{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7508-1.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7508-1.2","heading":"Mutual Consent Voluntary Registry","body":"A. The Department of Human Services shall establish and\n\nadminister, directly or through a contractor, a Mutual Consent\n\nVoluntary Registry whereby eligible persons as described in\n\nsubsection B of this section may indicate their willingness to have\n\ntheir identity and whereabouts disclosed to each other under the\n\nconditions specified under this part.\n\nB. Subject to the restrictions of subsections C and D of this\n\nsection, the following persons may register with the Mutual Consent\n\nVoluntary Registry:\n\n1. An adult adopted person;\n\n2. An adult person whose biological parent's parental rights\n\nhave been terminated;\n\n3. The adoptive parents or guardian of an adopted person who is\n\nunder the age of eighteen (18) or who has been declared mentally\n\nincompetent;\n\n4. If an adopted person is deceased, the legal parent or\n\nguardian of any minor child or mentally incompetent child of the\n\nadopted person;\n\n5. If an adopted person is deceased, any adult descendants of\n\nthe adopted person;\n\n6. The legal parent or guardian of a minor or a person who has\n\nbeen declared mentally incompetent whose biological parent's\n\nparental rights have been terminated;\n\n7. The legal parent or guardian of any minor or mentally\n\nincompetent child of a deceased person whose biological parent's\n\nparental rights have been terminated;\n\n8. The adult descendants of a deceased person whose biological\n\nparent's parental rights have been terminated;\n\n9. A parent whose parental rights were voluntarily terminated\n\nby court order subsequent to the parent's consent or relinquishment,\n\nor involuntarily terminated by court order, in an adoption,\n\njuvenile, guardianship, or domestic relations proceeding; and\n\n10. An adult biological relative of an adopted person or a\n\nperson whose biological parent's parental rights have been\n\nterminated.\n\nC. This registry shall not be used by:\n\n1. An adult adopted person who has a minor biological sibling\n\nin the same adoptive family or in an adoptive or foster family or\n\nother placement whose location is known to the adult adopted person;\n\nor\n\n2. An adult whose biological parent's parental rights have been\n\nterminated and who has a biological sibling in the same family or in\n\nan adoptive or foster family or other placement whose location is\n\nknown to that adult.\n\nD. If a biological relative, other than a biological parent,\n\nregisters pursuant to paragraph 9 of subsection B of this section,\n\nthe administrator of the Mutual Consent Voluntary Registry shall\n\nascertain from the State Registrar of Vital Statistics whether an\n\naffidavit of nondisclosure by a biological parent is on file. If\n\nsuch an affidavit is filed with the State Registrar and has not been\n\nrevoked, the administrator of the Mutual Consent Voluntary Registry\n\nshall not process a match with any biological relative of the parent\n\nwho filed the affidavit of nondisclosure.\n\nE. 1. An eligible person may register by submitting a\n\nnotarized affidavit, on a form provided by the Department of Human\n\nServices, stating the registrant's current name, address, telephone\n\nnumber, and the registrant's willingness to be identified to some or\n\nall eligible relatives, identified by name or by relationship, who\n\nalso register. The registrant may also provide any previous name by\n\nwhich the registrant was known, previous and current names, if\n\nknown, of specific eligible persons the registrant wishes to find,\n\nthe place and date of birth of the adopted minor or the minor whose\n\nparent's rights have been terminated, and the name and address of\n\nthe adoption agency, intermediary, or other person, if any, who\n\nplaced the minor for adoption or took custody of the minor after the\n\nminor's parent's rights were terminated. If the registrant is an\n\nadult adopted person or an adult whose biological parent's rights\n\nhave been terminated, the affidavit shall also contain a statement\n\nthat the registrant does not have a minor biological sibling in the\nadoption agency, intermediary, or other person, if any, who\n\nplaced the minor for adoption or took custody of the minor after the\n\nminor's parent's rights were terminated. If the registrant is an\n\nadult adopted person or an adult whose biological parent's rights\n\nhave been terminated, the affidavit shall also contain a statement\n\nthat the registrant does not have a minor biological sibling in the\n\nsame family or in an adoptive or foster family or other placement\n\nwhose location is known to the registrant.\n\n2. The form shall also indicate the registrant's desired method\n\nof notification in the event a match occurs; however, the Department\n\nshall not be required to utilize methods of notification that would\n\nrequire it to incur unreasonable expense. The form shall also\n\nindicate whether the registrant desires release of the registrant's\n\nidentifying information if a match occurs after the registrant's\n\ndeath. No registration shall be accepted until the prospective\n\nregistrant submits satisfactory proof of the registrant's identity.\n\nRegistering persons may revise their consent with respect to change\n\nof address, telephone number or method of notification. Any name\n\nand accompanying information shall be removed from the list upon the\n\nverified written request of the person who registered.\n\nF. The administrator of the Mutual Consent Voluntary Registry\n\nshall process each affidavit in an attempt to match the registrant\n\nwith any other eligible persons who have registered and consented to\n\nhave their identifying information released to the registrant. Such\n\nprocessing may include, but not be limited to, research from agency\n\nrecords, when available, and when agency records are not available,\n\nfrom court records to determine conclusively whether registrants\n\nmatch. When a match has occurred, the administrator shall notify\n\neach registrant, by the registrant's designated method only, and\n\nobtain the registrant's consent to an exchange of identifying\n\ninformation before any identifying information is released. Nothing\n\nin this section shall be construed to allow any state or local\n\ngovernmental department, agency, institution, or contractor, or any\n\nemployee thereof, to solicit any consent for the release of\n\nidentifying information from someone who has not registered with the\n\nregistry.\n\nG. Any affidavits filed and other information collected shall\n\nbe retained for twenty-two (22) years following the date of\n\nregistration.\n\nH. Any person who discloses information from the registry in\n\nviolation of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be\n\nfined up to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned for a\n\nperiod of six (6) months or both.","path":["OK Code","Title 10"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"eda318e0cdc32e2dfcca9c40a02da367e0151b1bc09537c83aa00bfba45438a5","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7508-1.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10-10-7508-1.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}