{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-303","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-303","heading":"Subscription, endorsement and verification of information","body":"- Excusing endorsement.\n\nA. The district attorney shall subscribe the district\n\nattorney’s name to informations filed in the district court and\n\nendorse thereon the names and last-known addresses of all the\n\nwitnesses known to the district attorney at the time of filing the\n\nsame, if intended to be called by the district attorney at a\n\npreliminary examination or at trial. Thereafter, the district\n\nattorney shall also endorse thereon the names and last-known\n\naddresses of such other witnesses as may afterwards become known to\n\nthe district attorney, if they are intended to be called as\n\nwitnesses at a preliminary examination or at trial, at such time as\n\nthe court may by rule prescribe.\n\nUpon filing of an application by the district attorney, notice\n\nto defense counsel, and hearing establishing need for witness\n\nprotection or preservation of the integrity of evidence, the\n\ndistrict court may excuse witness endorsement, or some part thereof.\n\nSuch proceedings shall be conducted in camera, and the record shall\n\nbe sealed and filed in the office of the district court clerk, and\n\nshall not be opened except by order of the district court.\n\nB. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, when a law\n\nenforcement officer issues a citation or ticket as the basis for a\n\ncomplaint or information, for a violation of law declared to be a\n\nmisdemeanor, the citation or ticket shall be properly verified if:\n\n1. The issuing officer subscribes the officer's signature on\n\nthe citation, ticket or complaint to the following statement:\n\n\"I, the undersigned issuing officer, hereby certify and\n\nswear that I have read the foregoing information and know\n\nthe facts and contents thereof and that the facts\n\nsupporting the criminal charge stated therein are true.\"\n\nSuch a subscription by an issuing officer, in all respects, shall\n\nconstitute a sworn statement, as if sworn to upon an oath\n\nadministered by an official authorized by law to administer oaths;\n\nand\n\n2. The citation or ticket states the specific facts supporting\n\nthe criminal charge and the ordinance or statute alleged to be\n\nviolated; or\n\n3. A complainant verifies by oath, subscribed on the citation,\n\nticket or complaint, that the complainant has read the information,\n\nknows the facts and contents thereof and that the facts supporting\n\nthe criminal charge stated therein are true. For purpose of such an\n\noath and subscription, any law enforcement officer of the state or\n\nof a county or municipality of the state issuing the citation,\n\nticket or complaint shall be authorized to administer the oath to\n\nthe complainant.\n\nC. As used in this section, the term “signature” shall include\n\na digital or electronic signature, as defined in Section 15-102 of\n\nTitle 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 5694. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 136, § 1, emerg. eff.\n\nApril 15, 1980; Laws 1991, c. 35, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws\n\n1992, c. 68, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 2004, c. 275, § 9, eff.\n\nJuly 1, 2004; Laws 2008, c. 179, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.","path":["OK Code","Title 22"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os22.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"44188d9e396f1b3ec30a17af0ca91d39d53673b9a577466f4eb3a80f7ef2d872","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-302","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}