Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-2-111: Records of Department

A. All records of the Department, other than those declared by

law to be confidential for the use of the Department, shall be open

to public inspection during office hours.

B. The Commissioner shall supervise the maintaining of all

records of the Department and shall adopt rules concerning the

destruction and retention of records. Records of the Department

shall not be subject to the provisions of:

1. Sections 305 through 317 of Title 67 of the Oklahoma

Statutes or be transferred to the custody or control of the State

Archives Commission;

2. Section 590 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or

3. The Records Management Act, Sections 201 through 215 of

Title 67 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

The Commissioner may, pursuant to an adopted rule, order destruction

of records deemed to be no longer of value to the Department in

carrying out the powers and duties of the Department.

C. 1. The Commissioner may cause any or all records kept by

the Department of Public Safety to be photographed,

microphotographed, photostated, reproduced on film, or stored on

computer storage medium. The film or reproducing material shall be

of durable material, and the device used to reproduce the records on

the film or reproducing material shall accurately reproduce and

perpetuate the original records in all detail.

2. The photostatic copy, photograph, microphotograph,

photographic film or computerized image of the original records

shall be deemed to be an original record for all purposes and shall

be admissible as evidence in all courts or administrative agencies.

A facsimile, exemplification, or certified copy thereof shall be

deemed to be a transcript, exemplification, or certified copy of the

original.

3. The photostatic copies, photographs, microphotographs,

reproductions on film, or computerized images shall be placed in

conveniently accessible files and provisions made for preserving,

examining, and using the copies, photographs, microphotographs,

reproductions on film and computerized images. The Commissioner of

Public Safety is empowered to authorize the disposal, archival

storage, or destruction of the original records or papers.