{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-24a.5v1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-24A.5v1","heading":"Inspection, copying and/or mechanical reproduction of","body":"records - Exemptions.\n\nAll records of public bodies and public officials shall be open\n\nto any person for inspection, copying, or mechanical reproduction\n\nduring regular business hours; provided:\n\n1. The Oklahoma Open Records Act, Sections 24A.1 through 24A.30\n\nof this title, does not apply to records specifically required by\n\nlaw to be kept confidential including:\n\na. records protected by a state evidentiary privilege\n\nsuch as the attorney-client privilege, the work\n\nproduct immunity from discovery and the identity of\n\ninformer privileges,\n\nb. records of what transpired during meetings of a public\n\nbody lawfully closed to the public such as executive\n\nsessions authorized under the Oklahoma Open Meeting\n\nAct,\n\nc. personal information within driver records as defined\n\nby the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, 18 United\n\nStates Code, Sections 2721 through 2725,\n\nd. information in the files of the Board of Medicolegal\n\nInvestigations obtained pursuant to Sections 940 and\n\n941 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes that may be\n\nhearsay, preliminary unsubstantiated investigation-\n\nrelated findings, or confidential medical information,\n\ne. any test forms, question banks and answer keys\n\ndeveloped for state licensure examinations, but\n\nspecifically excluding test preparation materials or\n\nstudy guides, or\n\nf. last names, addresses, social security numbers or tax\n\nidentification numbers, and proof of identification\n\nsubmitted to the Oklahoma Lottery Commission by\n\npersons claiming a lottery prize;\n\n2. All Social Security numbers included in a record may be\n\nconfidential regardless of the person's status as a public employee\n\nor private individual and may be redacted or deleted prior to\n\nrelease of the record by the public body;\n\n3. Any reasonably segregable portion of a record containing\n\nexempt material shall be provided after deletion of the exempt\n\nportions; provided however, Service Oklahoma shall not be required\n\nto assemble for the requesting person specific information, in any\n\nformat, from driving records relating to any person whose name and\n\ndate of birth or whose driver license number is not furnished by the\n\nrequesting person.\n\nThe Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall not be required\n\nto assemble for the requesting person any criminal history records\n\nrelating to persons whose names, dates of birth, and other\n\nidentifying information required by the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nInvestigation pursuant to administrative rule are not furnished by\n\nthe requesting person;\n\n4. Any request for a record which contains individual records\n\nof persons, and the cost of copying, reproducing or certifying each\n\nindividual record is otherwise prescribed by state law, the cost may\n\nbe assessed for each individual record, or portion thereof requested\n\nas prescribed by state law. Otherwise, a public body may charge a\n\nfee only for recovery of the reasonable, direct costs of record\n\ncopying, or mechanical reproduction. Notwithstanding any state or\n\nlocal provision to the contrary, in no instance shall the record\n\ncopying fee exceed twenty-five cents ($0.25) per page for records\n\nhaving the dimensions of eight and one-half (8 1/2) by fourteen (14)\n\ninches or smaller, or a maximum of One Dollar ($1.00) per copied\n\npage for a certified copy. However, if the request:\n\na. is solely for commercial purpose, or\n\nb. would clearly cause excessive disruption of the\n\nessential functions of the public body,\n\nthen the public body may charge a reasonable fee to recover the\n\ndirect cost of record search and copying; however, publication in a\n\nnewspaper or broadcast by news media for news purposes shall not\n\nconstitute a resale or use of a record for trade or commercial\n\npurpose and charges for providing copies of electronic data to the\n\nnews media for a news purpose shall not exceed the direct cost of\nfee to recover the\n\ndirect cost of record search and copying; however, publication in a\n\nnewspaper or broadcast by news media for news purposes shall not\n\nconstitute a resale or use of a record for trade or commercial\n\npurpose and charges for providing copies of electronic data to the\n\nnews media for a news purpose shall not exceed the direct cost of\n\nmaking the copy. The fee charged by the Department of Public Safety\n\nfor a copy in a computerized format of a record of the Department\n\nshall not exceed the direct cost of making the copy unless the fee\n\nfor the record is otherwise set by law.\n\nAny public body establishing fees under this act shall post a\n\nwritten schedule of the fees at its principal office and with the\n\ncounty clerk.\n\nIn no case shall a search fee be charged when the release of\n\nrecords is in the public interest, including, but not limited to,\n\nrelease to the news media, scholars, authors and taxpayers seeking\n\nto determine whether those entrusted with the affairs of the\n\ngovernment are honestly, faithfully, and competently performing\n\ntheir duties as public servants.\n\nThe fees shall not be used for the purpose of discouraging\n\nrequests for information or as obstacles to disclosure of requested\n\ninformation;\n\n5. The land description tract index of all recorded instruments\n\nconcerning real property required to be kept by the county clerk of\n\nany county shall be available for inspection or copying in\n\naccordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act;\n\nprovided, however, the index shall not be copied or mechanically\n\nreproduced for the purpose of sale of the information;\n\n6. A public body must provide prompt, reasonable access to its\n\nrecords but may establish reasonable procedures which protect the\n\nintegrity and organization of its records and to prevent excessive\n\ndisruptions of its essential functions. A delay in providing access\n\nto records shall be limited solely to the time required for\n\npreparing the requested documents and the avoidance of excessive\n\ndisruptions of the public body's essential functions. In no event\n\nmay production of a current request for records be unreasonably\n\ndelayed until after completion of a prior records request that will\n\ntake substantially longer than the current request. Any public body\n\nwhich makes the requested records available on the Internet shall\n\nmeet the obligation of providing prompt, reasonable access to its\n\nrecords as required by this paragraph; and\n\n7. A public body shall designate certain persons who are\n\nauthorized to release records of the public body for inspection,\n\ncopying, or mechanical reproduction. At least one person shall be\n\navailable at all times to release records during the regular\n\nbusiness hours of the public body.","path":["OK Code","Title 51"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os51.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"78d0c5e23784cfe911510992d04f648c37a59105e3e33f2a6a19ecbb8bb04cf3","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-24a.5","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-24a.5v2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}