{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-60.14","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-60.14","heading":"Address confidentiality program","body":"A. The Legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from\n\nactual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking,\n\nhuman trafficking, or child abduction, frequently establish new\n\naddresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable\n\nassailants from finding them. The purpose of this section is to\n\nenable state and local agencies to respond to requests for public\n\nrecords without disclosing the location of a victim of domestic\n\nabuse, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or child\n\nabduction, to enable interagency cooperation with the Attorney\n\nGeneral in providing address confidentiality for victims of domestic\n\nabuse, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or child\n\nabduction, and to enable state and local agencies to accept an\n\naddress designated by the Attorney General by a program participant\n\nas a substitute mailing address.\n\nB. As used in this section:\n\n1. \"Address\" means a residential street address, school\n\naddress, or work address of an individual, as specified on the\n\napplication of an individual to be a program participant under this\n\nsection;\n\n2. \"Program participant\" means a person certified as a program\n\nparticipant under this section;\n\n3. \"Domestic abuse\" means an act as defined in Section 60.1 of\n\nthis title and includes a threat of such acts committed against an\n\nindividual in a domestic situation, regardless of whether these acts\n\nor threats have been reported to law enforcement officers;\n\n4. \"Stalking\" means an act as defined in Section 60.1 of this\n\ntitle regardless of whether the acts have been reported to law\n\nenforcement;\n\n5. \"Human trafficking\" means human trafficking, human\n\ntrafficking for labor, and human trafficking for commercial sex as\n\ndefined in paragraphs 4 through 6 of subsection A of Section 748 of\n\nTitle 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and\n\n6. \"Child abduction\" means the abduction of a person pursuant\n\nto Section 1119 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nC. The Address Confidentiality Program shall be staffed by\n\nunclassified employees, who have been subjected to a criminal\n\nhistory records search.\n\nD. 1. An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf\n\nof a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated\n\nperson, as defined by Section 1-111 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, may apply to the Attorney General to have an address\n\ndesignated by the Attorney General serve as the address of the\n\nperson or the address of the minor or incapacitated person. The\n\nAttorney General shall approve an application if it is filed in the\n\nmanner and on the form prescribed by the Attorney General and if it\n\ncontains:\n\na. a sworn statement by the applicant that the applicant\n\nhas good reason to believe:\n\n(1) that the applicant, or the minor or incapacitated\n\nperson on whose behalf the application is made,\n\nis a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault,\n\nstalking, human trafficking, or child abduction,\n\nand\ntion if it is filed in the\n\nmanner and on the form prescribed by the Attorney General and if it\n\ncontains:\n\na. a sworn statement by the applicant that the applicant\n\nhas good reason to believe:\n\n(1) that the applicant, or the minor or incapacitated\n\nperson on whose behalf the application is made,\n\nis a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault,\n\nstalking, human trafficking, or child abduction,\n\nand\n\n(2) that the applicant fears for the safety of self\n\nor children, or the safety of the minor or\n\nincapacitated person on whose behalf the\n\napplication is made,\n\nb. a designation of the Attorney General as agent for\n\npurposes of service of process and for the purpose of\n\nreceipt of mail,\n\nc. the mailing address where the applicant can be\n\ncontacted by the Attorney General, and the phone\n\nnumber or numbers where the applicant can be called by\n\nthe Attorney General,\n\nd. the new address or addresses that the applicant\n\nrequests not be disclosed for the reason that\n\ndisclosure will increase the risk of domestic abuse,\n\nsexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or child\n\nabduction, and\n\ne. the signature of the applicant and application\n\nassistant who assisted in the preparation of the\n\napplication, and the date on which the applicant\n\nsigned the application.\n\n2. An adult or minor child who resides with the applicant who\n\nalso needs to be a program participant in order to ensure the safety\n\nof the applicant may apply. Each adult living in the household must\n\ncomplete a separate application. An adult may apply on behalf of a\n\nminor.\n\n3. Applications shall be filed with the Office of the Attorney\n\nGeneral.\n\n4. Upon filing a properly completed application, the Attorney\n\nGeneral shall certify the applicant as a program participant.\n\nApplicants shall be certified for four (4) years following the date\n\nof filing unless the certification is withdrawn or invalidated\n\nbefore that date. The Attorney General shall by rule establish a\n\nrenewal procedure.\n\n5. A person who falsely attests in an application that\n\ndisclosure of the address of the applicant would endanger the safety\n\nof the applicant or the safety of the children of the applicant or\n\nthe minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application is\n\nmade, or who knowingly provides false or incorrect information upon\n\nmaking an application, may be found guilty of perjury under Sections\n\n500 and 504 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nE. 1. If the program participant obtains a name change, the\n\nparticipant loses certification as a program participant.\n\n2. The Attorney General may cancel the certification of a\n\nprogram participant if there is a change in the residential address,\n\nunless the program participant provides the Attorney General notice\n\nno later than seven (7) days after the change occurs.\n\n3. The Attorney General may cancel certification of a program\n\nparticipant if mail forwarded by the Attorney General to the address\n\nof the program participant is returned as nondeliverable.\n\n4. The Attorney General shall cancel certification of a program\n\nparticipant who applies using false information.\n\nF. 1. A program participant may request that state and local\n\nagencies use the address designated by the Attorney General as the\n\naddress of the participant. When creating a new public record,\n\nstate and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the\n\nAttorney General as a substitute address for the program\n\nparticipant, unless the Attorney General has determined that:\n\na. the agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative\n\nrequirement for the use of the address which would\n\notherwise be confidential under this section, and\n\nb. this address will be used only for those statutory and\n\nadministrative purposes.\n\n2. A program participant may use the address designated by the\n\nAttorney General as a work address.\n\n3. The Office of the Attorney General shall forward all first\nency has a bona fide statutory or administrative\n\nrequirement for the use of the address which would\n\notherwise be confidential under this section, and\n\nb. this address will be used only for those statutory and\n\nadministrative purposes.\n\n2. A program participant may use the address designated by the\n\nAttorney General as a work address.\n\n3. The Office of the Attorney General shall forward all first\n\nclass, certified and registered mail to the appropriate program\n\nparticipants for no charge. The Attorney General shall not be\n\nrequired to track or otherwise maintain records of any mail received\n\non behalf of a participant unless the mail is certified or\n\nregistered mail.\n\nG. The Attorney General may not make any records in a file of a\n\nprogram participant available for inspection or copying, other than\n\nthe address designated by the Attorney General, except under the\n\nfollowing circumstances:\n\n1. If directed by a court order, to a person identified in the\n\norder; or\n\n2. To verify the participation of a specific program\n\nparticipant to a state or local agency, in which case the Attorney\n\nGeneral may only confirm information supplied by the requester.\n\nNo employee of a state or local agency shall knowingly and\n\nintentionally disclose a program participant's actual address unless\n\ndisclosure is permitted by law.\n\nH. The Attorney General shall designate state and local\n\nagencies, federal government, federally recognized tribes, and\n\nnonprofit agencies to assist persons in applying to be program\n\nparticipants. A volunteer or employee of a designated entity that\n\nprovides counseling, referral, shelter, or other services to victims\n\nof domestic abuse, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or\n\nchild abduction, and has been trained by the Attorney General shall\n\nbe known as an application assistant. Any assistance and counseling\n\nrendered by the Office of the Attorney General or an application\n\nassistant to applicants shall in no way be construed as legal\n\nadvice.\n\nI. The Attorney General may enter into agreements with the\n\nfederal government and federally recognized tribes in this state or\n\nother entities for purposes of the implementation of the Address\n\nConfidentiality Program including the use and acceptance of the\n\nsubstitute address designated by the Attorney General.\n\nJ. Effective July 1, 2008, all administrative rules promulgated\n\nby the Office of the Secretary of State to implement this program\n\nshall be transferred to and become part of the administrative rules\n\nof the Office of the Attorney General. The Office of Administrative\n\nRules in the Office of the Secretary of State shall provide adequate\n\nnotice in \"The Oklahoma Register\" of the transfer of such rules, and\n\nshall place the transferred rules under the Administrative Code\n\nsection of the Attorney General. Such rules shall continue in force\n\nand effect as rules of the Office of the Attorney General from and\n\nafter July 1, 2008, and any amendment, repeal or addition to the\n\ntransferred rules shall be under the jurisdiction of the Attorney\n\nGeneral. The Attorney General shall adopt and promulgate rules to\n\nimplement this program, as applicable.\n\nK. Beginning July 1, 2008, the Director of the Address\n\nConfidentiality Program shall cease to be a position within the\n\nOffice of the Secretary of State. All unexpended funds, property,\n\nrecords, personnel, and outstanding financial obligations and\n\nencumbrances related to the position and the Office of Address\n\nConfidentiality Program with the Office of the Secretary of State\n\nshall be transferred to the Office of the Attorney General. All\n\npersonnel shall retain their employment position and status as\n\nunclassified employees, any leave, sick and annual time earned, and\n\nany retirement and longevity benefits which have accrued during\n\ntenure with the Office of the Secretary of State.","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":"30f3ca5d0592b94d35aa593bbcdc21e45f019b568b9523d5da9c8a90f2676652","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-60.12","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-60.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}