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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-51-109. Factors to be considered.

The arbitrators shall conduct the hearings and render their decision upon the basis of a prompt, peaceful and just settlement of all submitted disputes between the firefighters or police officers and the corporate authorities. The factors, among others, to be given weight by the arbitrators in arriving at a decision shall include:
1. Comparison of wage rates, insurance, retirement, other fringe benefits or hourly conditions of employment of the fire department or police department in question with prevailing wage rates or hourly conditions of employment of skilled employees of the building trades and industry in the local operating area involved;
2. Comparison of wage rates, insurance, retirement, other fringe benefits or hourly conditions of employment of the fire department or police department in question with wage rates or hourly conditions of employment maintained for the same or similar work of employees exhibiting like or similar skills under the same or similar working conditions in the local operating area involved;
3. Comparison of wage rates, insurance, retirement, other fringe benefits or hourly conditions of employment of the fire department or police department in question with wage rates or hourly conditions of employment of fire departments or police departments in cities, towns or other political subdivisions of comparable size and economic status both within and without the State of Oklahoma;
4. Interest and welfare of the public and revenues available to the municipality; or
5. Comparison of peculiarities of employment in regard to other trades or professions, including specifically:
a. hazards of employment,
b. physical qualifications,
c. educational qualifications,
d. mental qualifications, and
e. job training and skills.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 51-109, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-51-110. Fees and expenses.

Fees and necessary expenses of the arbitrator selected by the bargaining agent and the arbitrator selected by the corporate authorities shall be borne by the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities respectively. The reasonable fees and necessary expenses of the third arbitrator shall be borne equally by the bargaining agent and corporate authorities.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 51-110, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-51-111. Agreements - Contents.

Any agreement actually negotiated between the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities either before or within thirty (30) days after arbitration shall constitute the collective bargaining contract governing fire fighters or police officers in the municipality for the period stated therein; provided that such period shall not exceed one (1) year. Any collective bargaining agreement negotiated under the terms and provisions of this article shall specifically provide that the fire fighters or police officers who are subject to its terms shall have no right to engage in any work stoppage, slowdown or strike, the consideration for such provision being the right to a resolution of disputed questions. All rules, regulations, fiscal procedures, working conditions, departmental practices and manner of conducting the operation and administration of fire departments and police departments currently in effect on the effective date of any negotiated agreement shall be deemed a part of said agreement unless and except as modified or changed by the specific terms of such agreement. Every such agreement shall contain a clause establishing arbitration procedures for the immediate and speedy resolution and determination of any dispute which may arise involving the interpretation or application of any of the provisions of such agreement or the actions of any of the parties thereunder. In the absence of such negotiated procedure such dispute may be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of Sections 51-107 through 51-110 of this title, except that the arbitration board shall be convened within ten (10) days after demand therefor by the bargaining agent upon the corporate authority or authorities. In such case the arbitration board's determination shall be final.
Amended by Laws 1985, c. 148, § 4.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-51-112. Matters requiring appropriation of moneys - Notice.

Whenever wages, rates of pay or any other matters requiring appropriation of moneys by any municipality are included as matters of collective bargaining conducted under the provisions of this article, it is the obligation of the bargaining agent to serve written notice of request for collective bargaining on the corporate authorities at least one hundred twenty (120) days before the last day on which moneys can be appropriated by the municipality to cover the contract period which is the subject of the collective bargaining procedure.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 51-112, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-51-113. Penalties.

It shall be unlawful for any collective bargaining representative or member of a paid fire department or police department to strike or engage in any work stoppage; and it shall further be unlawful for any official, executive, administrator, manager, or member of a governing body exercising the authority to fix and determine the salaries, hours of work, and employment conditions of any paid fire or police department of a municipality in this state to fail to bargain in good faith in accordance with the provisions of this article. Any person or persons guilty of violating the provisions of this article shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for such offense, and each day during which such violation occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense, and any such conviction shall be grounds for immediate dismissal from public employment, for any persons so employed.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 51-113, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-52-102. Definitions.

As used in Sections 52-101 through 52-107 of this title:
1. "Clerk", "treasurer" and "finance officer" mean any person who is at any time responsible for the clerical or financial records, or the keeping or making of any of them, of any city or town government coming within the provisions of this article;
2. "Committee" means the Advisory Committee to the municipal clerks and treasurers training division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education; and
3. "Division" means the municipal clerks and treasurers training division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 52-102, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 258, § 14, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 13, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-52-103. Advisory committee created - Membership - Personnel - Travel reimbursement.

A. There is hereby created the Advisory Committee to the municipal clerks and treasurers division of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education which shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education. The Director shall appoint one member he deems appropriate; one member from a list of three persons submitted by the Oklahoma Municipal League; one member from a list of three persons submitted by the Oklahoma Chapter of the Municipal Finance Officers Association; one member from a list of three persons submitted by the Oklahoma Chapter of the Municipal Treasurers Association; and one member from a list of three persons submitted by the Oklahoma Municipal Clerks, Treasurers and Finance Officers Association. Terms of office shall be for three (3) years, and shall be made in the manner provided in this section. The nominees submitted for appointment by the organizations herein enumerated shall be officers or employees of cities and towns.
B. The existing Commission members shall serve to the end of their terms of office as members of the Advisory Committee. Thereafter, appointments shall be made as provided for by law. The Committee shall elect from among its members a chairman and shall not meet more than six (6) days in any one (1) fiscal year.
C. Personnel employed by the Commission on June 30, 1986, shall become employees of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education on July 1, 1986, without change in status as to duties and compensation, including accrual of leave, and eligibility for longevity payments and other benefits of employment, except as otherwise provided by law.
D. Members of the Committee shall receive no salary or other compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for travel expense pursuant to the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 52-103, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 80, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 1981; Laws 1985, c. 178, § 12, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 258, § 15, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 14, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-52-104. Powers and duties.

In addition to other powers and duties conferred upon it by law, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education shall:
1. Employ such personnel, incur such expenses, make contracts and purchase such personal property as may be necessary for the purposes of conducting training programs, including but not limited to itinerant training programs and special on-the-job training programs;
2. Accept such grants, appropriation or other monies or services as may be available for training, research, development or demonstration purposes in training aimed to increase the efficiency of clerks, treasurers and finance officers and of persons under their direction; and
3. Develop such manuals and prescribe such procedures and tests as may be necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes of this article, to determine criteria and to grade for the successful completion of training.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 52-104, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 258, § 16, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 15, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-52-104.1. Study to increase efficiency.

The Committee shall study and recommend such requirements and do all other things as it may deem necessary in the development, administration and operation of training programs to increase the efficiency of municipal clerks, treasurers and finance officers.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 258, § 17, operative July 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-52-105. Annual certificate - Renewals - Fee.

Upon payment of the fee prescribed by the division, an annual certificate shall be issued to any person, not less than eighteen (18) years of age and of good moral character, who has successfully completed the training provided for each year. Said certificate shall expire on June 30 next following its issuance and may be renewed from year to year upon completion of the yearly training program and payment of the fee. The division may refuse to renew such certificate upon failure of an applicant during the year to complete the training program offered or approved by it unless waived by action of the division. Each application for a certificate or renewal shall be accompanied by a payment of the prescribed fee.
Laws 1977, c. 256, § 52-105, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1986, c. 258, § 18, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1992, c. 59, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-52-107. Clerks' and Treasurers' Training Fund abolished.

Effective November 15, 1986, the "Clerks' and Treasurers' Training Fund" is abolished. All monies received to the credit of said fund shall be deposited to the State Career-Technology Fund in the State Treasury.
Added by Laws 1977, c. 256, § 52-107, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 258, § 21, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 2001, c. 33, § 16, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-55-103. Municipal ordinances regulating amateur radio antenna, support structures.

A. As used in this section:
1. "Amateur radio" means the use of amateur radio and amateur satellite radio frequencies and services by qualified and federally authorized persons of any age who are interested in radio technique without pecuniary interest;
2. "Antenna" means an array of wires, tubing, or the like used for the transmission and reception of radio waves; and
3. "Antenna support structure" means a structure or framework that is designed to elevate an antenna above the ground for the purpose of increasing the effective communications range and reliability of an amateur radio station. Amateur radio antenna support structures are removable by design and therefore are a removable structure for assessment purposes.
B. A municipal ordinance regulating amateur radio antenna or amateur radio antenna support structures shall:
1. Comply with the requirements of 47 C.F.R., Section 97.15(b), as amended from time to time;
2. Allow for the erection of an amateur radio antenna or an amateur radio antenna support structure at a height and dimension sufficient to reasonably accommodate amateur radio service communications, and shall only constitute the minimum practicable regulation necessary to accomplish the intent of this section; and
3. Require that, upon denial of an application for approval of an amateur radio antenna or amateur radio antenna support structure, the authority denying the application state the reasons for the denial and on appeal bear the burden of proving that the actions of the authority are consistent with this section.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 193, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2007. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 126, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-56-101. Short title - Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act.

Sections 11 through 20 of this act shall be the provisions of the Local Government Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act applicable to municipalities and shall be known as the "Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act".
Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 11, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-56-102. Definitions.

A. Definitions of terms used in the Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act shall be the same as those terms are defined in Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution, unless otherwise provided herein.
B. As used in the Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act:
1. "Campaign committee" means a committee which may be composed of one or more persons the purpose of which is to support the election of a specific candidate to municipal office, whose name as it will appear on the ballot shall appear in the name of the committee;
2. "Municipal office" means any elective municipal office established under state or municipal law; and
3. "Municipal political committee" means any committee composed of one or more persons whose purpose includes the election or defeat of one or more candidates for municipal office but which is not required to register with the Ethics Commission or the Federal Election Commission.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 384, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-56-103. Applicability.

A. The Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act shall apply only to municipalities with a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) according to the most recent Federal Decennial Census and a general fund expenditure budget in excess of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) in the fiscal year in which the municipal elections are held.
B. A municipality described in subsection A of this section may enact a comprehensive code of campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances, including provisions for enforcement thereof, in which case the Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act shall not apply to the municipality. A municipality described in subsection A of this section may contract with an interlocal entity operating under the Municipal Campaign Finance Disclosure for Exempted Municipalities Act and the municipality may alternatively follow the provisions of the Municipal Campaign Finance Disclosure for Exempted Municipalities Act when they have adopted their own comprehensive code of campaign finance and personal disclosure ordinances as authorized under this act. Any municipality enacting such a code shall file a notice of its action with the Ethics Commission, which shall have no enforcement responsibilities under the code.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 13, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 334, § 1; Laws 2022, c. 339, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-56-103a. Municipalities not subject to act - Comprehensive code of campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances.

1. Any municipality not subject to the Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act, or any entity authorized under subsection B of Section 56-103 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may enact a comprehensive code of campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances including policies and provisions for the administration and enforcement thereof. The Ethics Commission shall have no enforcement responsibilities under the Municipal Campaign Finance Disclosure for Exempted Municipalities Act. Municipal governments may provide for hearings, enforcement, and civil fines not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Hearings shall be conducted through the municipal court to adjudicate violations of the comprehensive code of campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances as authorized in this act. Any judicial order from a municipal court under this section may be appealed to the district court having jurisdiction over the alleged or adjudicated violator. All appeals shall be de novo. Any civil fine issued under the provisions of the act may be converted to a civil judgment by the municipal government in the appropriate district court. Municipal governments have the authority to adopt ordinances necessary and proper for the administration and enforcement of this act.
2. Municipal governments enacting a comprehensive code of campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances may contract with an interlocal entity created in accordance with the Interlocal Cooperation Act for the administration and enforcement of this act. The interlocal entity may assign adjudication of any potential violations of a municipality's campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances to any municipal court that has joined the interlocal entity in accordance with policies adopted by the interlocal entity. The assigned municipal court shall have jurisdiction to conduct the hearing, issue subpoenas, adjudicate the matter and issue judgment for civil fines for violations of municipal campaign finance and personal financial disclosure ordinances of any member of the interlocal entity. Any civil fine issued under the provisions of this act may be converted to a civil judgment by the interlocal entity in the appropriate district court. The interlocal entity shall have the authority to adopt policies and procedures necessary and proper for the administration and enforcement of this act.
Added by Laws 2022, c. 339, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-56-104. Campaign committee organization statements.

Each campaign committee shall file a statement of organization with the municipal clerk subject to the same requirements as set forth for candidate committees for state office required to file statements of organization with the Ethics Commission under Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution, including but not limited to time for filing and contents.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 14, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-56-105. Municipal political committee organization statements.

Every municipal political committee shall file a statement of organization with the municipal clerk subject to the same requirements as set forth for political committees required to file statements of organization with the Ethics Commission under Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution, including but not limited to time for filing and contents.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 15, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-56-106. Contributions and expenditures reports.

Every campaign committee and every municipal political committee shall file a report of contributions and expenditures with the municipal clerk subject to the same requirements as set forth for candidate committees and political action committees, respectively, required to file reports of contributions and expenditures with the Ethics Commission under Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution, including but not limited to time for filing and contents.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 16, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-56-107. Organization statements and contribution and expenditure reports - Public records.

Statements of organization and reports of contributions and expenditures required to be filed with the municipal clerk under the Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act shall be public records. The municipal clerk shall maintain statements of organization and reports of contributions and expenditures for four (4) years after the date on which they are filed, if not posted on the municipality's website as provided herein, at which time the documents may be destroyed or retained subject to the discretion of the municipal clerk. If the municipality in which the statements of organization and reports of contributions and expenditures are filed maintains an Internet website, the municipal clerk may post on the website copies of statements of organization and reports of contributions and expenditures.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 17, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-56-108. Financial interest statements.

All candidates for municipal office and all elected municipal officers shall be required to file a statement of financial interests with the municipal clerk subject to the same requirements as set forth for candidates for state office required to file statements of financial interests with the Ethics Commission under Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution, including but not limited to time for filing and contents.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 18, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-56-109. Financial interest statements - Public records.

Statements of financial interests required to be filed with the municipal clerk under the Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act shall be public records. The municipal clerk shall maintain statements of financial interests for four (4) years after the date on which they are filed, if not posted on the municipality's website as provided herein, at which time the documents may be destroyed or retained subject to the discretion of the municipal clerk. If the municipality in which the statements of financial interests are filed maintains an Internet website, the municipal clerk may post on the website copies of statements of financial interests.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 19, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 11. Cities and Towns › §11-56-110. Enforcement.

The Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act shall be enforced by the Ethics Commission in the same manner as Rules of the Ethics Commission promulgated pursuant to Section 3 of Article XXIX of the Oklahoma Constitution are enforced, including but not limited to acceptance of complaints, civil prosecutions, settlement agreements and any other compliance practices or requirements. Complaints may be received by the Ethics Commission alleging filing of statements or reports required to be filed under the Municipal Campaign Finance and Financial Disclosure Act later than the prescribed time for filing. Such complaints shall be in the same form as other complaints. Upon receipt of such complaints of late filing, the Ethics Commission shall investigate whether the allegation or allegations are true and, if so, shall assess a late filing penalty of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per day, not to exceed a maximum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the filing of any statement or report. If the Ethics Commission determines the allegation or allegations are not true, it shall take no further action. Persons assessed a late filing fee may protest the assessment subject to provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 313, § 20, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-2. Force of common law.

The common law, as modified by constitutional and statutory law, judicial decisions and the condition and wants of the people, shall remain in force in aid of the general statutes of Oklahoma; but the rule of the common law, that statutes in derogation thereof, shall be strictly construed, shall not be applicable to any general statute of Oklahoma; but all such statutes shall be liberally construed to promote their object.
R.L. 1910, § 4642.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-22. Books to be kept by district clerk.

The clerk of the district court shall keep an appearance docket, a trial docket, a journal and such other records as may be ordered by the court or required by law.
R.L. 1910, § 5322. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 102, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1990, c. 251, § 18, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Laws 1991, c. 251, § 1, eff. June 1, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 351, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-23. Appearance docket.

On the appearance docket he shall enter all actions in the order in which they are brought, the date of the summons, the time of the return thereof by the officer, and his return thereon, the time of filing the petition, and all subsequent pleadings and papers, and an abstract of all judgments and orders of the court. An abstract shall contain a very brief description of the order or judgment rendered. It must not be encumbered with a detailed recital of the terms. Proceedings other than those which culminated in an order or judgment shall not be abstracted into the appearance docket. Either the judge or the clerk may prepare an appearance docket entry in the form of a minute, or the content of the entry may be dictated either by the judge or the clerk into an electronic recording device. The clerk shall transcribe onto the appearance docket all minute entries made and all the electronically-recorded abstracts.
R.L. 1910, § 5323. Amended by Laws 1972, c. 119, § 1, emerg. eff. March 31, 1972.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-24. Journal record - Instruments to be entered - Microfilm.

Upon the journal record required to be kept by the clerk of the district court in civil cases exclusive of the small claims docket and juvenile proceedings docket shall be entered copies of the following instruments on file:
1. All items of process by which the court acquired jurisdiction of the person of each defendant in the case; and
2. All instruments filed in the case that bear the signature of the judge and specify clearly the relief granted or order made.
The journal may be kept entirely in microfilm, optical disks, or other appropriate medium. Existing journal records in the custody of the court clerk may be destroyed after being stored on at least two microfilm records, optical disks, or other appropriate medium, one of which shall be placed by the court clerk with the Archives and Records Division of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, or in a bank or other appropriate local depository, and one shall be available for public use in the court clerk’s office. In case of functional failure of the record in the court clerk’s office the copy in storage shall be made available to anyone requesting access to it. The cost of the storage medium and equipment and for viewing and copying shall be paid out of the court fund upon approval by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Copies of the journal record reproduced from microfilm, optical disk, and other media and copies of the original instruments that are part of the journal records, when certified by the court clerk having the custody of the original, may be received in evidence with the same effect as the original would have had and without further identification by the party desiring to offer them.
R.L.1910, § 5324. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 245, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1971; Laws 1972, c. 146, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972; Laws 2004, c. 447, § 2, emerg. eff. June 4, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-27. Clerk may collect judgment and costs.

Where there is no execution outstanding, the clerk of the court in which the judgment was rendered may receive the amount of the judgment and costs, and receipt therefor, with the same effect as if the same had been paid to the sheriff on an execution; and the clerk shall be liable to be amerced in the same manner and amount as a sheriff for refusing to pay the same to the party entitled thereto, when requested, and shall also be liable on his official bond.
R.L. 1910, § 5327.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-28. Clerks to issue writs and orders - Preparation.

All writs and orders for provisional remedies, and process of every kind shall be prepared by the party or his attorney who is seeking the issuance of such writ, order, or process and shall be issued by the clerks of the several courts.
R.L. 1910, § 5328. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 210, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-30. Each case to be kept separate - Correction of case number or other identifying data.

The papers in each case shall be kept in a separate file marked with the title and number of the case. If the court clerk discovers a pleading or other paper which has been filed or submitted for filing that bears an incorrect case number or other incorrect identifying data, the court clerk shall correct the case number or other incorrect identifying data and enter a notation on the docket sheet of both cases recording the correction. The corrected pleading or other paper shall be placed in the court file bearing the corrected case number.
R.L. 1910, § 5330. Amended by Laws 1972, c. 119, § 2, emerg. eff. March 31, 1972; Laws 1997, c. 239, § 3, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-31.1. Removal of records or files from office of court clerk.

Only officers of the court or persons, firms or corporations holding a certificate of authority pursuant to the Oklahoma Abstractors Law, Section 227.10 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and other authorized court personnel may remove records or case files from the office of the court clerk for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours. Rules for the removal of records or case files shall be promulgated by the district court having jurisdiction over the county in which such records or case files are situated.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 214, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-32. Entry on return of summons.

He shall, upon the return of every summons, enter upon the appearance docket whether or not service has been made; and, if the summons has been served, the name of the defendant or defendants summoned and the day and manner of the service upon each one. The entry shall be evidence in case of the loss of the summons.
R.L. 1910, § 5332. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 47, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-32.1. Material for record.

The record shall be made up from the petition, the process, return, the pleadings subsequent thereto, reports, verdicts, orders, judgments, and all material acts and proceedings of the court; but if the items of an account, or the copies of papers attached to the pleadings, be voluminous, the court may order the record to be made by abbreviating the same, or inserting a pertinent description thereof, or by omitting them entirely. Evidence must not be recorded.
R.L. 1910, § 5146. Renumbered from § 704 of this title by Laws 1972, c. 119, § 5, emerg. eff. March 3l, 1972.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-32.1A. Supreme Court to make rules for display of court records online.

The Supreme Court of Oklahoma shall immediately make rules regulating the display of court records online. The rules shall ensure that all online data is displayed uniformly in all counties. The Supreme Court of Oklahoma may modify the rules as necessary. Court clerks shall obey and follow the rules.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 87, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-33. Clerk to keep court records, books and papers - Statistical and other information for Supreme Court, President Pro Tempore of Senate and Speaker of House.

He shall keep the records and books and papers appertaining to the court and record its proceedings. He is directed to furnish without cost to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma and to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives such statistical and other information as the court or Legislature may require, including, but without being limited to, the number and classification of cases:
1. Filed with the court;
2. Disposed of by the court, and the manner of such disposition; and
3. The number of cases pending before the court, at each term of the court.
R.L. 1910, § 5333. Amended by Laws 1951, p. 23, § 1; Laws 1981, c. 272, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-35. Powers and duties of clerks - Statistical and other information for Supreme Court, President Pro Tempore of Senate and Speaker of House.

The clerks of each of the courts shall exercise the powers and perform the duties imposed upon them by the statutes of this state and by the common law. The clerks of each of the courts of record shall furnish without cost to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma and to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives such statistical and other information as the court or Legislature may require, including, but without being limited to, the number and classification of cases:
1. Filed with the court;
2. Disposed of by the court, and the manner of such disposition; and
3. The number of cases pending before the court, at each term of the court.
R.L. 1910, § 5335. Amended by Laws 1951, p. 23, § 2; Laws 1981, c. 272, § 3, eff. July 1, 1981.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-35.1. Court clerk may process passports - Election - Passport fees.

A. The duties of the court clerk may include processing of passports as permitted and prescribed by federal law and regulation if the court clerk files a written election with the Administrative Office of the Courts to process passports. Upon the filing of the election to process passports as an official duty and service, the court clerk shall execute all passport applications presented.
B. Amounts collected pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be retained by the court clerk and deposited in the Court Clerk's Revolving Fund pursuant to the provisions of Section 220 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 127, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1983. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 400, § 2, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 310, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-38. Seal of clerk of district court.

A. Every clerk of a district court shall keep a seal, to be furnished by the court, which shall contain the name of the county and the words "Oklahoma" and "District Court". The seal may be either metallic or nonmetallic.
B. Every instrument, document, record, paper or other thing required to be certified by the court or by the court clerk shall contain the seal of the court clerk. Where electronic transmission of a document is allowed, the document shall be deemed certified if it contains a digital signature or equivalent signing technology, as approved and supplied by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. The Supreme Court shall be the guardian of digital signatures or equivalent signing technology and shall govern all rules as to validity and authenticity.
C. Any person who uses the seal of the court clerk with the intent to deceive or mislead any person as to the authenticity of the seal, a certification required by subsection B of this section, or the thing to which the seal is applied shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
D. Electronic transmittals of documents shall be allowed if safeguards are in place to protect against unauthorized users and if agents intended to receive the transmittals have agreed to electronic processing of the documents.
Added by Laws 1991, c. 114, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 94, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-39. Court clerk – Prohibition of posting documents containing certain charges on court-controlled website.

A. No court clerk shall publish on a court-controlled website any document in a case that contains a charge involving rape, sodomy, sex crimes, sexual images, lewd or indecent conduct, pornography, child abuse or neglect, domestic abuse, kidnapping, extortion of a vulnerable victim, human trafficking or similar offenses including, but not limited to, those in Sections 644, 741, 843.1, 843.5, 885, 886, 888, 1021, 1021.2, 1021.3, 1040.13a, 1081, 1085, 1087, 1088, 1111 through 1116 or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit access to any original document as provided by law.
Added by Laws 2005, c. 387, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 110, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009; Laws 2021, c. 397, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-52. Appointment of substitute for sheriff.

The court or judge, or any clerk in the absence of the judge from the county, for good cause, may appoint a person to serve a particular process or order, who shall have the same power to execute it which the sheriff has. The person may be appointed on the application of the party obtaining the process or order, and the return must be verified by affidavit. He shall be entitled to the same fees allowed to the sheriff for similar services.
R.L. 1910, § 5320.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-54. Must execute and return process - Execution by county clerk when sheriff disqualified.

He shall execute every summons, order or other process, and return the same as required by law; and if he fail to do so, unless he make it appear to the satisfaction of the court that he was prevented by inevitable accident from so doing, he shall be amerced by the court in a sum not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), upon motion and ten (10) days' notice, and shall be liable to the action of any person aggrieved by such failure. Provided that whenever any party, his agent or attorney, shall make and file with the clerk of the proper court an affidavit, stating that he believes that the sheriff of said county will not, by reason of either partiality, prejudice, consanguinity or interest, faithfully perform his duties in any suit commenced in said court, the clerk shall direct the original, or other process, in such suit to the county clerk who shall execute the same in like manner as the sheriff might or ought to have done, and who shall be subject to the same penalties as the sheriff if he fail to do so, unless he make it appear that he was prevented by inevitable accident from so doing, and the county clerk shall perform all of the other duties of the sheriff when the sheriff shall be a party to the case, or is disqualified.
R.L. 1910, § 5337. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 47, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-55. Sheriff may adjourn court, when.

If the judge of a court fail to attend at the time and place appointed for holding his court, the sheriff shall have power to adjourn the court, from day to day, until the regular or assigned judge attend or a judge pro tempore be selected; but if the judge be not present in his court, nor a judge be assigned or a judge pro tempore be selected, within two (2) days after the first day of the term, then the court shall stand adjourned for the term. The sheriff shall exercise the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon him by the statutes of this state and by the common law.
R.L. 1910, § 5338.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-61. Justification of surety.

A ministerial officer whose duty it is to take security in any undertaking provided for by this Code or by other statutes shall require the person offered as surety to make an affidavit of his qualifications, which affidavit may be made before such officer, and shall be endorsed upon or attached to the undertaking. The taking of such an affidavit shall not exempt the officer from any liability to which he might otherwise be subject for taking insufficient security.
R.L. 1910, § 5342.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-62. Qualifications of surety.

The surety in every undertaking provided for by this Code or other statutes unless a surety company, must be a resident of this state and worth double the sum to be secured, over and above all exemptions, debts and liabilities. Where there are two or more sureties in the same undertaking they must in the aggregate have the qualifications prescribed in this section.
R.L. 1910, § 5343.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-63. Real estate mortgage as bond.

In every instance in this state where bond, indemnity or guaranty is required, a first mortgage upon improved real estate within this state shall be accepted: Provided, that the amount of such bond, guaranty or indemnity shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the reasonable valuation of such improved real estate, exclusive of all buildings thereon; Provided, further, that where the amount of such bond, guaranty or indemnity shall exceed fifty percent (50%) of the reasonable valuation of such improved real estate, exclusive of all buildings, then such first mortgage shall be accepted to the extent of such fifty percent (50%) valuation.
R.L. 1910, § 5344.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-64. Valuation of real estate.

The officer, whose duty it is to accept and approve such bond, guaranty or indemnity shall require the affidavits of two freeholders versed in land values in the community where such real estate is located to the value of such real estate. Said officer shall have the authority to administer the oaths and take said affidavits.
R.L. 1910, § 5345.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-65. False valuation - Penalty.

Any person willfully making a false affidavit as to the value of any such real estate shall be guilty of perjury and punished accordingly. Any officer administering or accepting such affidavit knowing it to be false, shall be guilty of the felony of subornation of perjury and punished accordingly.
R.L. 1910, § 5346. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 130, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 130 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-66. State as a party – Bond not required – Automatic stay - Payment of costs.

A. Whenever an action is filed in any of the courts of this state where the State of Oklahoma or any of its departments or agencies, as defined in Section 152 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes, is a party, no bonds or other obligation of security shall be required from the state or from any party acting under the direction of the state, either to prosecute, answer, or appeal the action. The execution of a judgment or final order of any judicial tribunal against the state or any of its departments or agencies is automatically stayed without the execution of a supersedeas bond until any appeal of such judgment or final order has finally been determined.
In case of an adverse decision, such costs as by law are taxable against the state, or against the party acting by its direction, shall be paid out of the funds of the department under whose direction the proceedings were instituted or defended.
B. Costs shall be paid to the court fund of the district court in which an action is filed from the first funds collected in satisfaction of any judgment obtained by this state or any party acting under the direction of this state, except when the funds are collected pursuant to a child support order, judgment, or pursuant to any civil forfeiture action. No action filed by this state or by any party acting under the direction of this state shall be dismissed with unpaid costs of the action without the prior notification of the district court clerk of the county in which the action was filed.
Added by Laws 1923, c. 203, p. 354, § 1, emerg. eff. March 31, 1923. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 357, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1999, c. 359, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2002, c. 468, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2007, c. 248, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 2007.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-68. Appearance bond - Application of penalty - Right to enforce.

If a bench warrant or command to enforce a court order by body attachment is issued in a case for divorce, legal separation, annulment or alimony, or in any civil proceeding in which a judgment debtor is summoned to answer as to assets, and the person arrested, pursuant to the authority of such process, makes a bond for his appearance at the time of trial or other proceeding in the case, the bond made shall be disbursed by the court clerk upon order of the court to the party in the suit who has procured the bench warrant or command for body attachment rather than to the State of Oklahoma. The penalty on the bond, or any part thereof, shall, when recovered, first be applied to discharge the obligation adjudicated in the case in which the bond was posted. The party who is the obligee on such bond shall have the right to enforce its penalty to the same extent and in the same manner as the state may enforce the penalty on a forfeited bail bond.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 265, § 1, operative Oct. 1, 1976. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 26, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1977. Renumbered from § 1276.1 of this title by Laws 1977, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1977.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-74. Supreme Court rules.

The Justices of the Supreme Court shall meet every two (2) years during the month of June at the capitol of the state and revise their general rules, and make such amendments thereto as may be required to carry into effect the provisions of this Code, and shall make such further rules consistent therewith as they may deem proper. The rules so made shall apply to the Supreme Court, the district courts, the superior courts, the county courts and all other courts of record.
R.L. 1910, § 5347.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 12. Civil Procedure › §12-75. Publications in "patent insides".

All publications and notices required by law to be published in newspapers in this state if published in newspapers having one side of the paper printed away from the office of publication, known as patent outsides or insides, shall have the same force and effect as though the same were published in newspapers printed wholly and published in the county where such publication shall be made, if one side of the paper is printed in said county where said notices are required to be published.
R.L. 1910, § 5348.