{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-2510.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-2510.1","heading":"Crime stoppers organizations – Privileged","body":"communications – Orders for production of records.\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\n1. “Crime stoppers organization” means a private, nonprofit\n\norganization that is certified by the Oklahoma Crime Stoppers\n\nAssociation, accepts and expends donations for rewards to persons\n\nwho report to the organization information concerning criminal\n\nactivity and that forwards the information to the appropriate law\n\nenforcement agency;\n\n2. “Privileged communication” means a statement by any person\n\nwho wishes to remain anonymous to a certified crime stoppers\n\norganization for the purpose of reporting alleged criminal activity;\n\nand\n\n3. “Certified” means crime stopper organizations that annually\n\nmeet the certification standards for crime stoppers programs\n\nestablished by the Oklahoma Crime Stoppers Association to the extent\n\nthose standards do not conflict with state statutes. The term\n\n\"court\" refers to all municipal and district courts within this\n\nstate.\n\nB. Evidence of a privileged communication between a person\n\nsubmitting a report of a criminal act to a certified crime stoppers\n\norganization and the person who accepts the report on behalf of the\n\norganization is not admissible in a court or an administrative\n\nproceeding.\n\nC. Records of a certified crime stoppers organization\n\nconcerning a privileged communication of criminal activity may not\n\nbe compelled to be produced before a court or other tribunal except\n\nupon the motion of a criminal defendant to the court in which the\n\noffense is being tried that the records or report contains evidence\n\nthat is exculpatory to the defendant in the trial of that offense.\n\nD. Upon the motion of a defendant under subsection C of this\n\nsection, the court may issue an order for production of the records\n\nor report. The court shall conduct an in camera inspection of\n\nmaterials produced under the order to determine whether the records\n\nor report contain evidence that is exculpatory to the defendant.\n\nE. If the court determines that the records or report produced\n\ncontain evidence that is exculpatory to the defendant, the court\n\nshall present the evidence to the defendant in a form that does not\n\ndisclose the identity of the person who was the source of the\n\nevidence, unless the state or federal constitution requires the\n\ndisclosure of the identity of that person.\n\nF. The court shall return to the certified crime stoppers\n\norganization the records or report that are produced under this\n\nsection but not disclosed to the defendant. The certified crime\n\nstoppers organization shall store the records or report until the\n\nconclusion of the criminal trial and the expiration of the time for\n\nall direct appeals in the case.","path":["OK Code","Title 12"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os12.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"2429c2aa0b1ac5a10c911a3218d77f1be058bfd0237dcc9a904fe15ab8d2d59e","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-2510","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-2511"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}