Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-1007
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Destruction or sale of documents by court clerk
Official statutory text
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 20. Courts Page 417
The court clerk in each county in Oklahoma is authorized to
destroy or sell for salvage the documents mentioned in this section
which have been on file or stored in the court clerk’s office for a
period longer than the time specified below:
1. One (1) year. All marriage health certificates.
2. Two (2) years. All instruments relating to beer, bingo,
process servers, foreign process servers, closing out sale, and pool
hall licenses including the applications, affidavits of residence,
orders for hearing, notices of hearing, affidavits of posting and
mailing and duplicate beer license.
3. Three (3) years. All duplicate receipts, duplicate
vouchers, mechanics' and materialmen's lien records, duplicate
deposit tickets, jury lists, juror and witness certificates, court
clerk's liens, court fund claims, jury and bailiff records, monthly
reports, statutory bonds, cost bonds, paid claims, procedural bonds,
court assignments, and court calendars including disposition docket
books containing entries which have been posted to the case file
docket sheet or computer printed docket sheet, appearance bonds and
search warrants in instances where no charges are filed, purchase
orders, court minutes and records pertaining to bondspersons’
licenses.
The court clerk in each county in Oklahoma is authorized to
destroy or sell for salvage the documents mentioned in this section
which have been on file or stored in the court clerk’s office for a
period longer than the time specified below:
1. One (1) year. All marriage health certificates.
2. Two (2) years. All instruments relating to beer, bingo,
process servers, foreign process servers, closing out sale, and pool
hall licenses including the applications, affidavits of residence,
orders for hearing, notices of hearing, affidavits of posting and
mailing and duplicate beer license.
3. Three (3) years. All duplicate receipts, duplicate
vouchers, mechanics' and materialmen's lien records, duplicate
deposit tickets, jury lists, juror and witness certificates, court
clerk's liens, court fund claims, jury and bailiff records, monthly
reports, statutory bonds, cost bonds, paid claims, procedural bonds,
court assignments, and court calendars including disposition docket
books containing entries which have been posted to the case file
docket sheet or computer printed docket sheet, appearance bonds and
search warrants in instances where no charges are filed, purchase
orders, court minutes and records pertaining to bondspersons’
licenses.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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