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20 OK Stat § 20-92.8a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.8a. District No. 7 - Election of judges.

|Beginning January 11, 1999, District Court Judicial District No. 7 shall have fifteen (15) district judges. |For elections held after 1994, district judges shall be nominated and elected as follows: candidates for office Nos. 1 and 9 shall be nominated and elected from and be legal residents of electoral Division No. 1, candidates for office Nos. 3 and 10 shall be nominated and elected from and be legal residents of electoral Division No. 2, candidates for office Nos. 2 and 11 shall be nominated and elected from and be legal residents of electoral Division No. 3, candidates for office Nos. 4 and 12 shall be nominated and elected from and be legal residents of electoral Division No. 4, and candidates for office Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 13 and 14 shall be nominated and elected at large. Beginning with elections held in 1998, candidates for office No. 15 shall be nominated and elected at large.Added by Laws 1993, c. 362, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 383, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.8b (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.8b. Judicial District No. 7 - Elections.

|A. The provisions of Section 2 of this act and Section 92.8a of this title shall not affect the term of office of judges of District Court Judicial District No. 7 serving on the effective date of this act. |B. The electoral divisions for District Court Judicial District No. 7 described in Section 2 of this act shall become effective the second Monday of January, 2015. The electoral divisions described in Section 2 of this act shall be applicable to elections held commencing in 2014. The State Election Board shall conduct the elections for District Court Judicial District No. 7 in 2014 and thereafter in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of this act and Section 92.8a of this title.Added by Laws 1993, c. 362, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 431, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 490, § 4, emerg. eff. June 6, 2002; Laws 2013, c. 383, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.9. District No. 8.

|District No. 8. The counties of Noble and Kay. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 9, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.10. District No. 9.

|District No. 9. The counties of Logan and Payne. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 10, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.11. District No. 10.

|District No. 10. The county of Osage. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 11, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.12. District No. 11.

|District No. 11. The counties of Washington and Nowata. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 12, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.13. District No. 12.

|District No. 12. The counties of Rogers, Mayes and Craig. Said district shall have three (3) district judges. For elections held in the year 2010 and following, district judges shall be nominated and elected as follows: |1. Office number One (1) District Judge shall be nominated and elected by the voters of Mayes and Craig Counties and shall be a legal resident of either Mayes or Craig County;2. Office number Two (2) District Judge shall be nominated and elected at large from the entire judicial district; and3. Office number Three (3) District Judge shall be nominated and elected by the voters of Rogers County and be a legal resident of Rogers County.Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 13, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 343, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 52, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.14. District No. 13.

|District No. 13. The counties of Ottawa and Delaware. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 14, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.15a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.15a. District No. 14 - Election of judges.

|District Court Judicial District No. 14 shall have fourteen (14) district judges. For elections held after 1994, district judges shall be nominated and elected as follows: one judge shall be nominated and elected from and be a legal resident of electoral Division No. 1, one judge shall be nominated and elected from and be a legal resident of electoral Division No. 2, one judge shall be nominated and elected from and be a legal resident of electoral Division No. 3, one judge shall be nominated and elected from and be a legal resident of electoral Division No. 4, one judge shall be nominated and elected from and be a legal resident of electoral Division No. 5, one judge shall be nominated from and be a legal resident of Pawnee County and shall be elected at large, and the remaining judges shall be nominated from and be legal residents of Tulsa County and shall be elected at large. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 362, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 319, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 1997; Laws 2002, c. 490, § 5, emerg. eff. June 6, 2002.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.15b (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.15b. District No. 14 - Terms of judges currently serving not affected - Effective date of electoral divisions.

|A. The provisions of Section 4 of this act and Section 92.15a of this title shall not affect the term of office of judges of District Court Judicial District No. 14 serving on the effective date of this act. |B. The electoral divisions for District Court Judicial District No. 14 described in Section 4 of this act shall become effective the second Monday of January, 2015. The electoral divisions described in Section 4 of this act shall be applicable to elections held commencing in 2014. The State Election Board shall conduct the elections for District Court Judicial District No. 14 in 2014 and thereafter in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of this act and Section 92.15a of this title.Added by Laws 1993, c. 362, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 490, § 6, emerg. eff. June 6, 2002; Laws 2013, c. 383, § 3, eff. July 1, 2013.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.16. District No. 15.

|District No. 15. The counties of Wagoner, Cherokee, Adair, Muskogee and Sequoyah. Said district shall have four (4) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: Candidates for office Nos. 1 and 4 shall be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Muskogee County; a candidate for office No. 2 shall be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Wagoner or Cherokee County; and a candidate for office No. 3 shall be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Adair or Sequoyah County. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 16, eff. Dec. 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.17. District No. 16.

|District No. 16. The counties of Haskell, LeFlore and Latimer. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 17, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.18 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.18. District No. 17.

|District No. 17. The counties of Pushmataha, McCurtain and Choctaw. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 18, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.19 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.19. District No. 18.

|District No. 18. The counties of McIntosh and Pittsburg. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 19, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.20 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.20. District No. 19.

|District No. 19. The county of Bryan. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 20, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.21. District No. 20.

|District No. 20. The counties of Love, Carter, Murray, Johnston and Marshall. Said district to have two (2) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: One candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Carter County, and one candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Love, Murray, Johnston or Marshall County. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 21, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.22. District No. 21.

|District No. 21. The counties of Garvin, McClain and Cleveland. Until the district court elections of 2014, said district to have four (4) district judges nominated as follows: Candidates for office Nos. 1, 3 and 4 shall be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Cleveland County, and a candidate for office No. 2 shall be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Garvin or McClain County. With the district court elections of 2014, said district to have five (5) district judges nominated as follows: Candidates for office Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5 shall be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Cleveland County, and a candidate for office No. 2 shall be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Garvin or McClain County. The initial election for office No. 5, as created by this act, shall be in 2014. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 22, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 426, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2013, c. 383, § 5, emerg. eff. May 29, 2013.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.23 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.23. District No. 22.

|District No. 22. The counties of Seminole, Hughes and Pontotoc. Until August 31, 2013, said district to have three (3) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: One candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Pontotoc County; one candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Seminole or Hughes County; and one candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Seminole County. Beginning September 1, 2013, said district to have two (2) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: One candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Pontotoc County and one candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Seminole or Hughes County. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 23, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 383, § 6, emerg. eff. May 29, 2013.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.24 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.24. District No. 23.

|District No. 23. The counties of Lincoln and Pottawatomie. Said district shall have two (2) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: One candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Lincoln County, and one candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Pottawatomie County. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 24, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.25 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.25. Okfuskee, Okmulgee and Creek Counties.

|District No. 24. The counties of Okfuskee, Okmulgee and Creek. |A. For elections occurring before January 1, 2018, the district shall have five (5) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: One candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Okfuskee County; two candidates to be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Okmulgee County; and two candidates to be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Creek County, all of whom shall be elected at large.B. For elections occurring on or after January 1, 2018, the district shall have four (4) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: One candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Okfuskee County; one candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Okmulgee County; and two candidates to be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Creek County.Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 25, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 223, § 1.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.26 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.26. District No. 25.

|District No. 25. The counties of Coal and Atoka. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 26, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.27 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.27. Canadian County.

|District No. 26. The county of Canadian. |A. For elections before January 1, 2018, the district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large.B. For elections occurring on or after January 1, 2018, the district shall have two (2) district judges to be nominated and elected at large.Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 27, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 223, § 2.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.28 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.28. Electoral divisions of District Nos. 7 and 14 - Description and maps.

|The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and publish a description and maps of the respective electoral divisions of District Court Judicial District Numbers 7 and 14, translating the descriptions by official Census Tracts, Block Groups, and Census Blocks into commonly understood descriptions by metes and bounds with reference to well-recognized landmarks and boundaries. Copies of the descriptions and maps shall be provided by the Department of Transportation to the State Election Board by February 1, 1994. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 362, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
20 OK Stat § 20-92i (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92i. Candidate for district judge or associate district judge - Residency - Persons removed from judicial office or who resigned pending disciplinary proceedings.

|To file as a candidate for the office of district judge or associate district judge, one must have been a registered voter and actual resident of the appropriate county for at least six (6) months prior to the first day of the filing period. Should no one file for any such office, and should a vacancy thereby created be filled by appointment according to law, there shall be no such residency or durational registration requirement imposed on the appointee, providing said appointee is otherwise qualified, nor shall any person appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of district judge or associate district judge be required to comply with such residency or durational registration requirement in becoming a candidate for a full term following such appointment. No one who has been removed from judicial office or who has resigned from office pending disciplinary proceedings shall qualify to file as a candidate for judicial office. |Added by Laws 1979, c. 170, § 1. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 339, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
20 OK Stat § 20-95.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-95.1. Places of holding district court.

|A. Unless and until the Supreme Court or the Presiding Judge of the judicial administrative district provides otherwise, the District Court shall hold court in the county seat of every county in the district, in any city where a Superior Court held sessions and at such other places within the district as the district and associate district judges shall prescribe. |B. If a governing board of the Court Fund receives a request from a municipality that court be held within that municipality and the board determines that sufficient reasons exist for establishing a court and that sufficient funds and space for a court are made available by the municipality, the board may establish a court, presided over by a special judge, in that municipality. The request to hold court in a municipality shall be included in the budget submitted by the governing board of the Court Fund to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and approved by the Chief Justice.Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 2, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 362, § 1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1999.
20 OK Stat § 20-95.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-95.2. Holding court in more than one city in a county - Name.

|If the district court shall hold court in more than one city in a county, the court, when sitting in a particular city, may be designated as "The District Court of _______ County, ________ (name of city) Division". |Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 3, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-95.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-95.3. Time clerk's office open in cities other than county seat.

|When not prescribed by the Supreme Court or the Presiding Judge of the judicial administrative district, the district court shall prescribe when the office of the court clerk shall be open for the transaction of business in cities other than the county seat. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 4, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-95.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-95.4. Transfer of actions.

|When the holding of court in a city other than the county seat is authorized, any action may, for the convenience of the parties and the witnesses and in the interest of justice, be transferred from the court docket in one city to the docket in another city within the county. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 5, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-95.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-95.5. Petitions filed in city not the county seat - Notice - Liens.

|A petition that is filed in a city that is not the county seat shall not charge third persons with notice of the pendency of the action until a notice of the filing of such action identifying the case and the court in which it is pending and giving the legal description of the land affected by the action has been recorded in the county clerk's office at the county seat of the county where the land is located. A judgment that is rendered by the court in a city that is not the county seat shall not be a lien on real estate until a transcript of said judgment has been recorded in the county clerk's office at the county seat of the county where the land is located. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 6, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 75, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 1979, c. 128, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1979.
20 OK Stat § 20-95.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-95.6. Assignment and transfer of cases.

|The judges in a judicial district may adopt local court rules regarding the assignment and transfer of cases between judges which will facilitate final dispositions, and nothing herein shall prevent a judge from transferring a case to another judge in the district who has consented to such transfer. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 7, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 292, § 7, eff. July 1, 1993.
20 OK Stat § 20-95.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-95.7. Continuing authority of Judge to whom case assigned.

|A judge to whom a case has been assigned has continuing authority over it, including the determination of post-trial motions, until its final disposition or until such case is removed from his jurisdiction by the appointing authority, and the judge may act in connection with such case at any place, except that a party who is entitled to be heard may object to attending a hearing at a place other than where the action is docketed. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 8, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-95.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-95.8. Associate District Judges - Hearing of cases

|A. An associate district judge may hear any case not assigned or assignable to him under local court rules (a) upon request of any party where the suit is uncontested or (b) where the parties agree in writing any time before trial to having the case heard by him. |B. The provisions of this section shall not be interpreted as (a) invalidating any order signed by an associate district judge prior to the effective date of this act or as (b) requiring the judgment roll to affirmatively show compliance with any of the provisions hereof.Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 9, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 261, § 1, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
20 OK Stat § 20-95.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-95.9. Temporary assignment of associate district judge or special judge to another county within judicial district.

|The Chief Judge of a judicial district may temporarily assign an associate district judge or a special judge to another county within the judicial district to hear any matter which an associate district judge or special judge, respectively, may be assigned. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 292, § 9, eff. July 1, 1993.
20 OK Stat § 20-95.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-95.10. Appointment of different judge in event of reversal or remand - Exception.

|A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, in the event a civil case brought in a district court of the State of Oklahoma is appealed, and is subsequently reversed and remanded, in whole or in part, by final order of an appellate court of this state, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma may appoint a different district court judge or associate district court judge upon application to the Supreme Court pursuant to rules promulgated by the Court. |B. If all parties are in agreement, the same district court judge or associate district court judge presiding in the case prior to appeal may preside over all proceedings in the case remanded to the district court.Added by Laws 2008, c. 325, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
20 OK Stat § 20-96 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-96. Jury sessions - Motion and demurrer sessions - When and how held.

|Jury sessions of the district court may be held at any time upon order of a chief judge or of the presiding judge of the judicial administrative district. A session for the hearing and disposition of motions and demurrers shall be held in each county at least once every thirty (30) days, and any motion or demurrer that has been on file for at least five (5) days shall be placed on the docket. The date or dates of regular sessions for the hearing of motions and demurrers shall be fixed by any of the judges of the district court unless the district judges of the district court judicial district shall prescribe otherwise, provided that a judge may hear any matter in any case assigned to him more frequently than provided herein. |Added by Laws 1935, p. 29, § 2, emerg. eff. Jan. 16, 1935. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 305, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-97 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-97. Provisions of act severable.

|The provisions of this act are severable, and if any part or provision thereof shall be held void, the decision of the court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining parts or provisions thereof. |Added by Laws 1933, c. 96, p. 183, § 7.
20 OK Stat § 20-98 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-98. Decision of cases pending on change of district.

|In any county detached from one judicial district and added to another, if there be any case pending in the district court of such county which has at any time been tried by the judge of said court, and by him taken under advisement, and still undecided, it shall be the duty of the judge who tried said cause to make and render his finding and judgment therein and to determine all the motions therein, and to allow and settle the case made therein or dispose of such case in all respects as though said county had not been detached from his district. |R.L. 1910, § 1781.