Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-1005.1
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Destruction of paper records after recording on other
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medium or passage of certain time.
A. All paper records which have been recorded on microfilm,
microfiche, compact disc, or any other recognized technological
means may be destroyed after the respective case has been
adjudicated. With the exception of felony conviction records,
probate, adoption, quiet title, ejectment, partition, marriage and
divorce records, and Indian deed approval records, all court records
which have not been recorded on microfilm, microfiche, compact disc,
or any other recognized technological means and in which no activity
has occurred for twenty-two (22) years, may be destroyed or may be
given as historical research materials to an appropriate
organization as determined by the court clerk of the district court.
B. Small claims cases and justice of the peace court records
shall not be subject to microfilm or other permanent recording
requirements. The court clerk of each district court shall destroy
the judicial records of justice of the peace courts including docket
books on which they are entered, and small claims cases including
the docket books and sheets on which they are entered after a five-
year period has elapsed since any pleading has been filed or any
action taken in the case.
A. All paper records which have been recorded on microfilm,
microfiche, compact disc, or any other recognized technological
means may be destroyed after the respective case has been
adjudicated. With the exception of felony conviction records,
probate, adoption, quiet title, ejectment, partition, marriage and
divorce records, and Indian deed approval records, all court records
which have not been recorded on microfilm, microfiche, compact disc,
or any other recognized technological means and in which no activity
has occurred for twenty-two (22) years, may be destroyed or may be
given as historical research materials to an appropriate
organization as determined by the court clerk of the district court.
B. Small claims cases and justice of the peace court records
shall not be subject to microfilm or other permanent recording
requirements. The court clerk of each district court shall destroy
the judicial records of justice of the peace courts including docket
books on which they are entered, and small claims cases including
the docket books and sheets on which they are entered after a five-
year period has elapsed since any pleading has been filed or any
action taken in the case.
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