{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-6-108","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-6-108","heading":"Effect of adjudication - Sealing of records - Order","body":"unsealing sealed records - Destruction of records.\n\nA. No adjudication by the court upon the status of a child in a\n\njuvenile proceeding shall operate to impose any of the civil\n\ndisabilities ordinarily resulting from conviction of a crime, nor\n\nshall a child be deemed a criminal by reason of a juvenile\n\nadjudication.\n\nB. The court may sua sponte, upon motion by the state or upon\n\nmotion by the alleged delinquent, order the records of a person\n\nalleged to be delinquent to be sealed as follows:\n\n1. When the person has been alleged to be delinquent and:\n\na. one (1) year has elapsed from the later of:\n\n(1) dismissal or closure of the case by the court, or\n\n(2) notice to the court by the Office of Juvenile\n\nAffairs or a juvenile bureau of final discharge\n\nof such person from the supervision of the Office\n\nof Juvenile Affairs or juvenile bureau, and\n\nb. the person has not been found guilty of or admitted to\n\nthe commission of a subsequent criminal offense in\n\neither a juvenile or adult proceeding, and\n\nc. no juvenile or adult proceeding for a criminal offense\n\nis pending;\n\n2. When a juvenile court intake has been completed and:\n\na. the case has been dismissed, or\n\nb. no petition has been filed pending fulfillment of\n\nconditions of a voluntary probation, or\n\nc. a petition has been filed but no adjudication has\n\noccurred pending the fulfillment of conditions of a\n\npreadjudicatory probation;\n\n3. When a juvenile participates in a court-approved alternative\n\ndiversion program for first-time offenders and:\n\na. the juvenile presents satisfactory evidence to the\n\ncourt that the juvenile has successfully completed the\n\nprogram, and\n\nb. the court dismisses the case at the conclusion of the\n\ndeferral period; or\n\n4. When a juvenile participates in a court-approved military\n\nmentor program and:\n\na. the juvenile presents satisfactory evidence to the\n\ncourt that the juvenile has successfully completed the\n\nprogram, and\n\nb. the court dismisses the case at the conclusion of the\n\ndeferral period.\n\nThe records may be sealed one (1) year after such dismissal or\n\ncompletion of the conditions of a voluntary or preadjudicatory\n\nprobation, alternative diversion program for first-time offenders,\n\nor military mentor program or upon the person attaining the age of\n\neighteen (18) years in the discretion of the court. Upon the\n\nsealing of any record of a person alleged to be delinquent pursuant\n\nto this title, the record and official actions subject to the order\n\nshall be deemed never to have occurred, and the person who is the\n\nsubject of the record and all juvenile justice agencies may properly\n\nreply upon any inquiry in the matter that no such action ever\n\noccurred and no such record exists with respect to such person.\n\nC. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall establish on\n\nor before January 1, 1994, a system for sealing records as required\n\nby subsection B of this section and records shall be sealed in\n\naccordance with the procedures established pursuant to said system.\n\nD. 1. The court clerk shall seal the juvenile court record\n\nindicated in the court's order, except that a confidential index\n\nshall be maintained for the purpose of locating records subject to\n\ninspection or release pursuant to subsection F of this section.\n\n2. When notified by the court clerk of a court order sealing a\n\njuvenile court record, the law enforcement agency having records\n\npertaining to the person shall seal the records as ordered, except\n\nbasic identification information shall be maintained.\n\n3. Except where such documents are necessary to maintain state\n\nor federal funding, the juvenile court personnel records pertaining\n\nto the person shall be sealed.\n\nE. Members of the judiciary, district attorneys, the defendant,\n\nthe defendant's counsel and employees of juvenile bureaus, the\nhe person shall seal the records as ordered, except\n\nbasic identification information shall be maintained.\n\n3. Except where such documents are necessary to maintain state\n\nor federal funding, the juvenile court personnel records pertaining\n\nto the person shall be sealed.\n\nE. Members of the judiciary, district attorneys, the defendant,\n\nthe defendant's counsel and employees of juvenile bureaus, the\n\nOffice of Juvenile Affairs assigned juvenile court intake\n\nresponsibilities, and the Department of Corrections may access\n\nrecords that have been sealed pursuant to this section without a\n\ncourt order for the purpose of determining whether to dismiss an\n\naction, seek a voluntary probation, file a petition, or for purposes\n\nof sentencing or placement in a case where the person who is the\n\nsubject of the sealed record is alleged to have committed a\n\nsubsequent juvenile delinquent act or any adult criminal offense.\n\nProvided, any record sealed pursuant to this section may be used in\n\na subsequent juvenile delinquent or adult prosecution only after the\n\nissuance of a court order unsealing the record.\n\nF. The court may issue an order unsealing sealed juvenile court\n\nrecords, for use for the following purposes:\n\n1. In subsequent cases against the same child pursuant to this\n\ntitle;\n\n2. In an adult criminal proceeding pursuant to Section 2-2-403\n\nor 2-5-101 of this title;\n\n3. Upon conviction of a criminal offense in an adult\n\nproceeding, in connection with the sentencing of such person;\n\n4. If the person is placed in the custody or under the\n\nsupervision of the Department of Corrections;\n\n5. In accordance with the guidelines adopted pursuant to the\n\nJuvenile Offender Tracking Program and Section 620.6 of Title 10 of\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes, for maintaining juvenile justice and criminal\n\njustice statistical information;\n\n6. For the purpose of a criminal investigation; or\n\n7. When the court finds that there is a compelling reason and\n\nit is in the interest of justice to order the record unsealed.\n\nG. Any person or agency having a legitimate interest in a\n\ndelinquency case or proceeding may petition the court for an order\n\nunsealing a juvenile court record. Upon the filing of a petition to\n\nunseal any juvenile court record, the court shall set a date for a\n\nhearing and shall provide thirty (30) days of notice to all\n\ninterested parties. The hearing may be closed at the discretion of\n\nthe court. If, after a hearing, the court determines that there is\n\nany reason enumerated in subsection F of this section and it is\n\nnecessary for the protection of a legitimate public or private\n\ninterest to unseal the record, the court shall order the record\n\nunsealed.\n\nH. Any record ordered to be sealed pursuant to this section, if\n\nnot unsealed within ten (10) years of the order, shall be\n\nobliterated or destroyed at the end of the ten-year period.","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":"de24f67a6135cb5ee49d321b82fbbc3b34a41b5a91c986605b3048755f99ed16","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-6-107","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-6-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}