{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-1005.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-1005.1","heading":"Destruction of paper records after recording on other","body":"medium or passage of certain time.\n\nA. All paper records which have been recorded on microfilm,\n\nmicrofiche, compact disc, or any other recognized technological\n\nmeans may be destroyed after the respective case has been\n\nadjudicated. With the exception of felony conviction records,\n\nprobate, adoption, quiet title, ejectment, partition, marriage and\n\ndivorce records, and Indian deed approval records, all court records\n\nwhich have not been recorded on microfilm, microfiche, compact disc,\n\nor any other recognized technological means and in which no activity\n\nhas occurred for twenty-two (22) years, may be destroyed or may be\n\ngiven as historical research materials to an appropriate\n\norganization as determined by the court clerk of the district court.\n\nB. Small claims cases and justice of the peace court records\n\nshall not be subject to microfilm or other permanent recording\n\nrequirements. The court clerk of each district court shall destroy\n\nthe judicial records of justice of the peace courts including docket\n\nbooks on which they are entered, and small claims cases including\n\nthe docket books and sheets on which they are entered after a five-\n\nyear period has elapsed since any pleading has been filed or any\n\naction taken in the case.","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":"9dcc34ea64439629428bdab8929ff9130a4e8448075d6d99dd15b876ec4f949f","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-1005","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-1006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}