{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-24a.5v2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-24A.5v2","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.34\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 U.S.C.,\n\nSections 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,\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\ng. unless public disclosure is required by other laws or\n\nregulations, vehicle movement records of the Oklahoma\n\nTransportation Authority obtained in connection with\n\nthe Authority’s electronic toll collection system,\n\nh. personal financial information, credit reports, or\n\nother financial data obtained by or submitted to a\n\npublic body for the purpose of evaluating credit\n\nworthiness, obtaining a license, permit, or for the\n\npurpose of becoming qualified to contract with a\n\npublic body,\n\ni. any digital audio/video recordings of the toll\n\ncollection and safeguarding activities of the Oklahoma\n\nTransportation Authority,\n\nj. any personal information provided by a guest at any\n\nfacility owned or operated by the Oklahoma Tourism and\n\nRecreation Department to obtain any service at the\n\nfacility or by a purchaser of a product sold by or\n\nthrough the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation\n\nDepartment,\n\nk. a United States Department of Defense Form 214 (DD\n\nForm 214) filed with a county clerk, including any DD\n\nForm 214 filed before July 1, 2002,\n\nl. except as provided for in Section 2-110 of Title 47 of\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes:\n\n(1) any record in connection with a Motor Vehicle\n\nReport issued by the Department of Public Safety,\n\nas prescribed in Section 6-117 of Title 47 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, or\nUnited States Department of Defense Form 214 (DD\n\nForm 214) filed with a county clerk, including any DD\n\nForm 214 filed before July 1, 2002,\n\nl. except as provided for in Section 2-110 of Title 47 of\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes:\n\n(1) any record in connection with a Motor Vehicle\n\nReport issued by the Department of Public Safety,\n\nas prescribed in Section 6-117 of Title 47 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, or\n\n(2) personal information within driver records, as\n\ndefined by the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act,\n\n18 U.S.C., Sections 2721 through 2725, which are\n\nstored and maintained by the Department of Public\n\nSafety,\n\nm. any portion of any document or information provided to\n\nan agency or entity of the state or a political\n\nsubdivision to obtain licensure under the laws of this\n\nstate or a political subdivision that contains an\n\napplicant’s personal address, personal phone number,\n\npersonal email address, any government-issued\n\nidentification numbers, or other contact information;\n\nprovided, however, lists of persons licensed, the\n\nexistence of a license of a person, or a business or\n\ncommercial address, or other business or commercial\n\ninformation disclosable under state law submitted with\n\nan application for licensure shall be public record,\n\nunless the business or commercial address is the same\n\nas the applicant’s personal address, except when the\n\napplicant permits in writing the disclosure of the\n\naddress,\n\nn. an investigative file obtained during an investigation\n\nconducted by the State Department of Health into\n\nviolations of the Long-Term Care Administrator\n\nLicensing Act under Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nor\n\no. documents, evidence, materials, records, reports,\n\ncomplaints, or other information in the possession or\n\ncontrol of the Attorney General or Insurance\n\nDepartment pertaining to an evaluation, examination,\n\ninvestigation, or review made pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of the Patient’s Right to Pharmacy Choice\n\nAct, the Pharmacy Audit Integrity Act, or Sections 357\n\nthrough 360 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\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, the Department of Public Safety shall\n\nnot be required to assemble for the requesting person specific\n\ninformation, in any format, from driving records relating to any\n\nperson whose name and date of birth or whose driver license number\n\nis not furnished by the requesting 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\nduction. 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\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. A public body may require\n\nadvance payment of the estimated fees authorized under this section\n\nwhen the estimated cost exceeds Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) or if\n\nthe requestor has outstanding fees from previous requests. Any\n\nportion of an advance payment that exceeds the costs of responding\n\nto the request shall be returned to the requestor.\n\nAny public body establishing fees under the Oklahoma Open\n\nRecords Act shall post a written schedule of the fees at its\n\nprincipal office and with the county 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;\n\n7. A public body may require a requestor to complete a records\n\nrequest form. If a records request does not describe the requested\n\nrecords with reasonable specificity, a public body may ask the\n\nrequestor to clarify the request. To have reasonable specificity, a\n\nrequest shall:\n\na. specify a general time frame within which the\n\nrequested records would have been created or\n\ntransmitted,\n\nb. seek identifiable records, rather than general\n\ninformation without any qualifiers or other\n\nspecifications, and\ne specificity, a public body may ask the\n\nrequestor to clarify the request. To have reasonable specificity, a\n\nrequest shall:\n\na. specify a general time frame within which the\n\nrequested records would have been created or\n\ntransmitted,\n\nb. seek identifiable records, rather than general\n\ninformation without any qualifiers or other\n\nspecifications, and\n\nc. include search terms that are sufficiently specific to\n\nassist the public body in identifying the requested\n\nrecords.\n\nIf a public body has engaged with the requestor to seek the\n\ninformation needed to fulfill the request and to identify the\n\nrecords sought by the requestor, including providing the requestor\n\nwith general topics or a specific list of records related to the\n\nrequest, the request may be denied if it is still not reasonably\n\nspecific; and\n\n8. 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":"14bde9509dc891d786efb5f3229c3eff19614b984cd7a59194a3be7e8100d3b5","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-24a.5v1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-24a.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}