the following: 1. The joint acquisition, maintenance and operation of equipment by two or more district courts or court clerks; 2. The disposition of surplus property acquired from local court funds; and 3. The guidelines and …

Information System Revolving Fund. A. 1. The Supreme Court, by and through the Office of the Administrative Director of the Courts, shall establish a court information system to be designated the "Oklahoma Court Information System" for the purpose of providing data processing ser…

There shall be established a Management Information Services Division in the Office of the Administrative Director of the Courts which shall be responsible for the implementation and management of the Oklahoma Court Information System. Added by Laws 2001, c. 291, § 22, eff. July …

2002.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court shall implement an accounting system for the Oklahoma Court Information System with the approval of the State Auditor and Inspector. Added by Laws 2002, c. 6, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 15, 2002. Amended by Laws 2024, c. 142, § 2.

The Supreme Court shall appoint within the Administrative Office of the Courts the position of Project Manager for the Oklahoma Court Information System. The Project Manager shall have authority over all other employees of the Management Information System Division of the Adminis…

System networks. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, the Supreme Court shall limit the Oklahoma Court Information System network to Oklahoma, Tulsa, Garfield, Payne, Comanche, Cleveland, Canadian, and Rogers Counties. However, any county court clerk may request to be added …

vendors. The Supreme Court shall not enter into any joint development project with a vendor of computer software that requires county court clerk offices to use software that is not available to the general public, other than software that is essential for operation of the court’…

paid on certain cases - Claims. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, the Administrative Office of the Courts may enter into contracts with county court clerks to reconcile funds paid on court cases from November 1, 1999, through November 1, 2001, where a county has not yet r…

A joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on the Judiciary and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary shall monitor compliance with Sections 1315.3 through 1315.7 of this title. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation sh…

Court of Civil Appeals and district courts - Grants and Donations Revolving Fund. A. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is authorized to appoint law student clerks for the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals, and the district courts. All personnel appointed under this secti…

educational or charitable institutions - Jurisdiction, powers and procedure. Exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, to hear and determine any action that may be brought involving the legality of the removal or location…

Supreme Court for approval. Any department, institution, board, bureau, division, commission, agency, trusteeship, or authority of state government authorized to issue bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness may, upon advice of bond counsel or upon governing board approv…

20 O.S. § 14.2 Repealed by Laws 2002, c. 481, § 4

A. No judge of any court shall sit in any cause or proceeding in which he may be interested, or in the result of which he may be interested, or when he is related to any party to said cause within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity, or in which he has been of counsel …

Appointment by Governor. A. No Justice of the Supreme Court of this state or Judge of the Criminal Court of Appeals shall participate in the decision of any appellate cause in which the Justice or Judge presided at the trial of such cause. B. When a Justice of the Supreme Court i…

Any party to any cause pending in a court of record may in term time or in vacation file a written application with the clerk of the court, setting forth the grounds or facts upon which the claim is made that the judge is disqualified, and request said judge so to certify, after …