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20 OK Stat § 20-127 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-127. Judicial and District Attorney Redistricting Task Force - 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; and2. The redistricting of district attorney districts.B. The task force shall be composed of fourteen (14) members as follows:1. Five members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate as follows:a.two members of the Judiciary Committee,b.two members of the Senate, andc.one member of the Senate to serve as cochair of the task force;2. Five members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives as follows:a.two members of the Judiciary Committee,b.two members of the House of Representatives, andc.one member of the House of Representatives to serve as cochair of the task force;3. Two district judges appointed by the Supreme Court; and4. Two district attorneys appointed by the District Attorneys Council.C. The task force may meet as often as necessary to perform the duties imposed upon it. Meetings shall be called jointly by the cochairs of the task force. Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for their service, but shall receive travel reimbursement as follows:1. Legislative members of the task force shall be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with the provisions of Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and2. Nonlegislative members of the task force shall be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.D. Staff support for the task force shall be provided by the staffs of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Oklahoma House of Representatives. A quorum of the task force shall be required for any final action, and shall report its findings and recommendations to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by November 30, 2008.Added by Laws 2007, c. 154, § 1.
20 OK Stat § 20-129 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-129. Judicial firearms permits.

|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 the state to use only for personal protection if the person has successfully completed a handgun qualification course for court officials developed by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training may provide for an identification card to be issued to the judge of the district court, retired judge of the district court, or municipal judge and may provide application forms. If the person issued an identification card is no longer eligible, that person shall immediately return the identification card to the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training. |Added by Laws 2013, c. 267, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 368, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
20 OK Stat § 20-130 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-130. Videoconferencing authorized in district courts - 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. |Added by Laws 2020, c. 124, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 13, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 2021.
20 OK Stat § 20-641 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-641. Transfer on creation or alteration of county.

|Whenever part of a county has been transferred to another county, or a new county has been created out of an existing county, as provided by law, all civil, criminal, probate and other causes pending in the district and county courts of the original county, shall be transferred to the county as would be proper venue for such action or proceeding had the same been commenced after attaching said part of a county to an existing county, or creating said new county; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to counties in which there is at present pending a court action to determine the legality of the transfer or transferring of any territory from one county to another county, or the creation of a new county, until the matter has been finally determined by the courts. |Added by Laws 1913, c. 8, p. 8, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 6, 1913.
20 OK Stat § 20-642 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-642. Procedure for transfer.

|Upon showing by the plaintiff or defendant in all civil and criminal cases; or some interested person in probate matters, being filed by the clerk of the court, that the venue of said cause is in some other county as provided by the preceding section, the court shall order the transfer of such case or probate matter to such other county; and, upon such order being made, the clerk of the court shall prepare a transcript of all the papers filed, orders entered and a bill of the costs accrued, and shall forthwith transmit the said files and transcript of said cause by registered mail, to the court or clerk of the court of the proper county. |Added by Laws 1913, c. 8, p. 8, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 6, 1913.
20 OK Stat § 20-643 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-643. Jurisdiction assumed.

|The court to which any action or proceeding has been transferred under the provisions of this act shall take jurisdiction thereof and shall proceed therein in all respects as if such action or proceeding had been originally commenced in said court. |Added by Laws 1913, c. 8, p. 9, § 3, emerg. eff. Feb. 6, 1913.
20 OK Stat § 20-644 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-644. Courts or counties abolished or abandoned - Courts declared invalid - Transfer of pending cases.

|Whenever any court is heretofore or may hereafter be created and thereafter abandoned, or where any county is heretofore or hereafter abandoned, all civil or criminal cases, which may be filed in such created courts or in the courts of such created counties, shall be transferred to the court of said county wherein such court town is located, or, if the county is created and thereafter abandoned, the cases filed, and the dockets and records of said court are hereby transferred, and a new county created and thereafter abandoned, all cases filed in the district court or in the county court, shall be hereafter transferred into courts of such counties having jurisdiction over the territory formerly under the jurisdiction of such county and courts and such judge, of the newly organized county, or the county in which the territory of such courts was located, shall have complete jurisdiction over all cases therein pending and dispose of same as if said cases were originally filed in such court and dispose of things as fully and completely as if such court had original jurisdiction of said matter. Whenever a court is created with jurisdiction concurrent to that of a district court and such newly created court is later abandoned, abolished, or declared invalid, all civil or criminal cases filed in such created court shall be transferred to the district court of the district wherein such created court exercised concurrent jurisdiction. The transfer of said cases shall be accomplished forthwith under the direction of the district judge by the court clerk of the county in which said created court is later abandoned, abolished, or declared invalid, and said transfer to the district court shall have the same effect as if said cases had been originally filed in the said district court and no additional court costs shall be assessed for such transfer or docketing in the district court. Said district court shall be the successor court for all purposes to the created court which was later abandoned, abolished, or declared invalid. |Added by Laws 1913, c. 35, p. 68, § 1. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 77, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 1963.
20 OK Stat § 20-1002 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1002. Destruction of files and records in misdemeanor and 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, in the Justice of the Peace Courts, County Courts, Special Sessions Courts or Common Pleas Courts and all papers, files and records in civil actions, except docket books, in the Justice of the Peace Courts and Special Sessions Courts after a period of five (5) years shall have elapsed since any pleading has been filed or action taken in said case. That it shall be the duty of the presiding judge of the administrative district and of the presiding judge of the district court district to supervise and see that such action is taken by the court clerk. |Laws 1969, c. 287, § 1, emerg. eff. April 25, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-1003 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1003. Purpose of act - Permanent docket sheet.

|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, the disposition of each case before disposing of the regular file, or make a notation "disposition unknown" on said docket sheet in all criminal cases except traffic offenses. |Added by Laws 1969, c. 287, § 2, emerg. eff. April 25, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-1005.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1005.1. Destruction of paper records after recording on other 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, probate, adoption, quiet title, ejectment, partition, marriage and divorce records, and Indian deed approval records, all court records which have not been recorded on microfilm, microfiche, compact disc, or any other recognized technological means and in which no activity has occurred for twenty-two (22) years, may be destroyed or may be given as historical research materials to an appropriate organization as determined by the court clerk of the district court. |B. Small claims cases and justice of the peace court records shall not be subject to microfilm or other permanent recording requirements. The court clerk of each district court shall destroy the judicial records of justice of the peace courts including docket books on which they are entered, and small claims cases including the docket books and sheets on which they are entered after a five-year period has elapsed since any pleading has been filed or any action taken in the case.Added by Laws 1996, c. 192, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 400, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2002, c. 390, § 2, emerg. eff. June 4, 2002.
20 OK Stat § 20-1006 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1006. Destruction of certain records and reporter's notes - 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 in which there has been no activity for more than ten (10) years. |B. The chief judge may direct a court reporter to destroy a court reporter's notes after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date of a proceeding, or, if a proceeding has not resulted in an appeal upon which a request has been made to transcribe the proceeding, all notes of a court reporter may be destroyed immediately upon completion of transcription of a proceeding.C. No pleadings or judgments shall be destroyed under the provisions of this section.Added by Laws 1971, c. 47, § 1, emerg. eff. March 30, 1971. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 197, § 3, emerg. eff. May 19, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 239, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997.
20 OK Stat § 20-1007 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1007. Destruction or sale of documents by court clerk.

|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 certificates.2. Two (2) years. All instruments relating to beer, bingo, process servers, foreign process servers, closing out sale, and pool hall licenses including the applications, affidavits of residence, orders for hearing, notices of hearing, affidavits of posting and mailing and duplicate beer license.3. Three (3) years. All duplicate receipts, duplicate vouchers, mechanics' and materialmen's lien records, duplicate deposit tickets, jury lists, juror and witness certificates, court clerk's liens, court fund claims, jury and bailiff records, monthly reports, statutory bonds, cost bonds, paid claims, procedural bonds, court assignments, and court calendars including disposition docket books containing entries which have been posted to the case file docket sheet or computer printed docket sheet, appearance bonds and search warrants in instances where no charges are filed, purchase orders, court minutes and records pertaining to bondspersons’ licenses.Added by Laws 1971, c. 202, § 1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1971. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 336, § 3, eff. July 1, 1989; Laws 1993, c. 87, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 197, § 4, emerg. eff. May 19, 1995; Laws 2002, c. 390, § 3, emerg. eff. June 4, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 153, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
20 OK Stat § 20-1008 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1008. Destruction of depositions.

|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 cases in which a minor child is involved may be destroyed after a twenty-year period has elapsed since any pleading has been filed or any action taken in the case. |Added by Laws 1972, c. 175, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 197, § 5, emerg. eff. May 19, 1995; Laws 2021, c. 294, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
20 OK Stat § 20-1009 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1009. Destruction of office files of deceased attorneys.

|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, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.
20 OK Stat § 20-1010 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1010. Destruction of deceased court reporter's notes.

|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 4, 2002.
20 OK Stat § 20-1011 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1011. Removal of exhibits, notes and other materials from 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 within thirty (30) days after termination of employment with that district court by the court reporter. In the event that the court reporter fails to remove the property in a timely manner, the court clerk shall be authorized to destroy the materials after six (6) months have elapsed since termination of the court reporter’s employment. |B. It shall be mandatory that the offering party in any case shall take possession of all exhibits offered in a case at the conclusion of an appeal, or after the appeal time has elapsed if no appeal is taken, except in capital murder and workers’ compensation cases.C. 1. The reporting notes of all certified shorthand reporters may be kept in any form of communication or representation including paper, electronic, or magnetic media or other technology capable of reproducing for transcription the testimony of the proceedings according to standards or guidelines for the preservation and reproduction of the medium adopted by the American National Standards Institute or the Association for Information and Image Management. Reporting notes shall be stored in an environment free from excessive moisture, temperature variation and electromagnetic fields if stored on a medium other than paper.2. If the reporting notes are kept in any form other than paper, one duplicate backup copy of the notes shall be stored in a manner and place that reasonably assures its preservation.3. A periodic review of the media on which the reporting notes are stored shall be conducted to assure that a storage medium is not obsolete and that current technology is capable of accessing and reproducing the records for the required retention period.Added by Laws 2002, c. 390, § 5, emerg. eff. June 4, 2002. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 183, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
20 OK Stat § 20-1101 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1101. Citation.

|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.
20 OK Stat § 20-1101.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1101.1. Establishment as qualified retirement plan under 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 applicable provisions of the federal Internal Revenue Code. |B. As used in Section 1101 et seq. of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes, “federal Internal Revenue Code” means the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or 1986, as amended and as applicable to a governmental plan as in effect on July 1, 1999.C. For purposes of compliance with the federal Internal Revenue Code, the plan year for the System is the fiscal year beginning July 1 and the limitation year for purposes of Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code is the calendar year.D. Forfeitures arising from severance of employment, death, or for any other reason may not be applied to increase the benefits any member would otherwise receive under the System’s law. However, forfeitures may be used to reduce the employer’s contribution.Added by Laws 1999, c. 257, § 8, eff. July 1, 1999.
20 OK Stat § 20-1102.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1102.2. Military service credit.

|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 and Judges shall be granted service credit, not to exceed five (5) years, for those periods of active military service during which the member was a war veteran. Any active member of the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges whose initial membership in the System began on or after July 1, 2000, may receive up to five (5) years of prior military service credit as otherwise provided in this section, only upon payment of the amount determined by the Board pursuant to Section 1103G of this title. For a person becoming a member of the System on or after July 1, 2003, if the military service credit authorized by this section is used to compute the retirement benefit of the member and the member retires from the System, such military service credit shall not be used to compute the retirement benefit in any other retirement system created pursuant to the Oklahoma Statutes and the member may receive credit for such service only in the retirement system from which the member first retires. |B. Effective December 12, 1994, and thereafter, a leave of absence on account of a period of qualified military service in the uniformed services of the United States within the meaning of Section 414(u)(5) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, followed by a return to service as a Justice or judge within ninety (90) days after completion of the period of service may be eligible for service credit under this System. Notwithstanding any provision of this plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be allowed in accordance with Section 414(u) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.Added by Laws 1987, c. 236, § 159, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 340, § 16, eff. July 1, 1990; Laws 1998, c. 419, § 4, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 257, § 10, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 311, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 406, § 14, eff. July 1, 2003.
20 OK Stat § 20-1102B (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-1102B. Benefits for surviving spouse of certain Justices or 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 director of the System within thirty (30) days from the effective date of this act declaring himself willing to accept a ten percent (10%) reduction of the retirement benefits to which he is entitled. |B. Any retired Justice or judge who was a member of the Oklahoma Judicial Retirement System on January 14, 1969, and who died while in active service before June 22, 1974, or died in retirement status between January 14, 1969, and the effective date of this act shall be considered to have brought his spouse under the survivor benefit provisions of the Oklahoma Judicial Retirement System. The surviving spouse of such Justice or judge, when otherwise eligible, shall be entitled, from and after the effective date of this act, to survivor benefits upon payment to the Oklahoma Judicial Retirement System of that amount of additional contributions which the deceased Justice or judge would have been required to make had the law permitted him to elect on January 13, 1969, to bring his spouse under the survivor benefit provisions of the Judicial Retirement System. If the contributions made to the System by such deceased Justice or judge while alive were refunded to his surviving spouse upon his death, the surviving spouse must also repay the amount thereof to the System when applying for benefits under the provisions hereof.Added by Laws 1975, c. 120, §1.