Public Access to Oklahoma Court Records

Search online public court records from Oklahoma state courts for free. UniCourt allows you to lookup civil, family law, probate, small claims, labour, personal injury and other cases from Oklahoma Superior Courts, Justice Courts, Circuit Courts, & more. With UniCourt, you can look up Oklahoma State Court cases, find latest docket information, view case summary, check case status, download court documents, as well as track cases and get alerts on new filings.

At UniCourt, you can look up Oklahoma State Court records by case name, case number, party, attorney, judge, case type, docket entry & more. You can filter search results further by date of filing, jurisdiction, case type, party type, party representation, and more.

About the Oklahoma Court System

The State of Oklahoma is home to over 3.9 million people and has an area of 69,889 square miles. Founded in 1907, Oklahoma is the 20th largest state in the United States. Oklahoma is home to 39 different tribal nations, including the Cherokee Nation, Choctaw Nation, and Apache Tribe of Oklahoma.

The state’s capital is Oklahoma City, which is the most populous single city in the state with over 680,000 residents. The Oklahoma City Metro Area extends beyond the city to include Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, and Oklahoma counties and has a population of over 1.4 million people.

The Oklahoma State Court system consists of three levels: trial courts, intermediate appellate courts, and courts of last resort.

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Oklahoma Courts of Last Resort

Oklahoma has two different courts of last resort. One court deals with civil matters, while the other handles criminal appeals.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court is one of the highest courts in the state. As a court of last resort, the Supreme Court has jurisdiction over appeals of all civil matters and all matters concerning the Oklahoma Constitution. This Court also oversees the administration of the court system across the entire state, including the behavior of attorneys in the state.

The Supreme Court is composed of nine justices, including one Chief Justice. These justices are appointed by the Governor to serve life terms, but they are subject to retention elections every six years in which voters choose whether or not they should remain on the Court.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals is the second of the courts of last resort in the state. The Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction over all appeals of criminal matters, and is always the first court to hear an appeal involving the death sentence.

This Court of Criminal Appeals has five justices, including one Chief Judge who is selected at the start of each term of the court. Like the Supreme Court, these justices are appointed by the Governor to life terms subject to retention elections every six years.

To be eligible to be a justice on a court of last resort in Oklahoma, a person must be at least 30 years old, have previously been licensed as an attorney for five years, and have lived for at least one year in the judicial district from which they are selected.

The Oklahoma courts of last resort decided approximately 150 cases in 2020. The Court has been involved with many important cases in U.S. jurisprudence, including McGirt v. Oklahoma, Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, and Maynard v. Cartwright.

Oklahoma Intermediate Appellate Court

The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court and reviews decisions of civil matters from the trial courts. This Court handles the majority of appeals in the state. Cases are assigned to the Court of Civil Appeals by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

The Court of Civil Appeals is composed of four divisions, two of which are located in Oklahoma City and two of which are in Tulsa. Each division has three judges, for a total of 12 judges on the Court. These judges are appointed by the Governor from a list of three names compiled by the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission. The judges serve terms of six years and are subject to retention elections.

To be eligible to be a Court of Civil Appeals judge, a person must be a qualified voter in their district for at least one year and be licensed to practice law for at least four years, or have four years of service as a judge of a court of record.

Trial Courts

Oklahoma has two separate trial courts levels: the District Courts and the Municipal Courts.

District Courts

The Oklahoma District Courts are the state’s highest trial courts with general jurisdiction. These Courts hear the majority of cases in Oklahoma, and have jurisdiction over both civil and criminal matters. Oklahoma has 77 District Courts, each with multiple judges. The District Courts are divided across 26 judicial districts, each serving multiple counties.

These Judicial Administrative Districts each select one judge from all the District Courts in their area to serve as Presiding Judge. The Presiding Judge handles court administration in addition to standard duties, and reports to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

Judges of the Oklahoma District Courts are selected in nonpartisan elections to serve four year terms, after which they must run for re-election to remain on the court. To be eligible to serve on the District Courts, a person must be a qualified voter in their district and have been licensed to practice law for at least four years, or alternatively, have four years of service as a judge of a court of record.

Municipal Courts

The Municipal Courts in Oklahoma have jurisdiction over cases involving the violation of city ordinances. These courts do not hear civil complaints and grievances by private individuals. There are only two Municipal Courts of Record in Oklahoma, located in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. All other Municipal Courts in the state are Courts Not of Record, meaning no record of the proceedings is taken down for later use.

Judges of the Oklahoma Municipal Courts of Record are appointed to two-year terms by the governing body of the municipality. To serve on a Municipal Court of Record, a person must be licensed to practice law for at least two years or have two years of experience as a judge of a court of record.

In contrast, judges of the Oklahoma Municipal Courts Not of Record are appointed to two-year terms by the mayor with approval from the governing body of the municipality. To serve on these courts, a person must be licensed to practice law in the state and be a registered voter in the county of nomination.

Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims

The Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims is a court in Oklahoma that has jurisdiction over claims for compensation, liability of insurers, and any rights asserted under the Workers' Compensation Act.

Judges of the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims are appointed to six year terms by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Oklahoma State Senate. Appointments are made from a list of nominees from the Judicial Nominating Commission. To be eligible to serve on this court, a person must have a law degree.

Oklahoma Council on Judicial Complaints

Established by the Oklahoma Constitution, the Oklahoma Council on Judicial Complaints (“COJC” or “the Council”) receives and investigates complaints concerning the alleged misconduct of Oklahoma judges. As an independent agency of the Executive branch, the COJC has the investigative powers of a grand jury, but cannot issue discipline or change a judge's opinion or a jury verdict as it is an investigatory body, not a prosecutorial or adjudicative body. The Council may forward the findings of investigations to either the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court or another entity that may choose to initiate disciplinary proceedings.

The Council has three members and only two members may be part of the Oklahoma Bar Association. One member is appointed by the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, one member is appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and the third member is appointed by the President of the Oklahoma Bar Association. While in office, members of the COJC are not eligible for appointment to the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission.

Oklahoma Court Statistics

  • A court system was created in Oklahoma in the 1890s, before it became a state, but that system was continued by the framers of the Oklahoma Constitution after obtaining statehood in 1907.
  • The Court of Criminal Appeals has more than 1,200 pending cases in 2023.
  • The Oklahoma Supreme Court has approximately 180 employees.
  • Oklahoma County has the busiest courts in the state, processing over 20,000 filings per year.

Why use UniCourt to search for Oklahoma Court Cases?

UniCourt is your single source for state and federal court records, offering comprehensive court coverage and the most complete and accurate dataset available.

Each day, UniCourt collects all of the newly filed civil and criminal cases in the Oklahoma Courts we cover and lets you search through those new case filings in our CrowdSourced Library™. UniCourt also allows you to track state court litigation and have real-time case alerts sent directly to your inbox. Additionally, UniCourt empowers you to download court documents on-demand without ever having to login to a government court database, and gives you unlimited access to download millions of free state and federal court documents in our CrowdSourced Library™.

UniCourt provides you with access to several Oklahoma State Courts, including many of the largest counties across the state, such as the Oklahoma County District Court, the Tulsa County District Court, the Lincoln County District Court, the Jackson County District Court, and the Delaware County District Court.

UniCourt also gives you access to court records for all of the federal courts across the state of Oklahoma.

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UniCourt’s industry-leading Legal Data APIs provide Enterprise users with on-demand, bulk access to structured data from Oklahoma state and federal courts. Our Legal Data as a Service (LDaaS) collects, organizes, standardizes, and normalizes court data from Oklahoma state courts and all federal courts, and makes it readily available via our UniCourt Enterprise API for business development, competitive intelligence, litigation strategy, and docket management.

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Oklahoma District Courts

  1. Adair County District Court
  2. Alfalfa County District Court
  3. Atoka County District Court
  4. Beaver County District Court
  5. Beckham County District Court
  6. Blaine County District Court
  7. Bryan County District Court
  8. Caddo County District Court
  9. Canadian County District Court
  10. Carter County District Court
  11. Cherokee County District Court
  12. Choctaw County District Court
  13. Cimarron County District Court
  14. Cleveland County District Court
  15. Coal County District Court
  16. Comanche County District Court
  17. Cotton County District Court
  18. Craig County District Court
  19. Creek County District Court
  20. Custer County District Court
  21. Delaware County District Court
  22. Dewey County District Court
  23. Ellis County District Court
  24. Garfield County District Court
  25. Garvin County District Court
  26. Grady County District Court
  27. Grant County District Court
  28. Greer County District Court
  29. Harmon County District Court
  30. Harper County District Court
  31. Haskell County District Court
  32. Hughes County District Court
  33. Jackson County District Court
  34. Jefferson County District Court
  35. Johnston County District Court
  36. Kay County District Court
  37. Kingfisher County District Court
  38. Kiowa County District Court
  39. Latimer County District Court
  40. Le Flore County District Court
  41. Lincoln County District Court
  42. Logan County District Court
  43. Love County District Court
  44. Major County District Court
  45. Marshall County District Court
  46. Mayes County District Court
  47. McClain County District Court
  48. McCurtain County District Court
  49. McIntosh County District Court
  50. Murray County District Court
  51. Muskogee County District Court
  52. Noble County District Court
  53. Nowata County District Court
  54. Okfuskee County District Court
  55. Oklahoma County District Court
  56. Okmulgee County District Court
  57. Osage County District Court
  58. Ottawa County District Court
  59. Pawnee County District Court
  60. Payne County District Court
  61. Pittsburg County District Court
  62. Pontotoc County District Court
  63. Pottawatomie County District Court
  64. Pushmataha County District Court
  65. Roger Mills County District Court
  66. Rogers County District Court
  67. Seminole County District Court
  68. Sequoyah County District Court
  69. Stephens County District Court
  70. Texas County District Court
  71. Tillman County District Court
  72. Tulsa County District Court
  73. Wagoner County District Court
  74. Washington County District Court
  75. Washita County District Court
  76. Woods County District Court
  77. Woodward County District Court

Archived Court Systems

  1. Caddo County Courts
  2. Cherokee County Courts
  3. Kay County Courts
  4. Alfalfa County Courts
  5. McCurtain County Courts
  6. Beaver County Courts
  7. Kingfisher County Courts
  8. Blaine County Courts
  9. Muskogee County Courts
  10. Sequoyah County Courts
  11. Woodward County Courts
  12. Roger Mills County Courts
  13. Washita County Courts
  14. Adair County Courts
  15. Atoka County Courts
  16. Beckham County Courts
  17. Bryan County Courts
  18. Canadian County Courts
  19. Carter County Courts
  20. Choctaw County Courts
  21. Cimarron County Courts
  22. Cleveland County Courts
  23. Coal County Courts
  24. Comanche County Courts
  25. Cotton County Courts
  26. Craig County Courts
  27. Creek County Courts
  28. Custer County Courts
  29. Delaware County Oklahoma Courts
  30. Dewey County Courts
  31. Ellis County Courts
  32. Garfield County Courts
  33. Garvin County Courts
  34. Grady County Courts
  35. Grant County Oklahoma Courts
  36. Greer County Courts
  37. Harmon County Courts
  38. Harper County Courts
  39. Haskell County Courts
  40. Hughes County Courts
  41. Jackson County Oklahoma Courts
  42. Jefferson County Oklahoma Courts
  43. Johnston County Courts
  44. Kiowa County Courts
  45. Latimer County Courts
  46. Le Flore County Courts
  47. Lincoln County Oklahoma Courts
  48. Logan County Oklahoma Courts
  49. Love County Courts
  50. Major County Courts
  51. Marshall County Oklahoma Courts
  52. Mayes County Courts
  53. McClain County Courts
  54. McIntosh County Courts
  55. Murray County Courts
  56. Noble County Courts
  57. Nowata County Courts
  58. Okfuskee County Courts
  59. Oklahoma County Courts
  60. Okmulgee County Courts
  61. Osage County Courts
  62. Ottawa County Courts
  63. Pawnee County Courts
  64. Payne County Courts
  65. Pittsburg County Courts
  66. Pontotoc County Courts
  67. Pottawatomie County Courts
  68. Pushmataha County Courts
  69. Rogers County Courts
  70. Seminole County Oklahoma Courts
  71. Stephens County Courts
  72. Texas County Courts
  73. Tillman County Courts
  74. Tulsa County Courts
  75. Wagoner County Courts
  76. Washington County Oklahoma Courts
  77. Woods County Courts