Title 51, Officers

A. The governing body of any county may: 1. Insure the county against all or any part of any liability it may incur for death, injury or disability of any person or for damage to property, either real or personal; 2. Insure any employee of the county against all or any part of hi…

This act is exclusive and supersedes all home rule charter provisions and special laws on the same subject heretofore, and all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are repealed. Added by Laws 1978, c. 203, § 20, eff. July 1, 1978.

Nothing in this act shall abrogate or amend in any way presently existing remedies, causes of actions or claims presently existing on behalf of individuals or citizens. This act does not apply to any claim against the state or political subdivision arising before the effective da…

A. The governing body of any corporation organized not for profit for the primary purpose of developing and providing rural water supply and sewage disposal facilities to serve rural residents and districts formed pursuant to the Rural Water, Sewer, Gas and Solid Waste Management…

Any officer violating any of the provisions of the two preceding sections, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for any period not more than one (1) year, and fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). R.L. 1910, § 4285.

Upon the death, resignation, suspension or removal from office of any officer, or upon the expiration of his term, all public monies, books, records, accounts, papers, documents and property of other kind in his hands or held by him by virtue of his office, shall be delivered to …

No officer who receives, for the use of his office, the statutes, state reports, digests or other books, shall be entitled to receive a warrant for the payment of his salary for the last month of his term of service until he shall have filed with the person issuing such warrant a…

A. 1. No agency, board or commission, public officer, official or employee of the State of Oklahoma shall, without the approval of the Oklahoma State Legislature when it is in regular session, or by the Contingency Review Board, when the Legislature is not in regular session, ent…

The following officers are authorized to administer oaths: 1. Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals. 2. The Clerk of the Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals. 3. Judges and clerks of the district, superior and county courts, and othe…

Any officer violating any of the provisions of this chapter, except as herein otherwise provided, is guilty of a misdemeanor. R.L. 1910, § 4289.

A. Any elected or appointed state or county officer or employee who, during the term for which he or she was elected or appointed, is, or has been, found guilty by a trial court of a felony in a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction shall be automatically suspended fro…

No person, firm or corporation who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony involving fraud, bribery, corruption or sales to the state or to any of its political subdivisions may make sale of real or personal property to the state or any political subdivision thereof. Added b…

Prior to November 1, 1981, the State Auditor and Inspector shall issue written directives to all county clerks specifying the State Auditor and Inspector's interpretation of county purchasing procedures contained in the Oklahoma Statutes. These directives shall be updated at such…

Section 24A.1 et seq. of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Open Records Act". Added by Laws 1985, c. 355, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 68, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1988, c. 187, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 1988; Laws 1996, c. 247, § …

A. Any information, records or other material heretofore voluntarily supplied to any state agency, board or commission shall be subject to full disclosure pursuant to Section 24A.1 et seq. of this title. B. If disclosure would give an unfair advantage to competitors or bidders, a…

The Oklahoma Medical Center may keep confidential market research conducted by and marketing plans developed by the Oklahoma Medical Center if the Center determines that disclosure of such research or plans would give an unfair advantage to competitors of the Oklahoma Medical Cen…

A. A public body may keep confidential library, archive, or museum materials donated to the public body to the extent of any limitations imposed as a condition of the donation and any information which would reveal the identity of an individual who lawfully makes a donation to or…

Except as otherwise provided by state or local law, the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma and agency attorneys authorized by law, the Workers' Compensation Commission, the office of the district attorney of any county of the state, and the office of the municipal attorney…

Records coming into the possession of a public body from the federal government or records generated or gathered as a result of federal legislation may be kept confidential to the extent required by federal law. Added by Laws 1985, c. 355, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.

Except for the fact that a communication has been received and that it is or is not a complaint, a public official may keep confidential personal communications received by the public official from a person exercising rights secured by the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma or…

A. The Division of Agricultural Statistics, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, also known as the Oklahoma Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, may keep confidential crop and livestock reports provided by farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses to the extent the reports individual…

A. Except as set forth in subsection B of this section, public educational institutions and their employees may keep confidential: 1. Individual student records; 2. Teacher lesson plans, tests and other teaching material; 3. Personal communications concerning individual students;…

Institutions or agencies of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education may keep confidential all information pertaining to donors and prospective donors to or for the benefit of the institutions or agencies. Added by Laws 2007, c. 170, § 2, emerg. eff. May 31, 2007.

A. Any public official who willfully violates any provision of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exc…

Except as may be required in Section 24A.4 of this title, this act does not impose any additional recordkeeping requirements on public bodies or public officials. Added by Laws 1985, c. 355, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 199, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2005.

In addition to other records that a public body may keep confidential pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, a public body may keep confidential: 1. Any information related to research, the disclosure of which could affect the conduct or outcome of the resea…

As the Oklahoma Constitution recognizes and guarantees, all political power is inherent in the people. Thus, it is the public policy of the State of Oklahoma that the people are vested with the inherent right to know and be fully informed about their government. The Oklahoma Open…

Access to records which, under the Oklahoma Open Records Act, would otherwise be available for public inspection and copying, shall not be denied because a public body or public official is using or has taken possession of such records for investigatory purposes or has placed the…

The fees that may be charged by a public body pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 3 of Section 24A.5 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not be charged when a state agency or taxing entity located within the boundaries of any district created pursuant to the provisions…

A. The Corporation Commission shall keep confidential those records of a public utility, its affiliates, suppliers and customers which the Commission determines are confidential books and records or trade secrets. B. As used in this section, "public utility" means any entity regu…

A. The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall keep confidential the information provided by persons, including the name and address of the person, applying for or holding any permit or license issued by the Department, to the extent the information individually identifies the …

Unless otherwise provided by law, the Office of Juvenile System Oversight may keep its investigatory records and notes confidential, unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction to disclose the information. Added by Laws 1996, c. 247, § 42, eff. July 1, 1996.

Any order of the court for removal of materials from the public record shall require compliance with the provisions of paragraphs 2 through 7 of subsection C of Section 3226 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Added by Laws 2000, c. 172, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.

An intergovernmental self-insurance pool may keep confidential proprietary information, such as actuarial reports, underwriting calculations, rating information, records received from risk pool participants that can otherwise be obtained from risk pool participants and records th…

A. Any state environmental agency or public utility shall keep confidential vulnerability assessments of critical assets in both water and wastewater systems. State environmental agencies or public utilities may use the information for internal purposes or allow the information t…

A. The following information may be kept confidential: 1. Investigative evidence of a plan or scheme to commit an act of terrorism; 2. Assessments of the vulnerability of government facilities or public improvements to an act of terrorism and work papers directly related to prepa…

A. Unless confidentiality is specifically required by law, any order directing the withholding or removal of pleadings or other material from a public record shall contain: 1. A statement that the court has determined it is necessary in the interests of justice to remove the mate…

As used in the Oklahoma Open Records Act: 1. “Record” means all documents including, but not limited to, any book, paper, photograph, microfilm, data files created by or used with computer software, computer tape, disk, record, sound recording, film recording, video record or oth…

All court records, as defined by Section 32.1 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be considered public records and shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, unless otherwise identified by statute to be confidential. If confidentiality is not req…

Reports produced according to the provisions established in Section 3-106 of Title 37A of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be known as "Confidential Wine Shipment Reports", and may be kept confidential by a public body. Added by Laws 2018, c. 113, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.

Any reports produced or information received by the multidisciplinary child abuse team established according to the provisions in Section 1-9-102 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or the multidisciplinary elderly and vulnerable adult abuse team established according to the p…

Any contact information of persons or entities responsible for emergency contracts and property maintenance for property and the names of persons or entities in this state authorized to receive notice and service of process for property outlined in Section 22- 110.1 of Title 11 o…

A. A professional licensing board shall keep confidential all records of any mental health diagnosis, counseling, or treatment of a licensee retained by the licensing board. Such records may only be released: 1. To the licensee who is the subject of the records; 2. To an authoriz…

In addition to other records which are kept or maintained, every public body and public official has a specific duty to keep and maintain complete records of the receipt and expenditure of any public funds reflecting all financial and business transactions relating thereto, excep…

A. There is hereby established in the Office of the Attorney General the Public Access Counselor Unit. B. A person whose request to inspect or copy a public record is denied by a public body, except the Legislature and committees, commissions, and agencies thereof, may file a req…

See the following versions: OS 51-24A.5v1 (HB 1854, Laws 2024, c. 11, § 14) OS 51-24A.5v2 (SB 535, Laws 2025, c. 404, § 2) §51-24A.5v1. Inspection, copying and/or mechanical reproduction of records - Exemptions. All records of public bodies and public officials shall be open to a…

All records of public bodies and public officials shall be open to any person for inspection, copying, or mechanical reproduction during regular business hours; provided: 1. The Oklahoma Open Records Act, Sections 24A.1 through 24A.30 of this title, does not apply to records spec…

All records of public bodies and public officials shall be open to any person for inspection, copying, or mechanical reproduction during regular business hours; provided: 1. The Oklahoma Open Records Act, Sections 24A.1 through 24A.34 of this title, does not apply to records spec…

A. If a public body or its office does not have regular business hours of at least thirty (30) hours a week, the public body shall post and maintain a written notice at its principal office and with the county clerk where the public body is located which notice shall: 1. Designat…

A. At the sole discretion of the public body, a public body may keep personnel records confidential: 1. Which relate to internal personnel investigations including examination and selection material for employment, hiring, appointment, promotion, demotion, discipline or resignati…