Okla. Stat. tit. 28, § 28-86

Lengthy Trial Fund - Wage replacement or supplementation.

A. Jurors shall be paid the following fees out of the local

court fund:

1. For each day's attendance before any court of record, Fifty

Dollars ($50.00); and

2. For mileage going to and returning from jury service each

day, pursuant to the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement

Act.

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B. The Court Fund Board of the district court may contract for

or provide reimbursement for parking for district court jurors to be

paid from the Court Fund. Parking so provided to jurors shall be in

lieu of any reimbursement to jurors for parking fees.

C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person

who is summoned for jury duty and who is excused from serving

pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of Section 28 of Title 38

of the Oklahoma Statutes, beginning on the day the person is excused

from service.

D. The Supreme Court shall promulgate rules to establish a

Lengthy Trial Fund that shall be used to provide full or partial

wage replacement or wage supplementation to jurors who serve as

petit jurors for more than ten (10) days.

1. The court rules shall provide for the selection and

appointment of an Administrator for the fund; procedures for the

administration of the fund, including payments of salaries of the

Administrator and other necessary personnel; procedures for the

accounting, auditing and investment of money in the Lengthy Trial

Fund; and a report by the Supreme Court on the administration of the

Lengthy Trial Fund included in its annual report on the judicial

branch, setting forth the money collected for and disbursed from the

fund.

2. The clerk of the court shall collect from each attorney who

files a civil case, unless otherwise exempted under the provisions

of this section, a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per case to be paid

into the Lengthy Trial Fund. A lawyer will be deemed to have filed

a case at the time the first pleading or other filing on which an

individual lawyer's name appears is submitted to the court for

filing and opens a new case. All such fees shall be forwarded to

the Administrator of the Lengthy Trial Fund for deposit.

3. The Administrator shall use the fees deposited in the

Lengthy Trial Fund to pay full or partial wage replacement or

supplementation to jurors whose employers pay less than full regular

wages when the period of jury service lasts more than ten (10) days.

4. The court may pay replacement or supplemental wages of up to

Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per day per juror beginning on the

eleventh day of jury service. In addition, for any jurors who

qualify for payment by serving on a jury for more than ten (10)

days, the court may, upon finding that such service posed a

significant financial hardship to a juror, even in light of payments

made with respect to jury service after the tenth day, award

replacement or supplemental wages of up to Fifty Dollars ($50.00)

per day from the fourth to the tenth day of jury service.

5. Any juror who is serving or has served on a jury that

qualifies for payment from the Lengthy Trial Fund, provided the

service commenced on or after January 1, 2005, may submit a request

for payment from the Lengthy Trial Fund on a form provided by the

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Administrator. Payment shall be limited to the difference between

the state-paid jury fee and the actual amount of wages a juror

earns, up to the maximum level payable, minus any amount the juror

actually receives from the employer during the same time period.

The form shall disclose the juror's regular wages, the amount the

employer will pay during the term of jury service starting on the

eleventh day and thereafter, the amount of replacement or

supplemental wages requested, and any other information the

Administrator deems necessary for proper payment. The juror shall
unt the juror

actually receives from the employer during the same time period.

The form shall disclose the juror's regular wages, the amount the

employer will pay during the term of jury service starting on the

eleventh day and thereafter, the amount of replacement or

supplemental wages requested, and any other information the

Administrator deems necessary for proper payment. The juror shall

be required to submit verification from the employer as to the wage

information provided to the Administrator, including but not limited

to the employee's most recent earnings statement or similar

document, prior to initiation of payment from the fund. If an

individual is self-employed or receives compensation other than

wages, the individual may provide a sworn affidavit attesting to his

or her approximate gross weekly income, together with such other

information as the Administrator may require, in order to verify

weekly income.

6. The following attorneys and causes of action are exempt from

payment of the Lengthy Trial Fund fee:

a. government attorneys entering appearances in the

course of their official duties,

b. pro se litigants,

c. cases in small claims court or the state equivalent

thereof, or

d. claims seeking Social Security disability

determinations, individual veterans' compensation or

disability determinations, recoupment actions for

government backed educational loans or mortgages,

child custody and support cases, actions brought in

forma pauperis, and any other filings designated by

rule that involve minimal use of court resources and

that customarily are not afforded the opportunity for

a trial by jury.

7. Until June 30, 2021, the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall, at the request of the Administrative Director of the

Courts, transfer any monies from the Lengthy Trial Fund to the

Supreme Court Administrative Revolving Fund or the Interagency

Reimbursement Fund as necessary to perform the duties imposed upon

the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals and district courts by

law.

R.L. 1910, § 3236. Amended by Laws 1923, c. 6, p. 5, § 1, emerg.

eff. Feb. 13, 1923; Laws 1947, p. 248, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16,

1947; Laws 1963, c. 79, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 1963; Laws 1967, c.

122, § 9, emerg. eff. April 27, 1967; Laws 1968, c. 199, § 1, eff.

Jan. 13, 1969; Laws 1977, c. 189, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1977; Laws 1981,

c. 217, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1981; Laws 1996, c. 339, § 7, eff. Nov. 1,

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1996; Laws 1997, c. 400, § 10, emerg. eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2004,

c. 525, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Laws 2015, c. 343, § 5, emerg. eff.

June 1, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 249, § 5, emerg. eff. May 5, 2016; Laws

2017, c. 12, § 5, emerg. eff. April 6, 2017; Laws 2020, c. 4, § 1,

emerg. eff. March 18, 2020; Laws 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 16, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 2023.