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Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-38: Seal of clerk of district court

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 12

A. Every clerk of a district court shall keep a seal, to be

furnished by the court, which shall contain the name of the county

and the words "Oklahoma" and "District Court". The seal may be

either metallic or nonmetallic.

B. Every instrument, document, record, paper or other thing

required to be certified by the court or by the court clerk shall

contain the seal of the court clerk. Where electronic transmission

of a document is allowed, the document shall be deemed certified if

it contains a digital signature or equivalent signing technology, as

approved and supplied by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. The Supreme

Court shall be the guardian of digital signatures or equivalent

signing technology and shall govern all rules as to validity and

authenticity.

C. Any person who uses the seal of the court clerk with the

intent to deceive or mislead any person as to the authenticity of

the seal, a certification required by subsection B of this section,

or the thing to which the seal is applied shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor.

D. Electronic transmittals of documents shall be allowed if

safeguards are in place to protect against unauthorized users and if

agents intended to receive the transmittals have agreed to

electronic processing of the documents.

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