Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-1008
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Destruction of depositions
Official statutory text
In each county of this state, the court clerk is hereby
authorized to destroy, from time to time, depositions taken in all
civil cases and domestic cases in which no minor child is involved,
except adoptions, after a ten-year period, and depositions taken in
domestic relations cases in which a minor child is involved may be
destroyed after a twenty-year period has elapsed since any pleading
has been filed or any action taken in the case.
authorized to destroy, from time to time, depositions taken in all
civil cases and domestic cases in which no minor child is involved,
except adoptions, after a ten-year period, and depositions taken in
domestic relations cases in which a minor child is involved may be
destroyed after a twenty-year period has elapsed since any pleading
has been filed or any action taken in the case.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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