Title 67 — Title 67 — Records

The provisions of the Records Management Act, Section 201 et seq. of this title shall not affect and are cumulative to other statutory provisions pertaining to the disposition of records. Added by Laws 1961, p. 500, § 15, eff. Jan. 2, 1962. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 367, § 9, eff.…

1980.

Memorial Foundation. A. Notwithstanding any other law prohibiting the transfer or disposal of state records, a state agency may transfer copies of state records made or received by the agency pertaining to the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Ok…

Any owner of said abstracts, copies or minutes shall have the right to file a petition at any regular term of the county or district court of the county, in which petition he shall set forth the manner in which such abstracts, copies or minutes were made or procured, and if the c…

Said abstracts, copies, minutes and extracts, or said copies thereof, if so bought as aforesaid, shall thereupon be placed in the office of the register of deeds of such county, to be copied, and arranged in such form as the county commissioners shall deem best for the public int…

It shall be the duty of the register of deeds of such county to furnish to any parties requesting it (upon being paid the charges herein provided for) certified copies of the same, or parts thereof; and for the purpose of repaying the cost of the same to the county, the county co…

In all causes in which any abstracts, copies, minutes and extracts, or copies thereof, shall be received in evidence under any of the provisions of this article, all deeds or other instruments of writing appearing thereby to have been executed by any person, shall be presumed to …

As used in this act, "business" includes every kind of private business, profession, occupation, calling or operation of private institutions, whether carried on for profit or not. "Persons" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or any other association. "Record" or "bus…

Unless a specific period is designated by law for their preservation, business records which persons by the law of this state are required to keep or preserve may be destroyed after the expiration of three (3) years from the making of such records without constituting an offense …

If in regular course of business a person makes reproductions of original business records, the preservation of such reproductions constitutes compliance with any laws of this state requiring that business records be kept or preserved. Added by Laws 1965, c. 453, § 3.

Nothing in this act shall be construed to diminish the authority of an officer of this state under existing law to permit the destruction of business records. Added by Laws 1965, c. 453, § 4.

This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. Added by Laws 1965, c. 453, § 5.

This act may be cited as the Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act. Added by Laws 1965, c. 453, § 6.

In case of the destruction by fire or otherwise of the records, or any part thereof, of any district court, the judge of such court may proceed upon his own motion, or upon application in writing of any party in interest, to restore the records, papers and proceedings of his cour…

Standards - Preservation of original negatives. A. 1. Any public officer of the state or any county, public trust, authority or agency, city, municipality, district or legal subdivision thereof, may cause any or all records, papers or documents kept by him or her to be photograph…

copies - Sale of copies. The county clerk and ex officio registrar of deeds may record the instruments lawfully filed for record in his office by making and preserving microfilm thereof. Whenever a system of microfilming is established at least two (2) microfilms shall be made of…

This act shall not apply to any court or judicial records. Added by Laws 1968, c. 116, § 3, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968.

- Exemptions. There is hereby re-created until July 1, 2028, in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Archives and Records Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, to be composed of one member to be appointed by the Governor who shall serve as Chairman, the S…

Librarian - Application to Commission - Disposition. Every state officer and the heads of all departments, boards, commissions, agencies and institutions of the State of Oklahoma who have in their custody public records and archives deemed by them to be unnecessary for the transa…

The Commission is hereby given the authority to request any state officer or the head of any department, board, commission, agency or institution of the State of Oklahoma whose records and archives are being checked to furnish as many persons in the employ thereof, as in its disc…

archives - Report to Secretary of State. A record shall be kept of the records and archives which are destroyed or transferred and it shall be in such form as prescribed by the Commission and shall disclose among other things the date and content of the records and archives destr…

Any microfilm, duplicate created in a manner acceptable to the State Archives and Records Commission, or microphotograph film, of any original record or archives shall be deemed to be an original record or archive for all purposes and shall be admissible in evidence in all courts…

All records and archives of any state officer or of any department, board, commission, agency or institution, shall upon the termination of the functions of that office, department, board, commission, or institution, be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this act. A…

The Secretary of the Archives and Records Commission in person, or through a deputy authorized by him, shall have the right of access to all public records and archives of this state, except those records and archives classified as confidential by Act of the Legislature, with a v…

67 O.S. § 312 Repealed by Laws 2024, c. 17, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2024

determine preservation or disposition of records - Exception to rule of confidential records. (a) The Secretary of the Archives and Records Commission is directed and authorized to begin not later than thirty (30) days after the effective date of this Resolution on examination of…

microfilmed, shall be furnished heads of departments. The Secretary of the Archives and Records Commission is directed at such time as he completes the examination of each such agency, authority, board, commission, department, institution, instrumentality, office, officer, offici…

noncompliance. Within thirty (30) days after the head of each such agency, authority, board, commission, department, institution, instrumentality, office, officer, official, or society is furnished with such a listing by the Secretary of such documents, records, papers, and archi…

destruction - Disposition of monies received - Use. Upon the delivery to the Secretary of the Archives and Records Commission of the documents, records, papers, and archives, the Secretary is authorized and directed to prepare them for retention, microfilming, and destruction, in…

As used in this resolution unless the context otherwise requires: 1. Secretary of the Archives and Records Commission means and refers to that office created under the terms of Section 204 of this title, and to the powers, privileges, and duties assigned that office under such st…

In all causes which have been removed to the Supreme Court the record whereof in the lower court shall have been lost or destroyed, a duly certified copy of the record of such cause remaining in the said Supreme Court may be filed in the court from which said cause was removed, o…

In case of such destruction of records, as aforesaid, any and all courts in such county having jurisdiction shall have power to inquire into the condition of any title to or interest in any land in such county, and to make all such orders, judgments and decrees as may be necessar…

It shall be lawful for any person claiming title to any lands in such county at the time of the destruction of such records, and for all claiming under any such person, to file a petition in the district court in such county, praying for a decree establishing and confirming his s…

It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court in which said petition is filed, to enter, in a separate book to be kept for the purpose, the names of the petitioners and defendants, the date of filing said petition, and a description of all the lands included therein, which recor…

Said notice shall be published once a week for four (4) weeks successively, the first insertion to be at least thirty (30) days prior to said term of court, and the several publications shall all be in the same newspaper in said county or if there is no newspaper published in sai…

Any person interested may oppose any such petition, and file his demurrer or answer thereto on or before the third day of the term of court named in said publication notice, unless the time be extended by order of court, and may also file a cross petition if he or she desires to …

If no demurrer or other pleading or answer shall, be filed by the third day of said term, or by the day allowed by the order of said court, as above provided, the petition may be taken as confessed, and a decree entered according to the prayer of said petition, upon proof of the …

It shall be competent for said courts in all such decrees, whether pro confesso or on the report of any referee or special commissioner, or otherwise, to determine and decree in whom the title in any or all of the lands described in said petition is vested, whether in the petitio…

Said decree of court, when entered, shall be binding and conclusive: Provided, that any decree shall be subject to be opened, modified, vacated or set aside on appeal sued within two (2) years after the entry of such decree: Provided, further, that insane persons and minors shall…

In all cases when any original deed and the record thereof have been lost or destroyed, it shall be lawful for any person having a duly certified copy of said record to cause the same to be recorded, which record shall have the same force and effect as now belong to the record of…

Executors, administrators, guardians and trustees shall be entitled to proceed under this article, in behalf of the interest and rights they represent. R.L. 1910, § 7294.

The judges of courts having jurisdiction in such county shall have power to appoint as many special commissioners from time to time as they may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this article, to take evidence and report all such petitions as may be referred to them. T…

67 O.S. § 64 Repealed by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 1102, eff. Oct. 1, 1978

67 O.S. § 65 Repealed by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 1102, eff. Oct. 1, 1978

67 O.S. § 66 Repealed by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 1102, eff. Oct. 1, 1978

The board of county commissioners of any county, created in whole or in part out of any county or counties, of the Territory of Oklahoma, or to which territory taken from any other county may have been attached, is hereby authorized and empowered to demand and secure the original…

It is hereby made the duty of any officer or person having possession, custody or control of any record, book, paper, taxroll, assessment or any other files or matter of record, or any portion of same so required to be copied or transcribed, to produce and exhibit all records, bo…

If any officer or person having possession, custody or control of any record, book, paper taxroll, assessment, or any other file or matter of record, authorized herein to be copied or transcribed, shall fail, refuse, or neglect, or in any manner hinder or delay, after demand shal…

operators - Contracts for recording work. The board of county commissioners of any county in this state may by resolution adopt the system of photographic recording for any or all offices of the respective counties where instruments are filed which are required to be recorded in …

The person, firm or corporation, to whom any contract may be awarded under the provisions of this act, shall before entering upon the duties provided in said contract and prescribed by law, execute to the State of Oklahoma and file with the county clerk a bond in the penal sum of…