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Payne County District Court
Court Clerk |
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Lisa S. Lambert (Stillwater/Democrat)
206 Payne County Courthouse
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074
email: lisa.lambert@oscn.net
Phone: 405-372-4774 |
General Information
The District Court of Payne County is one of two member courts of the
Ninth Judicial District of Oklahoma. The other member court is the
District Court of Logan County. Donald L. Worthington is the District
Judge serving in both counties. Robert M. Murphy, Jr., is Associate
District Judge and Michael E. Stano and Phillip C. Corley are Special
District Judges. Lisa S. Lambert is Court Clerk for Payne County.
William W. Wheeler is a Special Judge for the Ninth Judicial District
with offices in Logan County, but active in the District Court of
Payne County two days each week.
Civil and felony dockets are conducted each Friday. Small claims dockets are held weekly. A domestic
docket and probate docket are scheduled every week Misdemeanor dockets
are scheduled bi-weekly, and a traffic docket and a preliminary hearing
docket is conducted one day each month.
The Courts collect approximately $1,500,000.00 per year in court costs,
fees and forfeitures. The bulk of the money collected is derived
from criminal cases, including traffic fines.
The Court Clerk has complete records from statehood, and some records
prior to that time. The Court Clerk’s records were computerized,
commencing in 1994. Prior to that time, the records were kept in written
form in docket books. The Court Clerk’s office is open Monday
through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., and the office is open
during the lunch hour. The office is closed on holidays.
The Court Clerk’s office has an internet site: www.oscn.net.This free site offers extensive case dockets and pleadings.
All court records, excluding Juvenile, Mental Health and Adoption records,
are available for public inspection. And, court records are stored
at the courthouse for easy access, with the exception of older criminal
records which are available at an alternate site.
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Types of Cases filed in the District Court:
Cases involving personal injury, property
and contract disputes, mortgage foreclosure, property damage, eminent
domain and other cases not involving crimes or criminal
acts.
Small Claims: Cases of a civil nature where monetary
amount does not exceed $6,000.00 in damages.
Probate:
Wills, Guardianships, Administration of Estates.
Domestic:
Divorce, Annulments, Custody of Children.
Juvenile:
Deprived Children, Delinquent Children.
Miscellaneous:
Adoption, Mental Health, Victim Protective Orders.
Criminal:
Felony, Misdemeanor, Traffic, Search Warrants, Extraditions
Licenses:
Beverage, Marriage, Pool Hall, Process Server, Transient Merchant,
Going out of Business, Bingo, Minister Credentials
Passport:
The Court Clerk office serves as a U.S. Passport Service Acceptance
Agency. (For further information, check U. S. Passport Services web
address at http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html.)
Jury Summons: The Court Clerk office issues 1000 jury summons each
year. Names of jurors are selected from Division of Motor Vehicle
driver license records. Jurors serve a one-month term, can serve up
to eighteen days during the term, but usually serve four to six days
during that time period. Jurors are paid $20.00/day for each day of
service, and serve on civil and criminal cases set on Judges Worthington,
Murphy, Stano, Corley and Wheeler’s dockets.
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