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§20-1007. Destruction or sale of documents by court clerk.

20 OK Stat § 20-1007 (2019) (N/A)
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The court clerk in each county in Oklahoma is authorized to destroy or sell for salvage the documents mentioned in this section which have been on file or stored in the court clerk’s office for a period longer than the time specified below:

1. One (1) year. All marriage health certificates.

2. Two (2) years. All instruments relating to beer, bingo, process servers, foreign process servers, closing out sale, and pool hall licenses including the applications, affidavits of residence, orders for hearing, notices of hearing, affidavits of posting and mailing and duplicate beer license.

3. Three (3) years. All duplicate receipts, duplicate vouchers, mechanics' and materialmen's lien records, duplicate deposit tickets, jury lists, juror and witness certificates, court clerk's liens, court fund claims, jury and bailiff records, monthly reports, statutory bonds, cost bonds, paid claims, procedural bonds, court assignments, and court calendars including disposition docket books containing entries which have been posted to the case file docket sheet or computer printed docket sheet, appearance bonds and search warrants in instances where no charges are filed, purchase orders, court minutes and records pertaining to bondspersons’ licenses.

Added by Laws 1971, c. 202, § 1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1971. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 336, § 3, eff. July 1, 1989; Laws 1993, c. 87, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 197, § 4, emerg. eff. May 19, 1995; Laws 2002, c. 390, § 3, emerg. eff. June 4, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 153, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.

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§20-1007. Destruction or sale of documents by court clerk.