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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 20. COURTS

  § 20-1006. Destruction of certain records and reporter's notes - Limitations.  

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  • A.  Unless there is an objection by the chief judge of the district court, the court clerk is authorized to destroy all exhibits in all domestic relations cases in which there has been no activity for more than twenty (20) years, and exhibits in all other civil cases in which there has been no activity for more than ten (10) years.

    B.  The chief judge may direct a court reporter to destroy a court reporter's notes after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date of a proceeding, or, if a proceeding has not resulted in an appeal upon which a request has been made to transcribe the proceeding, all notes of a court reporter may be destroyed immediately upon completion of transcription of a proceeding.

    C.  No pleadings or judgments shall be destroyed under the provisions of this section.

Added by Laws 1971, c. 47, § 1, emerg. eff. March 30, 1971.  Amended by Laws 1995, c. 197, § 3, emerg. eff. May 19, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 239, § 6, eff. July 1, 1997.