Oklahoma is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma.
Northern District
(a) The Northern District comprises the counties of Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, and Washington.
Court for the Northern District shall be held at Bartlesville, Miami, Pawhuska, Tulsa, and Vinita.
Eastern District
(b) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, Le Flore Love, McCurtain, McIntosh, Marshall, Murray, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Seminole, Sequoyah, and Wagoner.
Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Ada, Ardmore, Durant, Hugo, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Poteau, and S. McAlester.
Western District
(c) The Western District comprises the counties of Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cimarron, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Jefferson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Major, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Stephens, Texas, Tillman, Washita, Woods, and Woodward.
Court for the Western District shall be held at Chickasha, Enid, Guthrie, Lawton, Mangum, Oklahoma City, Pauls Valley, Ponca City, Shawnee, and Woodward.
June 25, 1948, ch. 646 62 Stat. 887 Pub. L. 89–526, § 180 Stat. 335 (, ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 101 36 Stat. 1122 Feb. 20, 1917, ch. 102 39 Stat. 927 June 13, 1918, ch. 98 40 Stat. 604 Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 54 40 Stat. 1184 June 5, 1924, ch. 259 43 Stat. 387 43 Stat. 730 Feb. 16, 1925, ch. 233, § 1 43 Stat. 945 May 7, 1926, ch. 255 44 Stat. 408 Apr. 21, 1928, ch. 395 45 Stat. 440 Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 539 45 Stat. 1518 June 28, 1930, ch. 714 46 Stat. 829 May 13, 1936, ch. 386 49 Stat. 1271 Aug. 12, 1937, ch. 595 50 Stat. 625 Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 182, 182a (, ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , chs. 68, 69, , 731; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ).
Provisions for furnishing rooms and accommodations at Ada, Bartlesville, Mangum, Miami, Okmulgee, and Ponca City were omitted as obsolete, on advice of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts that Federal accommodations are now available at such places.
section 604 of this titleA provision making inoperative the requirement for furnishing court accommodations without cost to the United States whenever the same shall be provided in federal buildings at Shawnee, was omitted as unnecessary. When such buildings become available the Director will, under , provide court accommodations therein.
section 140 of this titleA provision for adjournment of any term by an order made in chambers, is incorporated in .
section 751 of this titleProvisions relating to maintenance of offices by the clerks were omitted as covered by .
section 142 of this titleThe provisions respecting court accommodations at Durant, Hugo, Poteau, Pauls Valley, Pawhuska, and Shawnee were omitted as covered by .
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 89–5261966— transferred from the Eastern District in subsec. (b) to the Western District in subsec. (c) the counties of Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, McClain, and Stephens and the places for holding court at Chickasha and Pauls Valley.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1966 Amendment
Pub. L. 89–526, § 280 Stat. 335