Okla. Stat. tit. 20 § 3

Current through Laws 2024, c. 135.
Rule 3 - Assignment of Judges and District Court Personnel
A. The Presiding Judge shall have the authority to make temporary intradistrict assignment of any judge to service or duty with a court other than that for which the judge was selected or to which the judge was originally assigned. All orders of the Presiding Judge consigning judges to a court other than that which they are regularly serving shall be made only on showing of good cause. Temporary assignments within their own judicial district may be made by the Chief Judge or a district judge for a single case, for multiple cases, from one date to another fixed date, or for specified days of the week or of the month.
B. In all judicial districts other than Oklahoma County and Tulsa County, the Chief Judge shall have the authority to assign any judge or district court personnel serving in the judicial district to service in any court in the judicial district and may assign a judge or district court personnel to such locations within the judicial district as necessary to maintain balanced workloads or to efficiently perform the administration of justice in those courts. If there is no Chief Judge in the judicial district, then the district judge shall have the authority to make assignments pursuant to this paragraph. Such assignments, made by the Chief Judge or a district judge, shall be reported to the Presiding Judge and Chief Justice and are subject to the administrative oversight and control of the Presiding Judge and Chief Justice.
C. The Presiding Judge shall have the authority to assign any judge or district court personnel serving in the judicial administrative district to service in any court in the judicial administrative district and may assign a judge or district court personnel to such locations within the judicial administrative district as necessary to maintain balanced workloads or to efficiently perform the administration of justice in those courts. Such assignment is subject to the administrative oversight and control of the Chief Justice.
D. The Chief Justice shall have the authority to assign any judge or district court personnel serving in the State of Oklahoma to service in any district court in the state and may assign any judge or district court personnel to such locations within the state as the Chief Justice deems necessary to maintain balanced workloads or to bring about a more speedy and efficient administration of justice within the State.

Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 3

Adopted by order of the Supreme Court, 1997 OK 150 , eff. 12/23/1997.