{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-1011","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-1011","heading":"Removal of exhibits, notes and other materials from","body":"custody of court clerk - Storage of reporting notes.\n\nA. Unless otherwise ordered by a judge of the district court,\n\neach court reporter who has been employed by a district court of\n\nthis state shall remove all exhibits, notes and other materials from\n\nthe custody of the court clerk within thirty (30) days after\n\ntermination of employment with that district court by the court\n\nreporter. In the event that the court reporter fails to remove the\n\nproperty in a timely manner, the court clerk shall be authorized to\n\ndestroy the materials after six (6) months have elapsed since\n\ntermination of the court reporter’s employment.\n\nB. It shall be mandatory that the offering party in any case\n\nshall take possession of all exhibits offered in a case at the\n\nconclusion of an appeal, or after the appeal time has elapsed if no\n\nappeal is taken, except in capital murder and workers’ compensation\n\ncases.\n\nC. 1. The reporting notes of all certified shorthand reporters\n\nmay be kept in any form of communication or representation including\n\npaper, electronic, or magnetic media or other technology capable of\n\nreproducing for transcription the testimony of the proceedings\n\naccording to standards or guidelines for the preservation and\n\nreproduction of the medium adopted by the American National\n\nStandards Institute or the Association for Information and Image\n\nManagement. Reporting notes shall be stored in an environment free\n\nfrom excessive moisture, temperature variation and electromagnetic\n\nfields if stored on a medium other than paper.\n\n2. If the reporting notes are kept in any form other than\n\npaper, one duplicate backup copy of the notes shall be stored in a\n\nmanner and place that reasonably assures its preservation.\n\n3. A periodic review of the media on which the reporting notes\n\nare stored shall be conducted to assure that a storage medium is not\n\nobsolete and that current technology is capable of accessing and\n\nreproducing the records for the required retention period.","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":"0038217ad0448dadd302c09c70bd07e569a9c2655c41cbf2b6877eea7a888bdf","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-1010","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-103.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}