Upon the journal record required to be kept by the clerk of the district court in civil cases exclusive of the small claims docket and juvenile proceedings docket shall be entered copies of the following instruments on file:

1. 1. All items of process by which the court acquired jurisdiction of the person of each defendant in the case; and
2. 2. All instruments filed in the case that bear the signature of the judge and specify clearly the relief granted or order made. The journal may be kept entirely in microfilm record. Existing journal records in custody of court clerk may be destroyed after being microfilmed. The microfilm record shall consist of two films, one of which shall be placed by the court clerk with the Archives and Records Division of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, or in a bank or other appropriate local depository, and one shall be available for public use in the court clerk's office. In case of functional failure of the film in the court clerk's office the copy in storage shall be made available to anyone requesting access to it. The cost of microfilm, microfilm equipment and viewerscopes shall be paid out of the court fund upon approval by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Copies of the journal record on microfilm and copies of the original instruments that are part of the journal records, when certified by the court clerk having the custody of the original, may be received in evidence with the same effect as the original would have had and without further identification by the party desiring to offer them.

R.L. 1910, § 5324; Amended by Laws 1971, SB 268, c. 245, § 1, eff. October 1, 1971; Amended by Laws 1972, SB 436, c. 146, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1972.