{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-361","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-361","heading":"Anti-Fraud Unit - Investigations - Confidentiality of","body":"records\n\nA. There is hereby created within the Insurance Department,\n\nunder the control and direction of the Insurance Commissioner, an\n\n\"Anti-Fraud Unit\" within the Legal and Investigation Division of the\n\nInsurance Department.\n\nB. Violations of any statute or administrative rule of this\n\nstate pertaining to suspected insurance fraud or pertaining to any\n\ninsurance product, insurance organization, or licensee under the\n\nregulation or authority of the Commissioner may be investigated by\n\nthe Anti-Fraud Unit. Whenever the Unit determines that a violation\n\nof any criminal law of this state may have occurred, it may refer\n\nthe matter to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for further\n\ninvestigation pursuant to Section 150.5 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes or the Attorney General pursuant to Section 18b of Title 74\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes. The Insurance Department shall retain the\n\nauthority to initiate and prosecute any administrative or civil\n\naction it deems necessary or advisable.\n\nC. The Anti-Fraud Unit may employ investigators who may be\n\ncommissioned by the Insurance Commissioner to serve as peace\n\nofficers, as defined by and pursuant to the guidelines and\n\nrequirements of Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes\n\nand Sections 99 and 99a of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nD. Records, documents, reports and evidence obtained or created\n\nby the Anti-Fraud Unit as a result of an inquiry or investigation of\n\nany suspected insurance related crime shall be confidential and\n\nshall not be subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act or to outside\n\nreview or release by any individual. Information and records shall\n\nbe disclosed upon request to officers and agents of federal, state,\n\ncounty, or municipal law enforcement agencies, to the Oklahoma State\n\nBureau of Investigation, to the Attorney General's office and to\n\ndistrict attorneys, in the furtherance of criminal investigations.","path":["OK Code","Title 36"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os36.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"610d20827e1314e8fcff2c66f6e39072b3d1c79e99f481e26e7db1c703d78f34","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-3609","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-36-36-3610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}