{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-13-13-176.8","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 13, § 13-176.8","heading":"Disclosure of information","body":"A. Any law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by\n\nthe Security of Communications Act, has obtained knowledge of the\n\ncontents of any wire, oral or electronic communication or evidence\n\nderived from such communication may disclose the contents to another\n\nlaw enforcement officer to the extent that such disclosure is\n\nappropriate to the proper performance of the official duties of the\n\nofficer making or receiving the disclosure.\n\nB. Any law enforcement officer who, by any authorized means,\n\nhas obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire, oral or\n\nelectronic communication or evidence derived from such communication\n\nmay use the contents to the extent such use is appropriate to the\n\nproper performance of the officer’s official duties.\n\nC. Any person who has received, by any authorized means, any\n\ninformation concerning a wire, oral or electronic communication or\n\nevidence derived from such communication intercepted in accordance\n\nwith the provisions of the Security of Communications Act may\n\ndisclose the contents of the communication or such derivative\n\nevidence while giving testimony under oath or affirmation in any\n\nadministrative or criminal proceeding in any court of this state or\n\nof the United States or in any grand jury proceeding, if such\n\ntestimony is otherwise admissible.\n\nD. No otherwise privileged wire, oral or electronic\n\ncommunication intercepted in accordance with, or in violation of,\n\nthe provisions of the Security of Communications Act shall lose its\n\nprivileged character.\n\nE. When a law enforcement officer, while engaged in\n\nintercepting wire, oral or electronic communications in an\n\nauthorized manner, intercepts wire, oral or electronic\n\ncommunications relating to offenses for which an order or\n\nauthorization could have been secured or any offense listed in\n\nSection 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes, which is other\n\nthan those specified in the order of authorization, the contents of\n\nsuch communications and evidence derived therefrom may be disclosed\n\nor used as provided in this section. Such contents and any evidence\n\nderived from the contents may be used when authorized by a judge of\n\ncompetent jurisdiction when the judge finds on subsequent\n\napplication that the contents were otherwise intercepted in\n\naccordance with the provisions of the Security of Communications\n\nAct. Such application shall be made as soon as practicable.","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":"83a0ee48cb8df72411b1a9893316844890248eae9a25e5444174afcbcfeb8578","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-13-13-176.7","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-13-13-176.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}