Oklahoma County District Court Filing Timing and Cure Windows

A divorce waiver must be notarized and filed no earlier than one day after the petition is filed.

Waivers must be notarized and filed at least 1 day after filing the petition.

A same-day VPO petition must be completed and presented to the clerk by 2:30 p.m.

However, if you need the petition to be considered by a judge the same day you file, it must be completed and presented to the court clerk's office no later than 2:30 p.m.

The party or counsel presenting a motion must obtain a hearing date from the assigned judge’s staff or the Court Clerk’s Office.

The party or counsel presenting the motion shall obtain a hearing date from the assigned judge’s staff, or Court Clerk’s Office (**).

A motion generally must be docketed at least 23 days after it is presented for setting, although the Court may set the motion specially.

The clerk or bailiff shall enter it upon the motion docket of the assigned judge, not less than twenty-three (23) days from the date the motion is presented for setting. The Court may set a motion specially.

A moving party seeking an earlier hearing than 23 days must give the opposing party an opportunity to coordinate the hearing at a time determined by the Court.

If the moving party seeks to have the motion heard earlier than twenty-three (23) days from filing, then the moving party shall ensure that the opposing party has an opportunity to coordinate the scheduling of the motion hearing at an appropriate time as determined by the Court.

Within 10 days after a motion is ruled on, prevailing counsel must prepare the journal entry, present it to adverse counsel, and obtain approval before submitting it to the court for signature.

When a motion is ruled on, counsel for the prevailing party shall within ten (10) days thereafter prepare a journal entry of the ruling, present it to counsel for the adverse parties, and if it be approved by all attorneys, as evidenced by their signatures in accordance with Local Court Rule 22C, it shall be presented to the Court for signature.

The statutory hearing timeline does not begin until the moving party provides the assigned judge a paper copy of the motion or application and requests a hearing date.

The statutory timeline for matters to be heard shall not begin to run until the moving party provides a paper copy of the motion or application to the assigned judge and requests a hearing date.

Submissions requiring a hearing must be filed, and paper copies delivered to the assigned trial judge, at least five days before the hearing, including when the submission is filed electronically.

All pleadings, motions, responses, reply briefs, or other submissions requiring a hearing shall be filed and paper copies shall be delivered to the assigned trial judge at least five (5) days prior to any hearings, including all motions, responses, reply briefs, or other submissions requiring a hearing filed via e-filing.

Required

Always

Counsel or an unrepresented party must file an Entry of Appearance no later than the first pleading or other paper filed in the case.

All parties to any proceeding in any division of the courts of the Seventh and Twenty-sixth Judicial Administrative District shall file with an Entry of Appearance by counsel or personally as an unrepresented party no later than the first filing of any pleading or other paper in the case by that counsel or party.

An order allowing withdrawal must notify the unrepresented party that an Entry of Appearance must be filed by the party or substitute counsel within 30 days.

The order allowing withdrawal shall notify the unrepresented party that an Entry of Appearance must be filed either by the party pro se or by substitute counsel, within thirty (30) days from the date of the order permitting the withdrawal

Attorneys and unrepresented parties must immediately file notice of an address change with the Court Clerk.

All attorneys and unrepresented parties shall give immediate notice to the Court of a change of address, by filing notice with the Court Clerk.

Oklahoma Juvenile Affairs must receive notice at least 20 days before the hearing on an expungement application or motion involving youthful offenders or juveniles.

Oklahoma Juvenile Affairs (OJA) shall be given notice twenty (20) days prior to any hearing on the Application/Motion.