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20 OK Stat § 20-60.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-60.3. Declaration of emergency - Activation of emergency panels - Assignment and disposition of cases - Number of panels - Minimum number of unassigned regular felony appeals.

|A. An emergency appellate panel of the Emergency Appellate Division may be activated upon request of the Presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals when the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court declares an emergency to exist. For purposes of this section, "emergency" means any situation in which there are pending in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals more than one hundred (100) regular felony appeals at issue. For purposes of this section, "at issue" means a case in which responses from both the appellant/petitioner and appellee/respondent (if such response is necessary) have been filed with the Clerk. |B. In the event an emergency is declared, the Presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals shall appoint emergency appellate panels of three (3) judges each from the judges chosen by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, select a Presiding Judge, and assign to each emergency appellate panel such cases as the Court of Criminal Appeals deems necessary. At least two judges from each emergency appellate panel must concur in any decision. The Court of Criminal Appeals may prescribe by rule where each emergency appellate panel shall sit and how each panel shall conduct its business and practice before it. The Court of Criminal Appeals shall monitor cases assigned to the Emergency Appellate Division to ensure a timely completion of cases assigned. Cases assigned to the Emergency Appellate Division shall be disposed of within ninety (90) days after assignment or returned to the Court of Criminal Appeals for further assignment resolution.C. The Presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals shall determine the number of emergency appellate panels necessary and no emergency appellate panels may be created nor cases assigned to an emergency appellate panel when the number of unassigned regular felony appeals at issue before the Court of Criminal Appeals falls below one hundred (100).Added by Laws 1993, c. 292, § 4, eff. July 1, 1993.
20 OK Stat § 20-60.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-60.4. Opinions or decisions of Emergency Appellate Division.

|The opinions of the emergency appellate panels of the Emergency Appellate Division shall be written in the form prescribed by the Court of Criminal Appeals. No opinion of the Emergency Appellate Division shall be binding or cited as a precedent unless it has been approved by the Court of Criminal Appeals for publication in the official reporter. The Court of Criminal Appeals shall prescribe by rule when an opinion or decision, if any, of the Emergency Appellate Division shall be published in the official reporter. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 292, § 5, eff. July 1, 1993.
20 OK Stat § 20-60.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-60.5. Rules providing for duties and procedures - Compensation - Travel expenses - Transmission of case files and other relevant materials - Payment of expenses - Scope of review of Court of Criminal Appeals - Budgeting, management and administration of Emergency Appellate Division.

|A. The duties and procedures of the Emergency Appellate Division shall be as provided by rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals. |B. No district judge, associate district judge, or special judge who is temporarily assigned to sit on the Emergency Appellate Division shall be entitled to additional compensation for judicial service on the Emergency Appellate Division, unless otherwise authorized by law.C. Travel expenses of judges of the Emergency Appellate Division 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 from funds appropriated to the Supreme Court for the expenses of the District Courts.D. The Court of Criminal Appeals is authorized to expend such funds as may be necessary for the purpose of transmitting case files and other relevant materials to the judges of the Emergency Appellate Division.E. Expenses of the Emergency Appellate Division for the purpose of transmitting case files and other relevant materials to the Court of Criminal Appeals shall be paid from the court fund on claims approved by the Court Fund Governing Board. The Emergency Appellate Division shall not incur additional expenses without the approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.F. The Court of Criminal Appeals shall prescribe by rule the scope of review it will afford when a Petition for Review to the Court of Criminal Appeals is filed.G. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be responsible for the budgeting, management and administration of the Emergency Appellate Division, based upon rules promulgated by the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Supreme Court.Added by Laws 1993, c. 292, § 6, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 225, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994.
20 OK Stat § 20-61 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-61. Court of Criminal Appeals Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Court of Criminal Appeals to be designated the "Court of Criminal Appeals Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Court of Criminal Appeals from all other monies so designated for deposit thereto. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Court of Criminal Appeals for duties imposed upon the Court of Criminal Appeals by law. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. |Added by Laws 2005 c. 341, § 6, eff. July 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 76.
20 OK Stat § 20-71 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-71. Assistants may administer oaths and issue certificates.

|The aforesaid assistant filing and journal clerks shall have power to administer oaths and issue certificates. |Added by Laws 1913, c. 97, p. 161, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1914.
20 OK Stat § 20-72 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-72. Quarterly accounting to Administrative Director.

|The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall, on the first Monday of January, April, July and October of each year, make out and present to the Administrative Director an itemized and verified report of all fees earned and collected by the clerk during the preceding quarter, and shall transfer all monies so earned to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Supreme Court Revolving Fund. |Added by Laws 1913, c. 97, p. 161, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1914. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 12, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 6, 1969; Laws 2004, c. 443, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2019, c. 354, § 3, eff. July 1, 2019.
20 OK Stat § 20-73.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-73.5. Copies of opinions - Cost - Free copies - Disposition of monies.

|From and after January 1, 1954, the new opinions of the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Appeals shall be promptly furnished, at a cost of twenty-five cents ($0.25) per page, to any person, firm or corporation who shall request same in writing to the Clerk of the Supreme Court for the purpose of publishing, editing and binding the opinions. For any other purpose, other persons, firms or corporations shall be furnished, upon request in writing to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, copies of the opinions, or any instrument of record or other record filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court, at that fee mandated by Section 31 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for the copying of any instrument of record or on file. Provided however, the opinions shall be furnished free of cost to the litigants involved, and to the Oklahoma Bar Association for any official publication of the Association. |All monies collected by the Clerk of the Supreme Court for the opinions and other copies shall be by the Clerk deposited monthly to the credit of the Supreme Court Revolving Fund of the State of Oklahoma.Added by Laws 1953, p. 425, § 5. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 11, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 4, 1969. Renumbered from § 29 of Title 75 by Laws 1969, c. 11, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 4, 1969. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 3, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1987; Laws 1992, c. 134, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2004, c. 443, § 3, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2019, c. 354, § 4, eff. July 1, 2019.
20 OK Stat § 20-74 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-74. Official bond.

|The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall give a bond to the State of Oklahoma in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), to be approved by the Supreme Court for the faithful performance of his duties as prescribed by law. |Added by Laws 1913, c. 97, p. 162, § 6.
20 OK Stat § 20-78 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-78. Clerk of the Supreme Court - Appointment - Duties.

|The Supreme Court shall appoint to serve at its pleasure as Clerk for that Court a person who is licensed to practice law within the State of Oklahoma. The Clerk shall keep the records, files and papers committed to his care, and record the judgments, decrees and orders of the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Court of Appeals, the Court of Bank Review and the Court on the Judiciary and perform such other services and duties as may be authorized or prescribed by the Supreme Court. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 114, § 1, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 271, § 12, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
20 OK Stat § 20-78.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-78.1. Rules for management and care of records, files and papers committed to Clerk of the Supreme Court.

|The Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, Court of Tax Review, and the Court on the Judiciary shall provide by rule, which shall have the force of law, for the retention, copying, preservation, archiving and destruction of the records, files and papers committed to the care of the Clerk of the Supreme Court by the respective courts. |Added by Laws 1992, c. 134, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 293, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
20 OK Stat § 20-79 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-79. Deputies and other employees.

|The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall appoint his deputies and other employees and prescribe their duties, with the consent of the Supreme Court. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 114, § 2, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-80 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-80. Judge for directing, managing and maintaining Oklahoma Court Fund Collection System.

|Effective January 6, 2003, the Supreme Court may appoint a judge for the purpose of enhancing revenue collections for the courts by directing, managing and maintaining the Oklahoma Court Fund Collection System. The judge shall be a supernumerary judge and shall have the jurisdiction and authority of a district judge. Such appointment shall be for a term of four (4) years. The appointee shall be eligible for reappointment and shall be eligible to participate in the Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges. |Added by Laws 2002, c. 426, § 2, eff. July 1, 2002.
20 OK Stat § 20-81 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-81. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

|A. At the discretion of the Supreme Court, the Court may create a Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The panel may consist of five (5) active judges selected by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The judges may be either judges of the district court or appellate judges. The members of the panel shall serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice. |B. If there exist a sufficient number of cases to justify consolidation and if the cases are at a comparable stage in the litigation, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation may transfer civil actions involving one or more common questions of fact pending in the same or different district courts to any district court for consolidated or coordinated proceedings, giving due weight, consideration and preference to the district court wherein the first civil action was filed.C. If the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation finds that the civil actions are not at comparable stages in the litigation, the Panel may stay one or more of the actions pending resolution of the common questions of fact in one of the other actions, giving due weight, consideration and preference to the first civil action filed and the action which has reached the furthest stage of litigation.D. Nothing in this section shall expand the existing law as to the binding effect of a court’s rulings in one of the actions to the other actions prior to the date of consolidation or as to any case that is stayed by the Panel.E. A transfer or stay may be made by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation if the panel determines that the transfer or stay shall:1. Be for the convenience of the parties and witnesses; and2. Promote the just and efficient conduct of actions giving due weight and consideration to binding or nonbinding effects of prior and future court rulings on the parties to the cases to be consolidated or stayed.F. A transfer or stay may be for the remainder of an action or for any particular stage of an action.G. A judge who is qualified and authorized by law to preside in the court to which an action is transferred pursuant to this section may preside over the transferred action as if the transferred action were originally filed in that court.H. The Supreme Court shall promulgate rules for the implementation of this section.Added by Laws 2004, c. 368, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
20 OK Stat § 20-91.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-91.1. District courts as successors to jurisdiction of various other courts.

|The district courts of the State of Oklahoma are the successors to the jurisdiction of all other courts, including the Superior Courts, the County Courts, the Courts of Common Pleas, Special Sessions Courts, Courts of Special Sessions, City Courts, Juvenile Courts, Children's Courts, Justice of the Peace Courts, and municipal courts in civil matters and proceedings for the violation of state statutes. Wherever reference is made in the Oklahoma Statutes to any of the above courts or to the judge thereof, it shall be deemed to refer to the district court or a judge thereof; provided, however, that any statute that refers to the salary of the judge of any Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas, County Court, Juvenile Court, or Children's Court, insofar as that portion of the statute dealing with salary is concerned, shall not be deemed to refer to any district judge, associate district judge or special judge, and any salary mentioned in such statute shall not be paid to the judge who succeeded to the jurisdiction of the judge who is named in the statute. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 162, § 1, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-91.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-91.2. Dockets.

|A. To facilitate the trial and disposition of cases, actions filed in the district court shall be assigned to various dockets by the clerk of the court pursuant to the direction and supervision of the presiding judge of the district. Until changed by order of the Supreme Court, only the following dockets are established: a civil docket, a criminal docket, a traffic docket, a probate docket, a juvenile and family relations docket, a small claims docket, and a business docket for business court divisions of the court created pursuant to Section 17 of this act. |B. Whenever a district court establishes a drug court program pursuant to the provisions of Sections 471 through 471.11 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the judge having authority over the program shall cause to be established a drug court docket. In those cases assigned to the drug court docket, the judge shall determine what information or pleadings are to be maintained in a confidential case file which shall be closed to public inspection. The originating criminal case file shall remain open to public inspection. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the district attorney, defense attorney, or the victim-witness coordinator from advising any victim or other person regarding the assignment or disposition of a drug court case.Added by Laws 1968, c. 162, § 2, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 135, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 1969; Laws 1997, c. 359, § 13, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2004, c. 368, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
20 OK Stat § 20-91.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-91.3. Associate district judges and special judges.

|Unless otherwise indicated, the term district judges in the Oklahoma Statutes includes associate district judges and special judges. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 162, § 3, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-91.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-91.4. Reference to county judge.

|The reference to county judge in 19 O.S. 1961, Sections 740 and 771, shall be deemed to mean associate district judge. If there is more than one associate district judge elected from the county, county judge refers to the associate district judge who is selected by all of the associate district judges of the county. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 162, § 4, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-91.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-91.5. Transfer of records of abolished courts - Liens.

|The records of courts that are abolished by Article VII of the Constitution of Oklahoma shall be transferred to the clerk of the district court on January 13, 1969. Any judgment that was not on said date a lien on real estate, shall not become a lien on real estate as a result of said transfer, provided, however, that within one (1) year after the date of said transfer, upon the payment to the clerk of the district court of the fee for docketing a judgment and any unpaid fees in the action, such a judgment may be docketed in the district court judgment docket and become a lien upon the real estate of the debtor to the same extent as a judgment of the district court. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 162, § 5, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
20 OK Stat § 20-91.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-91.7. Business court divisions.

|A. The Oklahoma Legislature finds that, due to the complex nature of litigation involving highly technical commercial issues, there is a need for a court in Oklahoma’s most populated counties with specific jurisdiction over actions involving such commercial issues. |B. The Supreme Court is authorized to create a business court division within the district court of any judicial district containing a municipality with a population in excess of three hundred thousand (300,000), according to the latest Federal Decennial Census.C. The Supreme Court shall promulgate rules for the establishment and jurisdiction of the business court divisions.Added by Laws 2004, c. 368, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
20 OK Stat § 20-91.8 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-91.8. Local rules and administrative orders.

|Local rules and administrative orders of a district court shall not conflict with any statutes of this state or any rules of a superior court. Local rules shall be in writing and published on the Oklahoma Supreme Court Network to be valid and enforceable. |Added by Laws 2009, c. 438, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.1. Judicial districts - District judges.

|The state is hereby divided into twenty-six (26) district court judicial districts with the number of authorized districts and district judges to be as provided in Sections 2 through 27 of this act. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 1, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.1A (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.1A. Salaries.

|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. A judge of the district court shall receive an annual salary of One Hundred Forty-five Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars ($145,567.00);2. An associate district judge shall receive an annual salary of One Hundred Thirty-four Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-one Dollars ($134,261.00); and3. A special judge shall receive an annual salary of One Hundred Twenty-two Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-four Dollars ($122,954.00).Added by Laws 1997, c. 384, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 37, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; Laws 2004, c. 499, § 8, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2021, c. 341, § 4, emerg. eff. April 28, 2021.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.2. District No. 1.

|District No. 1. The counties of Cimarron, Texas, Beaver and Harper. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 2, eff. July 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.3. District No. 2.

|District No. 2. |A. Until January 6, 2003, the counties of Ellis, Roger Mills, Custer, Beckham, Greer and Harmon. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large.B. Effective January 6, 2003, the counties of Washita, Ellis, Roger Mills, Custer, and Beckham. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large.Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 3, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 87, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.4. District No. 3.

|District No. 3. |A. Until January 6, 2003, the counties of Washita, Kiowa, Jackson and Tillman. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large.B. Effective January 6, 2003, the counties of Kiowa, Jackson, Tillman, Harmon and Greer. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large.Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 4, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 87, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.5 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.5. District No. 4.

|District No. 4. |The counties of Dewey, Blaine, Kingfisher, Garfield, Major, Woodward, Woods, Alfalfa and Grant. The district shall have three (3) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: A candidate for office No. 1 shall be a legal resident of Dewey, Woods, Major, Woodward or Alfalfa County, and shall be nominated and elected from those counties; a candidate for office No. 2 shall be a legal resident of Blaine, Kingfisher, Garfield or Grant County, and shall be nominated and elected from those counties; and a candidate for office No. 3 shall be a legal resident of Garfield or Grant County, and shall be nominated and elected from Blaine, Kingfisher, Garfield and Grant Counties.Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 5, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 359, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2008, c. 415, § 12, eff. July 1, 2008.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.6. District No. 5.

|District No. 5. The counties of Comanche, Stephens, Cotton and Jefferson. Said district shall have five (5) district judges to be nominated as follows: Candidates for office Nos. 1 and 4 to be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Comanche or Cotton County; a candidate for office No. 2 to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Stephens or Jefferson County; and candidates for office Nos. 3 and 5 to be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Comanche County. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1980.
20 OK Stat § 20-92.7 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 20. Courts|§20-92.7. District No. 6.

|District No. 6. The counties of Grady and Caddo. Said district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large. |Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 7, eff. July 1, 1980.