This reference page collects the counties, court locations, and governing statute for the Northern District of Oklahoma. It is published by John D. Kirby as part of the Oklahoma Federal Defense Research Desk.
Boulder Building 224 S. Boulder Ave. Tulsa, OK 74103
Published by the court at oknd.uscourts.gov
Statutory places of holding court: Bartlesville, Miami, Pawhuska, Tulsa, and Vinita. — 28 U.S.C. § 116(a)
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Read the reference →The Northern District of Oklahoma comprises 11 counties: Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, and Washington. The list is set by Congress in 28 U.S.C. § 116(a).
Under 28 U.S.C. § 116(a), court for the Northern District of Oklahoma shall be held at Bartlesville, Miami, Pawhuska, Tulsa, and Vinita.
Current addresses and hours are published by the court itself at oknd.uscourts.gov and through the U.S. Courts Federal Court Finder at uscourts.gov. Check those pages before visiting; locations change.
The district comprises 11 counties: Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, and Washington. Congress defined these boundaries in 28 U.S.C. § 116(a), and the district court holds session at Bartlesville, Miami, Pawhuska, Tulsa, and Vinita. Federal criminal cases arising anywhere in the district are filed in the Northern District of Oklahoma.
County pages in this district:
Tulsa County Rogers County and Mayes County Osage County and Pawnee County Washington County and Nowata County Ottawa County and Delaware County Craig County and Creek CountyEach citation links to the primary source and quotes it verbatim. Verify the current text at the linked source before relying on it.
“(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.”
“Boulder Building 224 S. Boulder Ave. Tulsa, OK 74103”
“As the principal litigator for the United States of America in the Northern District of Oklahoma, the United States Attorney prosecutes all criminal and civil cases brought by the federal government and defends the United States when it is a party in a civil case.”
“The district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of all offenses against the laws of the United States. Nothing in this title”