{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-1005","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-1005","heading":"Disposal or destruction of court records - Storage on","body":"microfilm, optical disc or other medium.\n\nA. Unless there is an objection by the presiding administrative\n\njudge or the chief judge of the district court, the court clerk is\n\nauthorized to dispose of the judicial records enumerated in this\n\nsubsection. Nothing shall prohibit the presiding administrative\n\njudge or the chief judge of the district court from entering an\n\norder for the destruction of records prior to the time limits\n\nenumerated in this subsection for good cause shown. In the record\n\ndestruction process, any officer may rely upon computerized lists or\n\nother electronic data provided by the Administrative Office of the\n\nCourts or its OCIS/OSCN system. For purposes of determining the\n\ntime periods in this chapter, the officer may disregard entries or\n\nactions taken in the subject cases, such as accounting, internal\n\nelectronic data or other nonjudicial entries. The judicial records\n\nsubject to disposal or destruction shall be:\n\n1. Domestic relations cases. This shall include, but not be\n\nlimited to, cases filed concerning divorce, separate maintenance,\n\nannulment, reciprocal actions for enforcement of support, child\n\ncustody, domestic abuse, foreign judgments in domestic relations\n\ncases, income assignments relating to an order of support,\n\npaternity, appeal on administrative order relating to support or\n\npaternity, habeas corpus relating to children, and other domestic-\n\nrelated filings:\n\na. domestic relations cases that have been dismissed and\n\nno pleading has been filed or any action taken in the\n\ncase for more than one (1) year,\n\nb. all domestic relations cases in which a minor child is\n\ninvolved after a twenty-year period has elapsed since\n\nany pleading has been filed or any action taken in the\n\ncase, and\n\nc. all domestic relations cases in which no minor child\n\nis involved after a ten-year period has elapsed since\n\nany pleading has been filed or any action taken in the\n\ncase;\n\n2. Probate cases. This shall include, but not be limited to,\n\ncases filed concerning the probating of estates, guardianships,\n\nconservatorships, mental health, protective services to the elderly,\n\npowers of attorney, and trusts:\n\na. probate cases that have been dismissed and no pleading\n\nhas been filed or any action taken in the case for\n\nmore than one (1) year, and\n\nb. all probate cases after a twenty-year period has\n\nelapsed since any pleading has been filed or any\n\naction taken in the case;\n\n3. Actions brought for money judgment only in which a dismissal\n\nor release and satisfaction has been filed for more than one (1)\n\nyear;\n\n4. Civil records of cases:\n\na. civil cases that have been dismissed and no pleading\n\nhas been filed or any action taken in the case for\n\nmore than one (1) year, and\n\nb. all other civil cases after a ten-year period has\n\nelapsed since any pleading has been filed or any\n\naction taken in the case;\n\n5. Felony criminal records of unadjudicated cases and\n\nadjudicated cases:\n\na. felony criminal cases that have been dismissed and no\n\npleading or any action taken in the case for more than\n\none (1) year,\n\nb. felony criminal records of adjudicated cases after a\n\nten-year period has elapsed since any pleading has\n\nbeen filed or any action taken in the case, and\n\nc. felony criminal records of adjudicated cases, where\n\nthe sentence imposed was death, life without parole,\n\nor life, after a fifty-year period has elapsed since\n\nany pleading has been filed or any action taken in the\n\ncase;\n\n6. Misdemeanor records of unadjudicated cases and adjudicated\n\ncases:\n\na. misdemeanor cases that have been dismissed and no\n\npleading or any action taken in the case for more than\n\none (1) year, and\n\nb. misdemeanor records of adjudicated cases after a five-\n\nyear period has elapsed since any pleading has been\n\nfiled or any action taken in the case;\n\n7. Juvenile cases. This shall include, but not be limited to,\n\ncases filed concerning delinquents, children in need of supervision,\nor cases that have been dismissed and no\n\npleading or any action taken in the case for more than\n\none (1) year, and\n\nb. misdemeanor records of adjudicated cases after a five-\n\nyear period has elapsed since any pleading has been\n\nfiled or any action taken in the case;\n\n7. Juvenile cases. This shall include, but not be limited to,\n\ncases filed concerning delinquents, children in need of supervision,\n\ndeprived children, children in need of treatment, children in need\n\nof shelter, and other related juvenile filings:\n\na. juvenile cases that have been dismissed and no\n\npleading has been filed or any action taken in the\n\ncase for more than one (1) year, and\n\nb. all juvenile cases after a ten-year period has elapsed\n\nsince any pleading has been filed or any action taken\n\nin the case; and\n\n8. Protective orders:\n\na. protective order cases that have been dismissed and no\n\npleading has been filed or any action taken in the\n\ncase for more than one (1) year, and\n\nb. protective order cases after a ten-year period has\n\nelapsed since the protective order was issued.\n\nB. The judicial records and the appearance docket books or\n\nsheets on which they are entered, prior to their disposal or\n\ndestruction, shall be stored on at least two microfilm records,\n\noptical discs or other appropriate medium and shall be available for\n\npublic use in the court clerk's office. The cost of the storage\n\nmedium and equipment for viewing and copying shall be paid out of\n\nthe court fund, upon approval by the Chief Justice of the Supreme\n\nCourt or the Court Clerk's Records Management and Preservation Fund\n\ncreated pursuant to Section 31.3 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes. Records reproduced from microfilm, optical disc, and\n\nother media produced pursuant to the provisions of this section\n\nshall be received in evidence and have the same legal efficacy as\n\nthe original.\n\nC. Traffic cases. The court clerk of each district court shall\n\ndestroy the judicial records of traffic cases and the appearance\n\ndocket books or sheets on which they are entered after a five-year\n\nperiod has elapsed since any pleading has been filed or any action\n\ntaken in the case, except in the case of a conviction for driving\n\nunder the influence of intoxicating liquor or any narcotic drug,\n\nwhich records shall be destroyed after a ten-year period has elapsed\n\nsince any pleading has been filed or any action taken in the case.\n\nD. Records of criminal property cases brought pursuant to\n\nSection 1321 et seq. of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be\n\nsubject to disposal or destruction after a two-year period has\n\nelapsed since any pleading has been filed or any action taken in the\n\ncase.","path":["OK Code","Title 20"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os20.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"de6e5b7ae5b38778b481f5315ccbc2dc674cc62091d3e6fafcda64f8b78c4bf7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-1003","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-1005.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}