Title 51, Title 51 — Officers

A. Law enforcement agencies shall make available for public inspection and copying, if kept, the following records: 1. An arrestee description, including the name, date of birth, address, race, sex, physical description, and occupation of the arrestee; 2. Facts concerning the arr…

Confidentiality. Prior to taking action, including making a recommendation or issuing a report, a public official may keep confidential his or her personal notes and personally created materials other than departmental budget requests of a public body prepared as an aid to memory…

This act may be cited as the “Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act”. Added by Laws 2000, c. 272, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.

In this act: 1. “Demonstrates” means the burdens of going forward with the evidence and of persuasion under the standard of clear and convincing evidence are met; 2. “Exercise of religion” means the exercise of religion under Article 1, Section 2, of the Constitution of the State…

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, no governmental entity shall substantially burden a person’s free exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability. B. No governmental entity shall substantially burden a person’s free exer…

interest. A state or local correctional facility’s regulation must be considered in furtherance of a compelling state interest if the facility demonstrates that the religious activity: 1. Sought to be engaged by a prisoner is presumptively dangerous to the health or safety of tha…

OS 51-255v1 (SB 1503, Laws 2022, c. 190, § 16). OS 51-255v2 (SB 404, Laws 2023, c. 189, § 2).

A. Any person whose exercise of religion has been substantially burdened by a governmental entity in violation of this section may assert that violation as a claim or defense in any judicial or administrative proceeding and may obtain declaratory relief or monetary damages. B. An…

Any person found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have abused the protection of this act by filing a frivolous or fraudulent claim may be assessed the court costs of the governmental entity and may be enjoined from filing further claims under this act without leave of cour…

Notwithstanding any provision of this act, a governmental entity has no less authority to adopt or apply laws and regulations in a nondiscriminatory manner concerning zoning, land use planning, traffic management, urban nuisance, or historic preservation, than the authority of th…

appointment in case of military service. When any person elected to a public office has died or failed to qualify and enter upon the duties of such office for any reason or cause at the time and in the manner provided by law, and for six (6) months or more thereafter has not qual…

Every officer and employee of the State of Oklahoma, or of a county, school district, municipality, public agency, public authority, or public district thereof, who, on or after July 1, 1953, is appointed or elected to office, or who after said date is employed, for a continuous …

The oath or affirmation required by this act, same being cumulative to the oath of office required by Section 1 of Article XV of the Oklahoma Constitution, shall be as follows: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution and the laws of the United States …

A. The oath or affirmation required by Section 36.2A of this title and taken and subscribed to by: 1. Every state officer shall be filed with the Secretary of State; 2. Every state employee shall be filed with the personnel officer of the state entity employing the state employee…

certifying officer. No compensation or reimbursement for expenses earned or incurred on or after July 1, 1953, shall be paid to any public officer or employee by any public agency unless and until he has taken and filed the oath or affirmation required by this act. Said public of…

Every public officer or employee who, in taking and subscribing to the oath or affirmation required by this act, states as true any material matter which he knows to be false, shall be guilty of the felony of perjury, a Class C2 felony offense, and upon conviction be punished by …

Every public officer or employee having taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation required by this act and having entered upon the duties of his office or employment, who, while holding his office or while being so employed, advocates by the medium of teaching, or justifies…

Withholding and disbursing agents defined - Warrants - Reservation of funds - Transmission - Lost checks. In every instance where the United States of America or the State of Oklahoma, or both, have enacted laws requiring reservation or withholding of tax levied upon salaries, wa…

If there be a contest over the election, between a person holding an office, who was voted for at the polls for election, and some other competitor for the same office, the one shown by the election returns to have been elected, shall, after qualifying and giving bond as required…

Restrictions on public agencies – Exemptions – Civil actions - Violations. A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Personal Privacy Protection Act". B. As used in the Personal Privacy Protection Act: 1. "Personal affiliation information" means any list, record, regist…

The Governor and other elective state officers, including the Justices of the Supreme Court, shall be liable and subject to impeachment for willful neglect of duty, corruption in office, habitual drunkenness, incompetency, or any offense involving moral turpitude committed while …

impeachment. When sitting as a court of impeachment, the Senate shall be presided over by the Chief Justice, or if he is absent or disqualified, then one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, to be selected by it, except in cases where all the members of said Court are …

When the Senate is sitting as a court of impeachment the Senators shall be on oath or affirmation, impartially to try the party impeached, and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds (2/3) of the Senators present. Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 3, emerg.…

Judgment of impeachment shall not extend beyond removal from office, but this shall not prevent punishment of any such officer on charges growing out of the same matter by the courts of the state. Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 4, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.

An impeachment is the prosecution, by the House of Representatives, before the Senate, of the Governor or other elective state officer, under the Constitution, for willful neglect of duty, corruption in office, drunkenness, incompetency, or any offense involving moral turpitude c…

The articles of impeachment are the written accusation of the officer, drawn up and approved by the House of Representatives. Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 6, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.

The articles of impeachment shall state with reasonable certainty, the offense in office for which the officer is impeached, and if there be more than one, they shall be stated separately and distinctly. Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 7, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.

When the articles of impeachment have been approved by the House of Representatives, and an impeachment ordered, a board of managers shall be appointed by the House of Representatives, of its own members, to prosecute it, whose chairman, within five (5) days, shall lay the same b…

When articles of impeachment shall be presented to the Senate, the Senate shall within ten (10) days thereafter organize as a court of impeachment, and may for the purpose of conducting the business of such court, appoint a clerk, who may be the secretary of the Senate. The clerk…

OS 51-6v1 (SB 1091, Laws 2025, c. 303, § 1) OS 51-6v2 (HB 2083, Laws 2025, c. 378, § 1)

The Senate, when sitting as a court of impeachment, shall appoint a day for hearing the impeachment, and the accused shall be required by a summons by the clerk to appear on that day. The summons shall be served by delivering a copy of the same and of the articles of impeachment …

The clerk of such court, at the request of the chairman of the Board of Managers, or of the accused, shall issue subpoena for witnesses, and for the production of books or papers, and in case of disobedience of any such process, the court may order its clerk to issue process for …

Power to enforce. The Senate sitting as a court of impeachment shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, to enforce obedience to its orders, mandates, writs, precepts and judgments to preserve order, and to punish in a summary way contempts of and disobedience to it…

Witnesses shall have the same compensation for travel and attendance, and the same exemptions in going, remaining and returning, as witnesses in the district court; and officers executing the process and orders of the Senate when sitting as a court of impeachment shall have the s…

Before the Senate shall proceed to consider the articles of impeachment, it shall organize itself into a court of impeachment, as provided herein, and every Senator present shall take the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully and i…

The Senate when sitting as a court of impeachment shall determine what amount of absence of a Senator during the trial shall exclude the Senator from voting in the final decision. Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 15, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.

If the accused is acquitted, he shall be entitled to his costs, to be taxed by the clerk and paid by the House of Representatives out of any funds available for paying the per diem and expenses of the members of the Legislature, and if convicted, he shall pay the costs, unless th…

The Senate when organized and sitting as a court of impeachment, shall have power to recess from time to time, and hold sessions after the adjournment of the Legislature. Added by Laws 1915, c. 131, § 17, emerg. eff. March 12, 1915.

In case the court of impeachment shall sit and hold its sessions after the Legislature has adjourned, the Senators composing such court and the managers representing the House of Representatives shall be paid the same per diem and mileage as is prescribed for members of the Legis…

If the Senate shall sit as a court of impeachment after the adjournment of the House of Representatives, the managers appointed by the House to present and prosecute any impeachment proceedings shall have full power and authority after such adjournment to carry on and conduct suc…

Exemptions. A. Except as may be otherwise provided, no person holding an office under the laws of the state and no deputy of any officer so holding any office shall, during the person’s term of office, hold any other office or be the deputy of any officer holding any office, unde…

Exemptions. A. Except as may be otherwise provided, no person holding an office under the laws of the state and no deputy of any officer so holding any office shall, during the person’s term of office, hold any other office or be the deputy of any officer holding any office, unde…

It shall be unlawful for any officer elected or appointed under the laws of the state to keep the books, papers, records, or other public property used in his office, at any place other than that in which he is required by law to keep said office. R.L. 1910, § 4275.

All expenses of any impeachment proceedings, after the Legislature shall have adjourned, shall be paid out of any legislative appropriation made for the payment of the per diem and expenses of any such Legislature, and shall be approved by the presiding Justice of the court and a…

The Senate, when sitting as a court of impeachment, shall have power to prescribe and adopt such rules of procedure as it may deem expedient for the orderly trial of the impeachment cases. When an accused person has been placed upon trial and the case is ready to be submitted to …

Every office shall become vacant on the happening of any one of the following events before the expiration of the term of such office: First. The death of the incumbent or his resignation. Second. His removal from office or failure to qualify as required by law. Third. Whenever a…

Resignations may be made as follows: 1. Of state officers, officers of districts of the state, and county commissioners, to the Governor. 2. Of members of the Legislature, to the presiding officers of their branches respectively, when in session, and when not in session, to the G…

All state officers not subject to impeachment under Section 1, Article 8 of the Constitution, and all county, city and municipal officers may, in addition to the methods now and causes provided by law, be removed from office as herein provided. Added by Laws 1917, c. 205, p. 379,…

The Supreme Court shall have and is hereby given concurrent with the district court, original jurisdiction of all special proceedings and actions authorized as provided for by this act, and either said Supreme Court or any district court wherein the petition shall be filed by the…

Official misconduct within the meaning of this act is hereby defined to be: 1. Any willful failure or neglect to diligently and faithfully perform any duty enjoined upon such officer by the laws of this state. 2. Intoxication in any public place within the state produced by stron…