{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-6-101","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-6-101","heading":"Court to keep records - Definitions","body":"A. The court shall make and keep records of all cases brought\n\nbefore the court pursuant to the Oklahoma Juvenile Code. The court\n\nshall devise and cause to be printed such forms for social and legal\n\nrecords and such other papers as may be required.\n\nB. As used in the Oklahoma Juvenile Code:\n\n1. \"Records\" or \"record\" shall include but not be limited to\n\nwritten or printed documents, papers, logs, reports, files, case\n\nnotes, films, photographs, psychological evaluations, certification\n\nstudies, presentence investigations, audio or visual tape recordings\n\npertaining to a juvenile proceeding or a child, and shall include\n\ninformation entered into and maintained in an automated or\n\ncomputerized information system;\n\n2. \"Juvenile court record\" means legal and social records other\n\nthan adoption records, including but not limited to agency, law\n\nenforcement and district attorney's records, filed with the court\n\nthat are related to a child who is the subject of a court proceeding\n\npursuant to the Oklahoma Juvenile Code;\n\n3. \"Agency record\" means records prepared, obtained or\n\nmaintained by a public or private agency with regard to a child who\n\nis or has been under its care, custody or supervision or with regard\n\nto a family member or other person living in the home of such child\n\nand shall include but not be limited to:\n\na. any study, plan, recommendation, assessment or report\n\nmade or authorized to be made by such agency for the\n\npurpose of determining or describing the history,\n\ndiagnosis, custody, condition, care or treatment of\n\nsuch child, or\n\nb. any records made in the course of any investigation or\n\ninquiry conducted by an agency to determine whether a\n\nchild is a delinquent child or a child in need of\n\nsupervision;\n\n4. \"District attorney's records\" means any records prepared or\n\nobtained by an office of a district attorney relating to a juvenile\n\ncase and any records prepared or obtained for the prosecution of\n\ncrimes against children that constitute a legal or social record of\n\na child;\n\n5. \"Law enforcement records\" means any contact, incident or\n\nsimilar reports, arrest records, disposition records, detention\n\nrecords, fingerprints, or photographs related to a child and shall\n\ninclude but not be limited to reports of investigations or inquiries\n\nconducted by a law enforcement agency to determine whether a child\n\nis or may be subject to the provisions of this chapter as a\n\ndelinquent child or a child in need of supervision. Law enforcement\n\nrecords pertaining to juveniles shall be maintained separately from\n\nrecords pertaining to adults;\n\n6. \"Nondirectory education records\" means any records\n\nmaintained by a public or private school, including a technology\n\ncenter school, regarding a child who is or has been a student at the\n\nschool which are categorized as private or confidential records\n\npursuant to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of\n\n1974 and any rules promulgated pursuant to the act;\n\n7. \"Legal record\" means any petition, docket, motion, finding,\n\norder, judgment, pleading, certification study, paper or other\n\ndocument, other than social records, filed with the court;\n\n8. \"Social record\" means family social histories, medical\n\nreports, psychological and psychiatric evaluations or assessments,\n\nclinical or other treatment reports, educational records, or home\n\nstudies, even if attached to court reports prepared by the agency;\n\nand\n\n9. \"Participating agency\" means any public or private agency\n\nthat has entered into a contract or an interagency agreement under\n\nthe Interlocal Cooperation Act in accordance with the rules and\n\nguidelines adopted pursuant to Section 620.6 of Title 10 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes or the Juvenile Offender Tracking Program for the\n\npurpose of accessing and sharing information necessary for the care,\n6\n\n9. \"Participating agency\" means any public or private agency\n\nthat has entered into a contract or an interagency agreement under\n\nthe Interlocal Cooperation Act in accordance with the rules and\n\nguidelines adopted pursuant to Section 620.6 of Title 10 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes or the Juvenile Offender Tracking Program for the\n\npurpose of accessing and sharing information necessary for the care,\n\ntreatment, and supervision of children and youth.","path":["OK Code","Title 10A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"a9194e5756b76d77ae21dc82113e406cb946874165c1d026ad478c968c08646e","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-5-401","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-6-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}