Stephens County
Stephens County is in Oklahoma. It was formed in 1907 from sections of the former Chickasaw Nation and Comanche County. The county covers 891 square miles of land area and is home to over 44,000 residents. The county is named for John Hall Stephens - a Texas politician.
There are four municipal courts and one district court in Stephens County. These courts make up the trial court system in the county. The municipal courts handle most parking, traffic and criminal cases based on municipal ordinance violations.
The district court has general jurisdiction over all civil and criminal matters. The court has a small claims division handling general civil claims of up to $10,000. The district court also has specialized programs for some case types, including mental health court, business court, and drug court.
Court documents in Stephens County are maintained by the county court clerk. Public court documents are the unsealed court files or data aggregated from court proceedings from the courts of record in the county. The county court clerk makes public court records available in the following categories:
- Criminal cases
- Civil cases
- Traffic cases
- Family law cases
You can visit the Stephens County courthouse at 101 South 11th Street, Duncan, to view or obtain copies of public court records. Dockets for Stephens County court proceedings are available via the Oklahoma State Courts Network website while court records can be viewed online via the Oklahoma County On Demand Court Records website.
