Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-23: Appearance docket

On the appearance docket he shall enter all actions in the order

in which they are brought, the date of the summons, the time of the

return thereof by the officer, and his return thereon, the time of

filing the petition, and all subsequent pleadings and papers, and an

abstract of all judgments and orders of the court. An abstract

shall contain a very brief description of the order or judgment

rendered. It must not be encumbered with a detailed recital of the

terms. Proceedings other than those which culminated in an order or

judgment shall not be abstracted into the appearance docket. Either

the judge or the clerk may prepare an appearance docket entry in the

form of a minute, or the content of the entry may be dictated either

by the judge or the clerk into an electronic recording device. The

clerk shall transcribe onto the appearance docket all minute entries

made and all the electronically-recorded abstracts.

R.L. 1910, § 5323. Amended by Laws 1972, c. 119, § 1, emerg. eff.

March 31, 1972.