{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-1304","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-1304","heading":"Claims allowable - Approval - Limitation on courthouse","body":"building.\n\nA. Claims against the court fund shall include only expenses\n\nlawfully incurred for the operation of the court in each county.\n\nPayment of the expenses may be made after the claim is approved by\n\nthe district judge who is a member of the governing board of the\n\ncourt fund and either the local court clerk or the local associate\n\ndistrict judge who is a member of the governing board. No\n\nexpenditures falling into any category listed in paragraphs 1, 5, 6,\n\n7 and 13 of subsection B of this section, may be made without prior\n\nwritten approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The\n\nSupreme Court may provide by rule the manner in which expenditures\n\nin the restricted categories shall be submitted for approval. When\n\nallowing the expenditures in paragraphs 6 and 7 of subsection B of\n\nthis section, the Chief Justice shall direct that resort first be\n\nhad to the surplus funds in the court fund in the county involved.\n\nB. The term \"expenses\" shall include the following items and\n\nnone others:\n\n1. Compensation of bailiffs and employees of the court fund;\n\n2. Juror fees and mileage, as well as overnight accommodation\n\nand food expense for jurors kept together as set out in Section 81\n\net seq. of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n3. Witness fees and mileage for witnesses subpoenaed by the\n\ndefense as set out in Section 81 et seq. of Title 28 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, except that expert witnesses for county indigent defenders\n\nshall be paid a reasonable fee for their services;\n\n4. Office supplies, books for records, postage, and printing;\n\n5. Furniture, fixtures, and equipment;\n\n6. Renovating, remodeling, and maintenance of courtrooms,\n\njudge's chambers, clerk's offices, and other areas primarily used\n\nfor judicial functions;\n\n7. Rent for courtroom facilities outside the courthouse;\n\n8. Judicial robes;\n\n9. Attorney fees for indigents in the trial court and on\n\nappeal;\n\n10. Compensation or reimbursement for services provided in\n\nconnection with an adult guardianship proceeding as provided by\n\nSection 4-403 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Compensation\n\nfrom the court fund for attorneys appointed pursuant to the Oklahoma\n\nGuardianship Act shall be substantially the same as for attorneys\n\nappointed in juvenile proceedings pursuant to Title 10A of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes. The compensation, if any, for guardians ad litem\n\nappointed pursuant to the Oklahoma Guardianship Act shall not exceed\n\nOne Hundred Dollars ($100.00);\n\n11. Transcripts ordered by the court;\n\n12. Necessary telephone expenses, gas, water, and electrical\n\nutilities for the part of the county courthouse occupied by the\n\ncourt and other areas used for court functions;\n\n13. Security expenses for the part of the county courthouse\n\noccupied by the court and other areas used for court functions;\n\n14. The cost of publication notice in juvenile proceedings as\n\nprovided in Section 1-4-304 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes\n\nand in termination of parental rights proceedings brought by the\n\nstate as provided in Section 1-4-905 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes;\n\n15. Interpreter fees;\n\n16. Necessary travel expenses of the office of county indigent\n\ndefender approved by the court fund governing board;\n\n17. Rent for county indigent defender's office outside of the\n\ncounty courthouse;\n\n18. Computer equipment for county indigent defender's office;\n\n19. Reasonable compensation for expert, investigative, or other\n\nservices authorized by the court for indigent defendants not\n\nrepresented by a county indigent defender or the Oklahoma Indigent\n\nDefense System, if requested;\n\n20. Necessary training for the judges and court personnel on\n\nthe court integrated computer system; and\n\n21. Any other expenses now or hereafter expressly authorized by\n\nstatute.\n\nC. Nothing in Section 1301 et seq. of this title shall prevent\n\nthe construction of additional courtrooms within existing courthouse\nby a county indigent defender or the Oklahoma Indigent\n\nDefense System, if requested;\n\n20. Necessary training for the judges and court personnel on\n\nthe court integrated computer system; and\n\n21. Any other expenses now or hereafter expressly authorized by\n\nstatute.\n\nC. Nothing in Section 1301 et seq. of this title shall prevent\n\nthe construction of additional courtrooms within existing courthouse\n\nfacilities, from funds other than the court fund.\n\nD. Items of equipment, furniture, fixtures, printing, or\n\nsupplies that are available in the quantities desired from a\n\ncontract vendor's list for order or purchase by the court fund\n\nthrough the facilities of the Central Purchasing Division of the\n\nOffice of Management and Enterprise Services may not be purchased by\n\nany court fund at prices higher than those approved by the Director\n\nof Central Purchasing.","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":"b6d96f52e6139ece941b4d5355f38e3982184467bb9c5924bc56bc9994620379","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-1302","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-20-20-1304a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}