Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-24: Journal record - Instruments to be entered - Microfilm
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- OK Code
- Title 12
Upon the journal record required to be kept by the clerk of the
district court in civil cases exclusive of the small claims docket
and juvenile proceedings docket shall be entered copies of the
following instruments on file:
1. All items of process by which the court acquired
jurisdiction of the person of each defendant in the case; and
2. All instruments filed in the case that bear the signature of
the judge and specify clearly the relief granted or order made.
The journal may be kept entirely in microfilm, optical disks, or
other appropriate medium. Existing journal records in the custody
of the court clerk may be destroyed after being stored on at least
two microfilm records, optical disks, or other appropriate medium,
one of which shall be placed by the court clerk with the Archives
and Records Division of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, or in
a bank or other appropriate local depository, and one shall be
available for public use in the court clerk’s office. In case of
functional failure of the record in the court clerk’s office the
copy in storage shall be made available to anyone requesting access
to it. The cost of the storage medium and equipment and for viewing
and copying shall be paid out of the court fund upon approval by the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Copies of the journal record
reproduced from microfilm, optical disk, and other media and copies
of the original instruments that are part of the journal records,
when certified by the court clerk having the custody of the
original, may be received in evidence with the same effect as the
original would have had and without further identification by the
party desiring to offer them.
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