Title 20, Title 20 — Courts

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 t…

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…

pending. 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 ot…

traffic 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,…

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, t…

microfilm, optical disc or other medium. 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 pres…

medium or passage of certain time. 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, p…

Limitations. 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 …

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 ce…

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 ca…

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,…

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.

pending. 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 thereto…

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 …

custody of court clerk - Storage of reporting notes. 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 …

diem and expenses. 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…

special justices, special judges and court reporters. (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 partici…

their district. 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 s…

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 de…

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, …

Full-time official court reporters employed on the effective date of this act by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission pursuant to a temporary certificate issued by the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court are hereby granted the status of a licensed shorthand reporter in the…

Full-time acting official court reporters employed by the district court on the effective date of this act who were so employed on October 6, 1969, are hereby granted the status of licensed shorthand reporter for the State of Oklahoma. Added by Laws 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 6…

certified shorthand reporters. Full-time licensed shorthand reporters employed by the district court on the effective date of this act, who were so employed by the district court on July 1, 1976, are hereby granted the status of certified shorthand reporters in the State of Oklah…

The Supreme Court shall certify in writing to the Presiding judge of each judicial administrative district, the number of full- time and part-time court reporters that may be appointed within said judicial administrative district, provided that each district judge shall have a co…

without examination. Any court reporter presently serving as a district court reporter who was engaged and serving as an official court reporter for a Superior Court at the time of their existence shall be entitled to enrollment as a certified shorthand reporter without examinati…

Only the following persons may act and are eligible for appointment on a full-time or part-time basis as official court reporters for the courts, including the Workers' Compensation Commission, Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims, and the Corporation Commission: 1. Per…

reporter - Transcripts. A. 1. The court reporter shall make a full reporting by means of stenographic hand, steno-mask or machine notes, or a combination thereof, of all proceedings, including the statements of counsel and the court and the evidence, in trials and other judicial …

A transcript of the court reporter's notes, upon request and for the use of an indigent defendant or a district attorney, may not be charged to the court fund unless, before its preparation, the cost to be incurred was authorized by written judicial order. When a judge authorizes…

Any transcript of notes, duly certified as correct by the reporter who took the evidence, and filed with the clerk of the court in which the cause was tried, shall be admissible as evidence in all cases, of like force and effect, as testimony taken in the cause by deposition, and…

The presiding judge may assign a court reporter to serve anywhere within the administrative district in which the court reporter is appointed. A court reporter shall be paid travel expenses incurred in connection with his official duties outside the county wherein he resides. No …

join Public Employees Retirement System - Credits. Any court reporter who, on January 12, 1969, was a member of a county retirement system not participating in the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System shall have the option to continue as a member of said county retirement …

A. Each court reporter regularly engaged by the district court, the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims, or the Corporation Commission shall be paid a salary pursuant to the salary schedule established by the annual appropriation for the district courts and Corporation…

claims. District courts and superior courts shall make reports to the Supreme Court in such manner as the Supreme Court may require to permit the Supreme Court to prepare a consolidated payroll for all district judges and court reporters and for all superior court judges and repo…

The Supreme Court, or the member thereof designated to try said issue of fact, shall by order direct the clerk of said Court to issue an open venire for twenty-four persons having the qualification of jurors in the district court, to be drawn from the body of the state, which ven…

This act shall be known as "THE UNIFORM RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR JUSTICES AND JUDGES." Added by Laws 1968, c. 128, § 1, emerg. eff. April 8, 1968.

Internal Revenue Code. A. The Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges is established as a qualified governmental retirement plan under Sections 401(a) and 414(d) of the federal Internal Revenue Code. The Board shall administer the System in order to comply with the appl…

Calculation of post-retirement. A. Any Justice or Judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, Workers' Compensation Court, Court of Appeals or District Court who serves as Justice or judge of any of said courts in the State of Oklahoma shall be a member of The Uniform …

A. Any active member of the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges who served in the Armed Forces of the United States, as defined in paragraph (23) of Section 902 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, prior to membership in the Uniform Retirement System for Justices a…

Determination of benefits. A. Any Justice or judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, Court of Appeals, Workers’ Compensation Court or district court who has reached the age of fifty-five (55) years and has served as Justice or judge of any of the named courts in th…

judges. A. Any retired Justice or judge who, on the effective date of this act, is receiving benefits from the Oklahoma Judicial Retirement System, may bring his spouse under the survivor benefit provisions of the Judicial Retirement Act by filing a written statement with the dir…

A. Except as otherwise provided for in this section and Section 1104.2 of this title, members who join the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges on September 1, 2005, or thereafter, may elect to have the retirement benefit paid under one of the options provided in thi…

Returns. A. Effective September 1, 2005, each Justice or judge who is a member of The Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges shall have eight percent (8%) of his or her current monthly salary withheld by the State of Oklahoma and deposited in a fund in the State Treasu…

Reporting. A. On and after January 1, 2001, the Administrative Director of the Courts, in addition to the members' contributions, shall transfer monthly amounts for deposit in the State Judicial Retirement Fund as set out in Section 1309 of this title equal to two percent (2.0%) …

credit - Rollovers. A. Subject to the provisions of this section, employee contributions made to the System shall not exceed the maximum annual additions permissible under Section 415 of the federal Internal Revenue Code. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrar…

contributions. A. Employee contributions shall be deducted by the employer for such benefits as the Board is authorized to administer as provided for by law. Employee and employer contributions shall be remitted monthly, or as the Board may otherwise provide, to the Executive Dir…

A. Effective October 1, 2004, any surviving spouse of a deceased Justice or judge shall be eligible to receive an additional monthly survivor benefit provided: 1. The Justice or judge retired or died on or after July 1, 1999; 2. The Justice or judge paid the required contribution…

A Justice or judge whose employment as such has terminated and who has withdrawn his contributions made to the Oklahoma Judicial Retirement Fund may, upon return to service as a Justice or judge with participation in the System, procure reinstatement of service credit for the yea…

The abolition of the office of State Supernumerary Judges, heretofore effective January 13, 1969, shall continue in full force and effect, and nothing in this act shall be interpreted to allow any judge to hereafter act in such a capacity or be paid any remuneration or compensati…

Upon the death of a retired member, the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges shall pay to the beneficiary of the member or if there is no beneficiary or if the beneficiary predeceases the member, to the estate of the member, the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.0…

systems. A member of the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges may receive credit for those years of credited service accumulated by the member while a member of the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System…