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20 OK Stat § 20-11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-11. Jury, how secured.

|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 venire shall state the time and place said jurors shall appear. The venire shall be issued to and served and returned by the marshal of said Court. If any of said jurors shall be disqualified to serve, the court may summon other jurors, in the manner provided by law, to complete said panel. Challenges shall be allowed to such jurors as in civil causes before the district court. |R.L. 1910, § 1757.
20 OK Stat § 20-12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-12. Fees and costs - Attendance of witnesses.

|The party demanding a jury shall deposit with the Clerk of the Supreme Court a sum sufficient to pay the expenses of summoning the jury and the jurors' fees. The Clerk, Marshal, jurors and witnesses shall be entitled to the same fees and mileage as are allowed in the district court for like services. Witnesses may be notified by the Clerk by mail and shall be required to attend from any county in the state, if required by the party requesting such witness. The entire costs in the cause shall be adjudged against the losing party, or apportioned in such manner as the Court may in its discretion direct. The Court may require deposits from either party as the cause proceeds, to secure costs. |R.L. 1910, § 1758.
20 OK Stat § 20-14 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-14. Actions involving removal or location of state capital or 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, or an attempt to remove or locate, the state capital or any normal school or other educational or charitable institution of the state, and in any such action the Supreme Court shall have the same power and jurisdiction, including the power to appoint a referee, which it now has under the laws of this state in contests over the location of county seats, and all such actions shall be governed by the same procedure which now prevails in county seat contests. |Provided that any resident taxpayer of this state, shall have a right to a hearing before the Supreme Court upon the execution of a good and sufficient bond for cost, to be approved by the Clerk of the Court. And, provided further that any and all actions brought under the provisions of this act shall be commenced within ten (10) days after the passage of any act for the removal or location of the state capital or any normal school or other educational or charitable institution of the state.Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 1, p. 1, § 1, emerg. eff. Dec. 10, 1910.
20 OK Stat § 20-14.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-14.1. Entities authorized to issue bonds – Application to the 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 approval, file an application with the Supreme Court of Oklahoma for the approval of any obligations to be issued by it. Exclusive original jurisdiction shall be conferred upon the Supreme Court to hear and determine each such application pursuant to rules and procedures designated by the Court. The Court may give such applications precedence over the other business of the Court and to consider and pass upon the applications and any protests which may be filed against the application as expeditiously as possible. |Notice of the hearing on each application shall be given by a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the state that on a day named, the applicant will ask the Court to hear its application and approve the obligations. Notice shall inform all persons interested that they may file protests against the issuance of the obligations and be present at the hearing and contest its legality. The notice shall be published one time not less than ten (10) days prior to the date named for the hearing and the hearing may be adjourned from time to time in the discretion of the Court.If the Court is satisfied that the obligations have been properly authorized in accordance with the law and that when issued, they will constitute valid obligations in accordance with their terms, the Court shall render its written opinion approving the obligations and shall fix the time within which a petition for rehearing may be filed. The decision of the Court shall be a judicial determination of the validity of the obligations, shall be conclusive as to the applicant, its officers and agents, and thereafter the obligations so approved and the revenues pledged to their payment shall be incontestable in any court in this state.Added by Laws 2001, c. 171, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
20 OK Stat § 20-15 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-15. Deposit to cover costs - Indigents.

|In each case filed in the Supreme Court and in each application seeking reinstatement to the Oklahoma Bar Association, and at the time of filing same, there shall be deposited with the Clerk as costs in said cause Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) of which no rebate of any part thereof shall be made; provided, the Supreme Court may prescribe by rules the procedure for affording access to that Court, without the deposit of costs, to those indigent persons who are deemed by it entitled thereto. |Added by Laws 1915, c. 87, § 5. Amended by Laws 1921, c. 23, p. 29, § 1; Laws 1927, c. 102, p. 163, § 1; Laws 1967, c. 153, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1967; Laws 1972, c. 118, § 1, emerg. eff. March 31, 1972; Laws 1983, c. 273, § 4, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1986, c. 223, § 16, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1993, c. 227, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2004, c. 293, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
20 OK Stat § 20-15.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-15.1. Appeals - Additional attorney fees.

|On any appeal to the Supreme Court, the prevailing party may petition the court for an additional attorney fee for the cost of the appeal. In the event the Supreme Court or its designee finds that the appeal is without merit, any additional fee may be taxed as costs. |Added by Laws 1982, c. 336, § 5, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982.
20 OK Stat § 20-16 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-16. Mandate - When to issue without cost.

|Any cause pending in the Supreme Court or Criminal Court of Appeals which has been finally disposed of and where nothing remains to be done but to send down to the trial court the mandate and where the costs are in such cases exhausted the mandate shall issue without further costs. |Added by Laws 1927, c. 102, p. 164, § 3.
20 OK Stat § 20-16.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-16.1. Administrative Director of the Courts.

|A. As provided in Section 6 of Article VII of the Oklahoma Constitution, there shall be appointed by the Supreme Court an Administrative Director of the Courts, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Supreme Court to assist the Chief Justice in performance of administrative duties. |B. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall be responsible for and have control over matters concerning the budget, personnel, technology, purchases and other administrative operations over all courts of this state, including the Court of Civil Appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals, and performing such additional duties as may be assigned by the Chief Justice.Added by Laws 1968, c. 379, § 1, eff. July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 537, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
20 OK Stat § 20-16.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-16.4. Assistance to Judicial Nominating Commission.

|The Administrative Director and his staff shall assist the Judicial Nominating Commission. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 379, § 4, eff. July 1, 1968.
20 OK Stat § 20-16.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-16.5. Travel and lodging expenses of Nominating Commissioneers - Reimbursement - Approval.

|Members of the Judicial Nominating Commission shall be reimbursed for their necessary travel and lodging expenses while performing their duties as such Commissioners as provided by the State Travel Reimbursement Act. A member shall certify his expenses to the Administrative Director and, upon the latter's approval thereof, the State Treasurer shall issue his reimbursing warrant, to be paid out of any funds appropriated for such purpose. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 379, § 5, eff. July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 47, § 7, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979.
20 OK Stat § 20-16.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-16.6. Court on the Judiciary members - Expenses - Prosecutors - Compensation - Witness fees and expenses.

|A. A member of the Court on the Judiciary shall certify his actual and necessary travel expenses to the Administrative Director of the Courts, and, upon the latter's approval thereof reimbursement shall be as provided by the State Travel Reimbursement Act, the State Treasurer shall issue a warrant, to be paid out of any funds appropriated for such purpose. Prosecutors before the Court on the Judiciary shall certify to the Administrative Director of the Courts the amount that has been allowed as compensation by the Court, and upon the latter's approval thereof, the State Treasurer shall issue a warrant, to be paid out of any funds appropriated for such purpose. Any claim certified for payment by the trial division of the Court on the Judiciary or by any of its members, when disapproved by the Administrative Director of the Courts, may be reviewed by the appellate division of that Court under such rules of procedure as that division shall prescribe. The appellate division shall have exclusive power over claims that are disapproved by the Administrative Director of the Courts. Its decision in the matter shall be final. |B. 1. Any employee of the state or any political subdivision thereof who is subpoenaed as a witness to testify before the Court on the Judiciary on any matter related to their employment shall receive reimbursement for expenses in the same manner and to the same extent as is prescribed in Section 84.1 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes.2. Any other person subpoenaed as a witness to testify before the Court on the Judiciary shall receive the fees prescribed in Section 81 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes.3. All fees and reimbursement for expenses provided for in this subsection shall be payable from funds appropriated to the State Supreme Court for the use of the Court on the Judiciary, subject to the approval of the Administrative Director of the Courts.Added by Laws 1968, c. 379, § 6, eff. July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 271, § 8, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976; Laws 1979, c. 47, § 8, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1986, c. 153, § 1, emerg. eff. May 5, 1986.
20 OK Stat § 20-16.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-16.7. Secretary to presiding judge of judicial administrative district.

|The Supreme Court may authorize the presiding judge of each judicial administrative district to employ a full-time secretary. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 379, § 7, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 237, § 1, operative Aug. 1, 1985.
20 OK Stat § 20-16.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-16.11. Annual reports.

|The Administrative Director of the Courts is requested to submit a report to the Legislature each year commencing in January, 1970 (and in each January thereafter), on the following subjects: |(a) Whether or not the boundaries of the district court judicial districts should be changed. If a change is recommended, the report should indicate the counties that should be included in each district.(b) The number of district judges and associate district judges that should be authorized for each judicial district.(c) If the formula for the number of special judges to be allowed to each judicial administrative district should be changed.(d) The case load pending in each district court judicial district.(e) The number of cases heard on their merits by each judge of the district court during the preceding year.(f) In making the above report, said Administrative Director shall, along with whatever other criteria he uses in making the report, consider the area involved in the judicial district and the distances involved between the places where court is held in said district.Added by Laws 1969, c. 118, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-22. Division of state into judicial administrative districts.

|The state is hereby divided into judicial administrative districts as follows: |1. Northeastern. District Court Judicial Districts, Numbers Ten (10), Eleven (11), Twelve (12), and Thirteen (13).2. Southeastern. District Court Judicial Districts, Numbers Sixteen (16), Seventeen (17), Nineteen (19), and Twenty-five (25).3. Oklahoma-Canadian Counties. District Court Judicial Districts, Numbers Seven (7) and Twenty-six (26).4. Northwest-Panhandle. District Court Judicial Districts, Numbers One (1), Two (2), and Four (4).5. South-Central. District Court Judicial Districts, Numbers Twenty (20), Twenty-one (21), and Twenty-two (22).6. Tulsa-Pawnee Counties. District Court Judicial District, Number Fourteen (14).7. East-Central. District Court Judicial Districts, Numbers Fifteen (15), Eighteen (18), and Twenty-four (24).8. North-Central. District Court Judicial Districts, Numbers Eight (8), Nine (9), and Twenty-three (23).9. Southwestern. District Court Judicial Districts, Numbers Three (3), Five (5), and Six (6).Added by Laws 1968, c. 39, § 1, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 118, § 1, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1993, c. 292, § 1, eff. July 1, 1993.
20 OK Stat § 20-23 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-23. Authorization to make rules or orders relating to District Courts.

|The Supreme Court is authorized by rule or order to: |(1) Provide for the election by the district and associate district judges within each administrative district of a district judge as presiding judge of the administrative district.(2) Fix the administrative powers of the presiding judge, including but not limited to rules under which the presiding judge may assign judges to hold court outside of their own district but within the administrative district. Where not inconsistent with the rules of the Supreme Court, the presiding judge of the judicial administrative district may adopt rules that are calculated to bring about a more speedy and efficient administration of justice within his administrative district, including the appropriate times and places of holding court.(3) Provide for meetings of the presiding judges of the administrative districts to discuss any matters calculated to bring about a better and more efficient administration of justice.(4) Prescribe the times and places where the district court may hold court. When authorizing the holding of court in a city other than the county seat, the Supreme Court may provide the times when the office of the court clerk in such other cities shall be open for the transaction of business.(5) Adopt rules relating to the assignment of district judges, associate district judges and special judges to hold court anywhere in the state and authorizing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to make such assignments.(6) Provide for meetings of the judges within an administrative district for the purpose of coordinating their work, the discussion of their dockets and work loads, the determination of what judges may be available for assignment outside of their own districts, and other matters calculated to bring about a better and more efficient administration of justice.(7) Make all such other rules and orders as may appear advisable to better equalize the work load of the various judges and bring about a more speedy and efficient administration of justice within the state.(8) The Supreme Court shall provide by rules the minimum number of jury and nonjury terms to be held in each county during any one year.Added by Laws 1965, c. 210, § 1. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 1, eff. January 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-24 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-24. Rule-making authority not limited.

|Nothing herein shall impliedly limit the rule-making authority which the Supreme Court inherently has or has by virtue of other statutory provisions. |Added by Laws 1965, c. 210, § 2.
20 OK Stat § 20-25 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-25. Promulgation of rules to promote transparency of the judicial selection process.

|The Judicial Nominating Commission shall promulgate rules to promote transparency of the selection process of nominees for judicial office. The rules shall be prominently published on the Judicial Nominating Commission's website. |Added by Laws 2021, c. 111, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
20 OK Stat § 20-30.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-30.1. Establishment - Jurisdiction - Certiorari.

|There is hereby established an intermediate appellate court to be known as the Court of Civil Appeals of the State of Oklahoma which shall have the power to determine or otherwise dispose of any cases that are assigned to it by the Supreme Court. Its decisions, when final, shall neither be appealable to the Supreme Court nor be subject to reexamination by another division of the Court of Civil Appeals or by the Judges of that Court sitting en banc. The Court of Civil Appeals shall have jurisdiction to issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto, certiorari, prohibition, or any other process when this may be necessary in any case assigned to it by the Supreme Court. A decision of the Court of Civil Appeals may be reviewed by the Supreme Court if a majority of its Justices direct that a writ of certiorari be granted, and the Supreme Court may, by order, recall a case from the Court of Civil Appeals. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 157, § 1. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 247, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970; Laws 1996, c. 97, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
20 OK Stat § 20-30.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-30.2. Number of divisions - Number of judges - Assignment and transfer.

|The Court of Civil Appeals shall, upon the members being elected and qualified, consist of four permanent divisions. Two divisions shall sit in Tulsa County and two divisions shall sit in Oklahoma County. Each division shall consist of three Judges, at least two of whom shall concur in any decision and each division shall select a presiding Judge who shall act in that capacity without additional compensation. The assignment of Judges to the divisions shall be effected by the Supreme Court. Judges may be transferred from one division to another. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 247, § 2, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 336, § 1, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982; Laws 1996, c. 97, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
20 OK Stat § 20-30.2A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-30.2A. Salaries.

|A. For fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, except as otherwise provided by the Board on Judicial Compensation after the effective date of this act, the following judicial officers shall receive compensation for their services, payable monthly as follows: |1. The Presiding Judge of the Court of Civil Appeals shall receive an annual salary of One Hundred Fifty-five Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-nine Dollars ($155,459.00); and2. A Judge of the Court of Civil Appeals shall receive an annual salary of One Hundred Fifty-two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-two Dollars ($152,632.00).B. Any increase in salary provided for in subsection A of this section must be paid from existing available funds.Added by Laws 1997, c. 384, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 37, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 499, § 5, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2015, c. 399, § 2; Laws 2021, c. 341, § 2, emerg. eff. April 28, 2021.
20 OK Stat § 20-30.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-30.3. Disqualification of judge.

|No Judge of the Court of Civil Appeals shall participate in the consideration or decision of any case if the Judge has presided at the trial of that case or acted in it as an attorney for one of the litigants. The Supreme Court shall prescribe the procedure to be followed when a member of the Court of Civil Appeals is disqualified to hear a case. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 247, § 3, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 97, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
20 OK Stat § 20-30.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-30.4. Procedure and practice - Costs.

|A. The Supreme Court shall, by rule, prescribe the procedure and practice in the Court of Civil Appeals, the procedure in bringing writs of certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals, and the scope of review to be afforded on certiorari to that Court. Subject to law and the rules of the Supreme Court, the Court of Civil Appeals may promulgate its own rules. |B. There shall be deposited with the Clerk of the Supreme Court as costs for the filing of a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of which no rebate or refund of any part thereof may be made; provided, the Supreme Court, by rule, may prescribe the procedure for affording access to the Supreme Court, on certiorari and without deposit of costs, to those indigent persons who are deemed by it entitled thereto.Added by Laws 1970, c. 247, § 4, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 223, § 17, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1996, c. 97, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
20 OK Stat § 20-30.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-30.5. Opinions - Publications.

|The Court of Civil Appeals shall effect disposition of cases assigned to it by a written opinion prepared in such form as the Supreme Court prescribes. No opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals shall be binding or cited as precedent unless it shall have been approved by the majority of the justices of the Supreme Court for publication in the official reporter. The Supreme Court shall direct which opinion or decision, if any, of the Court of Civil Appeals shall be published in the unofficial reporter. Opinions of the Court of Civil Appeals which apply settled precedent and do not settle new questions of law shall not be released for publication in the official reporter. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 247, § 5, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 85, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1971; Laws 1996, c. 97, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
20 OK Stat § 20-30.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-30.6. Clerk.

|The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall serve as Clerk of the Court of Civil Appeals. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 247, § 6, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 97, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
20 OK Stat § 20-30.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-30.7. Quarters.

|The Oklahoma County divisions of the Court of Appeals shall be quartered in Oklahoma City. Suitable quarters and maintenance for the Tulsa division of the Court of Appeals shall be provided for by the State of Oklahoma, under the supervision of the Administrative Director of the Courts. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 247, § 7, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 336, § 2, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982.
20 OK Stat § 20-30.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-30.8. Travel expenses.

|Travel expenses of Judges of the Court of Civil Appeals incurred in performing their duties shall be reimbursed pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 247, § 8, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 97, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.