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20 OK Stat § 20-101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-101. Two or more courts in county and district.

|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.
20 OK Stat § 20-101.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-101.1. Orders and other acts outside county in which cause 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 theretofore made in any other county of the district if such journal entry be approved as to form by all parties affected thereby, or by their attorneys. In the event of any such action being taken outside the county in which the cause is pending, the Judge shall make a minute of his action and forthwith transmit said minute to the court clerk of the county in which the action is pending. |Added by Laws 1953, p. 90, § 1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1953.
20 OK Stat § 20-103.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-103.1. Temporary judge or judge pro tempore - Authority - Per 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 or elected by the members of the bar of the district or designated by the chief judge of the district court and approved by the Chief Justice, shall have continuing authority, without further assignment, to make final disposition of any matter regularly submitted or tried before him during the term or period of time of his designation, appointment or election, including motions and petitions for new trial and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and of all applications and proceedings pertaining to the making, serving, amendment, settlement, signing, correcting, extending time and completing of case made, transcript, or original record for appeal, notwithstanding the term or period of time for which he was designated or appointed has expired; and when necessary for him to return to the district for the purpose of acting on such matters, his necessary travel expense shall be paid as provided by Section 105.1 of this title. Judges pro tempore designated by the chief judge of a district court, shall receive per diem and expenses as approved by the Chief Justice to be paid from the Supreme Court Revolving Fund on claims filed with and approved by the Administrative Director of the Courts. |B. When any judge of the district court has been lawfully designated or appointed and be sitting in any county of his own district, he may make any order of a nature not requiring notice and hearing in any cause theretofore heard, or being heard, by him in a district to which he has been properly designated or appointed; and he may sign the journal entry of any order, judgment or decree theretofore made by him, as such designated or appointed judge, if such journal entry be approved as to form by all parties affected thereby, or by their attorneys; and he may extend the time for the completion, serving, settling and signing of cases made, transcripts, or original record for appeal, and he may sign and settle any case made, transcript or original record for appeal, under the foregoing circumstances, if the parties affected thereby or their attorneys have stipulated that he may do so. If any action is taken under the foregoing circumstances, the judge shall make a minute of his action and forthwith transmit said minute to the court clerk of the county in which the action is pending.Added by Laws 1953, p. 89, § 1. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 6, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 20, 1963; Laws 1979, c. 78, § 1, eff. July 1, 1979; Laws 1981, c. 26, § 1, emerg. eff. April 6, 1981; Laws 1994, c. 225, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994.
20 OK Stat § 20-105.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-105.1. Expenses of judges and court reporters within or without 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 shall be from funds appropriated for such purpose upon claims submitted to and approved by the Chief Justice. |Added by Laws 1967, c. 358, § 2, emerg. eff. May 18, 1967. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 78, § 3, eff. July 1, 1979.
20 OK Stat § 20-106.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-106.1. Court reporters - Determination of number needed.

|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 district the Supreme Court shall consider the following factors: (1) case loads in the administrative district; (2) the number of district judges, associate district judges and special judges in the administrative district; (3) the number of cities and towns within each administrative district in which regular court sessions are held and the distance in road miles between each; and (4) any other factor deemed relevant by the Supreme Court. The Court may, as the need arises, increase or decrease the number of court reporters so authorized, and the Court may, where the business of a court requires it, authorize the presiding judge of the administrative district in which said court is located to employ a temporary court reporter. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 262, § 1, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-106.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-106.2. Appointment of reporters - Oath.

|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 court reporter, who shall serve at the pleasure of said district judge. |Each district judge shall appoint a court reporter, and additional court reporters within a judicial administrative district shall be appointed by the presiding judge of such district, to serve at his pleasure within the district. Provided, all court reporters within such judicial administrative district may be assigned or transferred temporarily, according to need, by the presiding judge of the district.Each court reporter appointed shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take the official oath to faithfully discharge the duties of his office to the best of his knowledge and ability. The oath of office shall be filed in the office of the Director.Added by Laws 1968, c. 262, § 2, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-106.3-1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-106.3-1. Former reporters for superior courts - Enrollment 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 examination. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 130, § 3, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
20 OK Stat § 20-106.3B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-106.3B. Persons qualified for appointment as court reporter.

|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 Court and the Corporation Commission: |a. Persons now certified or hereafter certified by the State Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters shall be given primary consideration for appointment;b. Persons who, prior to July 1, 1978, were licensed as licensed shorthand reporters by the State Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters shall be given secondary consideration for appointment;c. Persons who, prior to July 1, 1978, were acting shorthand reporters under a certificate issued by the Chief Justice;d. When no person eligible for appointment as an official court reporter, as provided above, is available for appointment, a presiding judge or a district judge may make application to the Chief Justice to appoint a shorthand reporter on a temporary basis. The Chief Justice may issue a temporary certificate valid for not more than twelve (12) months, upon payment of a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and a fee of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for the certified shorthand reporter examination which will be deposited with the Clerk of the Supreme Court. The temporary certificate shall be nonrenewable, except in emergency situations as determined by the Chief Justice and for no longer than ninety (90) additional days. Absent good cause shown as determined by the State Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, a temporary certificate holder shall sit for at least one Oklahoma certified shorthand reporter examination administered during the term of the temporary certificate. The holder shall be required to transcribe the examination, and the results of such transcription shall be reported to the holder’s supervisory judge;e. The appointment of an official court reporter by a district or presiding judge shall be subject to the approval of the Chief Justice. Before giving his approval to the appointment, the Chief Justice shall determine, with the aid of the Administrative Director of the Courts, that the appointing judge has given proper consideration to the statutory preference accorded herein to certified and licensed reporters; andf. A temporary court reporter, either while so serving or after the expiration of this appointment, shall be required to transcribe any testimony and other proceedings taken by him and to certify that the transcription is true and correct. A transcript certified by a temporary court reporter shall have the same effect as one certified by a regular court reporter.Added by Laws 1980, c. 290, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 299, § 8, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1988, c. 62, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 204, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 2007, c. 84, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.
20 OK Stat § 20-106.4a (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-106.4a. Transcripts - Access to copies - Costs.

|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 or orders a transcript of the court reporter's notes of any proceeding to be prepared at the expense of the court fund, or where a prosecuting attorney orders such a transcript at public or court fund expense and the accused as an indigent is constitutionally entitled to a free copy of the transcript, a reporter shall prepare an original and two copies of the transcript so ordered and file it with the clerk of the trial court. The court reporter shall immediately notify the district attorney and the defendant of the date the transcript was filed. The district attorney and the defendant shall have access to the copies of the transcript on such terms as the trial court may impose. The chief judge may prescribe rules for access to or disposition of the copies of the transcript.Added by Laws 1976, c. 269, § 5, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 112, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
20 OK Stat § 20-106.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-106.5. Admissibility of transcripts as evidence.

|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 subject to the same objection, a transcript of said notes may be incorporated into any appellate record. If any reporter ceases to be the official reporter of the court, and thereafter makes a transcript of the notes taken by him while acting as official reporter, he shall swear to the transcript as true and correct and when so verified, the transcript shall have the same force and effect as if certified while he was an official reporter. A transcript of the notes of any reporter of the State Industrial Court, when certified or verified by such reporter who took the evidence in any hearing before such Industrial Court or any official thereof in any proceedings pending before such court, shall have the same force and effect as a transcript by a court reporter above mentioned, when such transcript is offered as a deposition in evidence in any subsequent trial or proceedings before any court of record wherein the parties are the same as the parties who took part in the proceedings before the State Industrial Court; that is, the same parties as the claimant and respondent before the Industrial Court; provided that, if such party, who is claimant before the Industrial Court, is deceased, then the provisions hereof shall apply if the subsequent action is by the personal representative of such deceased party in an action for wrongful death. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 262, § 5, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-106.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-106.6. Assignment of reporters - Expenses.

|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 expenses shall be paid by the state to a court reporter for travel in his county of residence. Expense vouchers shall be submitted to the Supreme Court for approval. The expense vouchers or claims submitted to the Supreme Court shall have endorsed thereon the signed approval of the presiding judge of the district in which the court reporter incurred the expense for which claim is made. |The Supreme Court may, with the consent of the presiding judge of his district, assign a court reporter to temporary service outside his own administrative district. A court reporter shall be paid travel expenses incurred in connection with his official duties during such periods of temporary assignment. Whenever a court reporter is assigned to serve a district court outside his judicial administrative district, he shall submit a claim for his mileage, subsistence expense or per diem, as the case may be, to the court clerk in the county where he is assigned to serve and the claim, at the rate authorized by the state, shall, upon its approval by the chief judge, be paid by check or warrant drawn against the court fund.Added by Laws 1968, c. 262, § 6. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 142, § 1, emerg. eff. May 17, 1971.
20 OK Stat § 20-106.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-106.8. Court reporters in county retirement system - Option to 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 system or to become a member of the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System and shall be entitled to credit for all the years of prior service as a court reporter, but such court reporter shall not be entitled to participate in the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges. |Added by Laws 1969, c. 328, § 5, emerg. eff. May 7, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-106.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-106.10. Establishing status of certain court reporters.

|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.
20 OK Stat § 20-106.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-106.11. Status of reporters employed by Corporation Commission.

|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 State of Oklahoma. |Added by Laws 1975, c. 297, § 7, emerg. eff. June 7, 1975.
20 OK Stat § 20-106.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-106.12. Status of certain court reporters.

|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, emerg. eff. June 21, 1977.
20 OK Stat § 20-106.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-106.13. District court shorthand reporters - Status as 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 Oklahoma. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 302, § 7, operative July 1, 1988.
20 OK Stat § 20-107.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-107.2. Reports to Supreme Court - Consolidated payroll - Travel 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 reporters in lieu of individual claims filed by judges and reporters. Said consolidated payrolls to be approved by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or by someone designated by the Supreme Court to approve said payrolls. Travel claims of district judges and court reporters and superior court judges and reporters shall also be filed with the Supreme Court for audit and approval prior to being filed for payment. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 681, § 3, emerg. eff. May 31, 1949.
20 OK Stat § 20-120 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-120. Supervision of district courts by district judges.

|Subject to the Constitutional administrative authority of the presiding judge of a judicial administrative district, the district judges of each district court judicial district shall have supervision of their respective district courts, including the power of assignment of associate district judges and special judges within their said districts. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 117, § 1, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-121.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-121.1. Qualifications for associate district judges.

|No person shall be eligible for appointment to, or for election to, the office of associate district judge unless he has had a minimum of two (2) years of experience as a licensed practicing attorney, or as a judge of a court of record, or a combination thereof, within the State of Oklahoma. Provided that this section shall not apply to any person who held the office of associate district judge on or before July 15, 1974. |Added by Laws 1974, c. 296, § 2, emerg. eff. May 29, 1974. Amended by Laws 1975, c. 45, § 1, emerg. eff. March 31, 1975.
20 OK Stat § 20-121.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-121.2. Associate District Judges - Salary determination.

|A. For purposes of determining the salaries of Associate District Judges, the Federal Decennial Census shall be used to determine the population of the county. |B. Provided, however, in those counties in which the population, according to the 1990 Federal Decennial Census, has fallen below the population threshold for salary determination, the salary of a sitting Associate District Judge shall not be lowered below the salary for the population threshold for salary determination based upon the population according to the 1980 Federal Decennial Census.C. Provided, however, in those counties in which the population, according to the 1980 and 1990 Federal Decennial Censuses, was below the population threshold for salary determination, but the population rose above the population threshold for salary determination between the 1980 and 1990 Federal Decennial Censuses, the salary of an Associate District Judge continuing in office or initially elected in 1994 shall not be lowered if the judge or predecessor of the judge received a salary increase during the time the population of the county rose above the threshold population. Within forty-five (45) days after the effective date of this act, any judge who is subject to the provisions of this subsection and whose salary was reduced shall receive a one-time payment, in an amount equal to the difference of the amount of their base pay after the reduction and the amount their base pay would have been if the reduction had not occurred.Added by Laws 1991, c. 285, § 7, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 197, § 1, emerg. eff. May 19, 1995.
20 OK Stat § 20-124 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-124. Objections to determinations by special judges - Validity 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. 350, § 3, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-126 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-126. Trial court administrators - Duties - Appointment - 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 administrator shall be to assist the presiding judge of the judicial administrative district in the performance of his administrative duties. |B. A trial court administrator shall be selected by the presiding judge of the judicial administrative district in which he is to be employed, subject to confirmation by a majority of the district and associate district judges in the judicial administrative district. A trial court administrator shall serve at the pleasure of a majority of the district and associate district judges in the judicial administrative district.C. To be eligible for appointment as a trial court administrator, a person shall possess at least one of the following minimum qualifications:1. Be an attorney licensed to practice law in this state;2. Have a bachelor's degree in court management, or an equivalent degree; or3. Have at least ten (10) years' experience in management with substantial supervisory responsibility; and4. Be a graduate of the Institute for Court Management.D. Each trial court administrator shall receive a salary equal to the salary received by a special judge.Added by Laws 1980, c. 290, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 328, § 12, emerg. eff. June 12, 1996.