{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-13-13-176.10","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 13, § 13-176.10","heading":"Recording intercepted communication - Seal - Inventory","body":"- Inspection - Violation.\n\nA. The contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication\n\nintercepted by any means authorized by the Security of\n\nCommunications Act shall, if possible, be recorded on tape or wire\n\nor other comparable device. The recording of the contents shall be\n\nsecurely kept in order to guarantee protection of the recording from\n\nediting or other alterations. Immediately upon the expiration of\n\nthe period of the order and any extensions, the recordings shall be\n\nmade available to the judge of competent jurisdiction issuing such\n\norder and shall be sealed under his directions. Custody of the\n\nrecordings shall be determined by the judge of competent\n\njurisdiction. Such recordings shall not be destroyed except upon an\n\norder of the issuing judge of competent jurisdiction and shall be\n\nkept for at least ten (10) years. Duplicate recordings may be made\n\nfor use or disclosure in the conduct of investigations pursuant to\n\nthe provisions of subsections A and B of Section 176.8 of this\n\ntitle.\n\nB. The presence of the seal provided for by this section, or a\n\nsatisfactory explanation for the absence thereof as determined by\n\nthe court where presented, shall be a prerequisite for the use or\n\ndisclosure of the contents of any wire, oral or electronic\n\ncommunication or evidence derived therefrom under subsection C of\n\nSection 176.8 of this title.\n\nC. Applications made and orders granted under the Security of\n\nCommunications Act shall be sealed by the judge of competent\n\njurisdiction. Custody of the applications and orders shall be\n\ndetermined by the judge of competent jurisdiction. Such\n\napplications and orders shall be disclosed only upon a showing of\n\ngood cause before a judge of competent jurisdiction and shall not be\n\ndestroyed except on order of the issuing or denying judge of\n\ncompetent jurisdiction and shall be kept for at least ten (10)\n\nyears.\n\nD. Within a reasonable time but not later than ninety (90) days\n\nafter the termination of the period of an order or extension\n\nthereof, the issuing judge of competent jurisdiction shall cause to\n\nbe served, on the persons named in the order or the application, and\n\nsuch other parties to intercepted communications as the judge of\n\ncompetent jurisdiction may determine in his discretion are in the\n\ninterest of justice, an inventory which shall include notice of:\n\n1. The entry of the order or application;\n\n2. The date of such entry and the period of authorized,\n\napproved interception, or the date of denial of the application; and\n\n3. Whether or not during such period, wire, oral or electronic\n\ncommunications were or were not intercepted.\n\nE. The judge of competent jurisdiction, upon the filing of a\n\nmotion, may make available to the person named in the order or\n\napplication or his counsel for inspection such portions of the\n\nintercepted communications, applications and orders as the judge of\n\ncompetent jurisdiction determines to be in the interest of justice.\n\nOn an ex parte showing of good cause to a judge of competent\n\njurisdiction, the serving of the inventory required by this\n\nsubsection may be postponed.\n\nF. Any violation of the provisions of this section is\n\npunishable as contempt of the issuing judge of competent\n\njurisdiction.","path":["OK Code","Title 13"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os13.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"230c8a1127f1cb99a95b3cd4649845e992c42c6ad62dd2b4ab5ad2ae50ee170b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-13-13-176.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-13-13-176.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}