Which courts are not required to submit monthly statistical reports to OCA?

• A. The Court of Appeals is not required to submit monthly reports.
• B. The Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals are not required to submit monthly reports.
• C. All state trial courts are required to submit monthly reports.
• D. Municipal courts are exempt from monthly reporting.

Answer: (B)

Monthly statistics are gathered to monitor ongoing activity across the court system, especially where volume and flow are variable from month to month. The Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals are not required to submit these monthly statistics to the Office of Court Administration because their work is tracked and reported through different channels, typically via annual or special reports and internal data systems. Their caseloads are smaller and follow different workflows, so a monthly reporting cycle isn’t needed. This is why those two high courts are exempt from the monthly reporting requirement.