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2023 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; and
2. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 presiding 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; Laws 2023, c. 99, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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); and
3. 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.8a. District No. 7 - Election of judges.

Beginning January 11, 1999, District Court Judicial District No. 7 shall have fifteen (15) district judges.
For elections held after 1994, district judges shall be nominated and elected as follows: candidates for office Nos. 1 and 9 shall be nominated and elected from and be legal residents of electoral Division No. 1, candidates for office Nos. 3 and 10 shall be nominated and elected from and be legal residents of electoral Division No. 2, candidates for office Nos. 2 and 11 shall be nominated and elected from and be legal residents of electoral Division No. 3, candidates for office Nos. 4 and 12 shall be nominated and elected from and be legal residents of electoral Division No. 4, and candidates for office Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 13 and 14 shall be nominated and elected at large. Beginning with elections held in 1998, candidates for office No. 15 shall be nominated and elected at large.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 362, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 383, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.8b. Judicial District No. 7 - Elections.

A. The provisions of Section 2 of this act and Section 92.8a of this title shall not affect the term of office of judges of District Court Judicial District No. 7 serving on the effective date of this act.
B. The electoral divisions for District Court Judicial District No. 7 described in Section 2 of this act shall become effective the second Monday of January, 2015. The electoral divisions described in Section 2 of this act shall be applicable to elections held commencing in 2014. The State Election Board shall conduct the elections for District Court Judicial District No. 7 in 2014 and thereafter in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of this act and Section 92.8a of this title.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 362, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 431, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 490, § 4, emerg. eff. June 6, 2002; Laws 2013, c. 383, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.13. District No. 12.

District No. 12. The counties of Rogers, Mayes and Craig. Said district shall have three (3) district judges. For elections held in the year 2010 and following, district judges shall be nominated and elected as follows:
1. Office number One (1) District Judge shall be nominated and elected by the voters of Mayes and Craig Counties and shall be a legal resident of either Mayes or Craig County;
2. Office number Two (2) District Judge shall be nominated and elected at large from the entire judicial district; and
3. Office number Three (3) District Judge shall be nominated and elected by the voters of Rogers County and be a legal resident of Rogers County.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 13, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 343, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 52, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.15a. District No. 14 - Election of judges.

District Court Judicial District No. 14 shall have fourteen (14) district judges. For elections held after 1994, district judges shall be nominated and elected as follows: one judge shall be nominated and elected from and be a legal resident of electoral Division No. 1, one judge shall be nominated and elected from and be a legal resident of electoral Division No. 2, one judge shall be nominated and elected from and be a legal resident of electoral Division No. 3, one judge shall be nominated and elected from and be a legal resident of electoral Division No. 4, one judge shall be nominated and elected from and be a legal resident of electoral Division No. 5, one judge shall be nominated from and be a legal resident of Pawnee County and shall be elected at large, and the remaining judges shall be nominated from and be legal residents of Tulsa County and shall be elected at large.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 362, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 319, § 1, emerg. eff. May 29, 1997; Laws 2002, c. 490, § 5, emerg. eff. June 6, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.15b. District No. 14 - Terms of judges currently serving not affected - Effective date of electoral divisions.

A. The provisions of Section 4 of this act and Section 92.15a of this title shall not affect the term of office of judges of District Court Judicial District No. 14 serving on the effective date of this act.
B. The electoral divisions for District Court Judicial District No. 14 described in Section 4 of this act shall become effective the second Monday of January, 2015. The electoral divisions described in Section 4 of this act shall be applicable to elections held commencing in 2014. The State Election Board shall conduct the elections for District Court Judicial District No. 14 in 2014 and thereafter in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of this act and Section 92.15a of this title.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 362, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 490, § 6, emerg. eff. June 6, 2002; Laws 2013, c. 383, § 3, eff. July 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.16. District No. 15.

District No. 15. The counties of Wagoner, Cherokee, Adair, Muskogee and Sequoyah. Said district shall have four (4) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: Candidates for office Nos. 1 and 4 shall be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Muskogee County; a candidate for office No. 2 shall be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Wagoner or Cherokee County; and a candidate for office No. 3 shall be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Adair or Sequoyah County.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 16, eff. Dec. 1, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.21. District No. 20.

District No. 20. The counties of Love, Carter, Murray, Johnston and Marshall. Said district to have two (2) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: One candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Carter County, and one candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Love, Murray, Johnston or Marshall County.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 21, eff. July 1, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.22. District No. 21.

District No. 21. The counties of Garvin, McClain and Cleveland. Until the district court elections of 2014, said district to have four (4) district judges nominated as follows: Candidates for office Nos. 1, 3 and 4 shall be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Cleveland County, and a candidate for office No. 2 shall be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Garvin or McClain County. With the district court elections of 2014, said district to have five (5) district judges nominated as follows: Candidates for office Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5 shall be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Cleveland County, and a candidate for office No. 2 shall be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Garvin or McClain County. The initial election for office No. 5, as created by this act, shall be in 2014.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 22, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 426, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2013, c. 383, § 5, emerg. eff. May 29, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.23. District No. 22.

District No. 22. The counties of Seminole, Hughes and Pontotoc. Until August 31, 2013, said district to have three (3) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: One candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Pontotoc County; one candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Seminole or Hughes County; and one candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Seminole County. Beginning September 1, 2013, said district to have two (2) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: One candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Pontotoc County and one candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Seminole or Hughes County.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 23, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 383, § 6, emerg. eff. May 29, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.24. District No. 23.

District No. 23. The counties of Lincoln and Pottawatomie. Said district shall have two (2) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: One candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Lincoln County, and one candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Pottawatomie County.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 24, eff. July 1, 1980.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.25. Okfuskee, Okmulgee and Creek Counties.

District No. 24. The counties of Okfuskee, Okmulgee and Creek.
A. For elections occurring before January 1, 2018, the district shall have five (5) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: One candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Okfuskee County; two candidates to be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Okmulgee County; and two candidates to be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Creek County, all of whom shall be elected at large.
B. For elections occurring on or after January 1, 2018, the district shall have four (4) district judges to be nominated and elected as follows: One candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Okfuskee County; one candidate to be nominated and elected at large and a legal resident of Okmulgee County; and two candidates to be nominated and elected at large and legal residents of Creek County.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 25, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 223, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.27. Canadian County.

District No. 26. The county of Canadian.
A. For elections before January 1, 2018, the district shall have one district judge to be nominated and elected at large.
B. For elections occurring on or after January 1, 2018, the district shall have two (2) district judges to be nominated and elected at large.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 272, § 27, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 223, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92.28. Electoral divisions of District Nos. 7 and 14 - Description and maps.

The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and publish a description and maps of the respective electoral divisions of District Court Judicial District Numbers 7 and 14, translating the descriptions by official Census Tracts, Block Groups, and Census Blocks into commonly understood descriptions by metes and bounds with reference to well-recognized landmarks and boundaries. Copies of the descriptions and maps shall be provided by the Department of Transportation to the State Election Board by February 1, 1994.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 362, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-92i. Candidate for district judge or associate district judge - Residency - Persons removed from judicial office or who resigned pending disciplinary proceedings.

To file as a candidate for the office of district judge or associate district judge, one must have been a registered voter and actual resident of the appropriate county for at least six (6) months prior to the first day of the filing period. Should no one file for any such office, and should a vacancy thereby created be filled by appointment according to law, there shall be no such residency or durational registration requirement imposed on the appointee, providing said appointee is otherwise qualified, nor shall any person appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of district judge or associate district judge be required to comply with such residency or durational registration requirement in becoming a candidate for a full term following such appointment. No one who has been removed from judicial office or who has resigned from office pending disciplinary proceedings shall qualify to file as a candidate for judicial office.
Added by Laws 1979, c. 170, § 1. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 339, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-95.1. Places of holding district court.

A. Unless and until the Supreme Court or the Presiding Judge of the judicial administrative district provides otherwise, the District Court shall hold court in the county seat of every county in the district, in any city where a Superior Court held sessions and at such other places within the district as the district and associate district judges shall prescribe.
B. If a governing board of the Court Fund receives a request from a municipality that court be held within that municipality and the board determines that sufficient reasons exist for establishing a court and that sufficient funds and space for a court are made available by the municipality, the board may establish a court, presided over by a special judge, in that municipality. The request to hold court in a municipality shall be included in the budget submitted by the governing board of the Court Fund to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and approved by the Chief Justice.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 2, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 362, § 1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-95.2. Holding court in more than one city in a county - Name.

If the district court shall hold court in more than one city in a county, the court, when sitting in a particular city, may be designated as "The District Court of _______ County, ________ (name of city) Division".
Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 3, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-95.3. Time clerk's office open in cities other than county seat.

When not prescribed by the Supreme Court or the Presiding Judge of the judicial administrative district, the district court shall prescribe when the office of the court clerk shall be open for the transaction of business in cities other than the county seat.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 4, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-95.4. Transfer of actions.

When the holding of court in a city other than the county seat is authorized, any action may, for the convenience of the parties and the witnesses and in the interest of justice, be transferred from the court docket in one city to the docket in another city within the county.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 5, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-95.5. Petitions filed in city not the county seat - Notice - Liens.

A petition that is filed in a city that is not the county seat shall not charge third persons with notice of the pendency of the action until a notice of the filing of such action identifying the case and the court in which it is pending and giving the legal description of the land affected by the action has been recorded in the county clerk's office at the county seat of the county where the land is located. A judgment that is rendered by the court in a city that is not the county seat shall not be a lien on real estate until a transcript of said judgment has been recorded in the county clerk's office at the county seat of the county where the land is located.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 6, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 75, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Laws 1979, c. 128, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1979.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-95.6. Assignment and transfer of cases.

The judges in a judicial district may adopt local court rules regarding the assignment and transfer of cases between judges which will facilitate final dispositions, and nothing herein shall prevent a judge from transferring a case to another judge in the district who has consented to such transfer.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 7, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 292, § 7, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-95.7. Continuing authority of Judge to whom case assigned.

A judge to whom a case has been assigned has continuing authority over it, including the determination of post-trial motions, until its final disposition or until such case is removed from his jurisdiction by the appointing authority, and the judge may act in connection with such case at any place, except that a party who is entitled to be heard may object to attending a hearing at a place other than where the action is docketed.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 8, eff. Jan. 13, 1969.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-95.8. Associate District Judges - Hearing of cases

A. An associate district judge may hear any case not assigned or assignable to him under local court rules (a) upon request of any party where the suit is uncontested or (b) where the parties agree in writing any time before trial to having the case heard by him.
B. The provisions of this section shall not be interpreted as (a) invalidating any order signed by an associate district judge prior to the effective date of this act or as (b) requiring the judgment roll to affirmatively show compliance with any of the provisions hereof.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 144, § 9, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1976, c. 261, § 1, emerg. eff. June 15, 1976.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-95.9. Temporary assignment of associate district judge or special judge to another county within judicial district.

The Chief Judge of a judicial district may temporarily assign an associate district judge or a special judge to another county within the judicial district to hear any matter which an associate district judge or special judge, respectively, may be assigned.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 292, § 9, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-95.10. Appointment of different judge in event of reversal or remand - Exception.

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, in the event a civil case brought in a district court of the State of Oklahoma is appealed, and is subsequently reversed and remanded, in whole or in part, by final order of an appellate court of this state, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma may appoint a different district court judge or associate district court judge upon application to the Supreme Court pursuant to rules promulgated by the Court.
B. If all parties are in agreement, the same district court judge or associate district court judge presiding in the case prior to appeal may preside over all proceedings in the case remanded to the district court.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 325, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-96. Jury sessions - Motion and demurrer sessions - When and how held.

Jury sessions of the district court may be held at any time upon order of a chief judge or of the presiding judge of the judicial administrative district. A session for the hearing and disposition of motions and demurrers shall be held in each county at least once every thirty (30) days, and any motion or demurrer that has been on file for at least five (5) days shall be placed on the docket. The date or dates of regular sessions for the hearing of motions and demurrers shall be fixed by any of the judges of the district court unless the district judges of the district court judicial district shall prescribe otherwise, provided that a judge may hear any matter in any case assigned to him more frequently than provided herein.
Added by Laws 1935, p. 29, § 2, emerg. eff. Jan. 16, 1935. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 305, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 1969.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 20. Courts › §20-98. Decision of cases pending on change of district.

In any county detached from one judicial district and added to another, if there be any case pending in the district court of such county which has at any time been tried by the judge of said court, and by him taken under advisement, and still undecided, it shall be the duty of the judge who tried said cause to make and render his finding and judgment therein and to determine all the motions therein, and to allow and settle the case made therein or dispose of such case in all respects as though said county had not been detached from his district.
R.L. 1910, § 1781.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.