{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.5","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.5","heading":"Investigations - Persons to initiate request","body":"A. 1. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation investigations\n\nnot covered under Section 150.2 of this title shall be initiated at\n\nthe request of the following persons:\n\na. the Governor,\n\nb. the Attorney General,\n\nc. the Council on Judicial Complaints upon a vote by a\n\nmajority of the Council,\n\nd. the chair of any Legislative Investigating Committee\n\nwhich has been granted subpoena powers by resolution,\n\nupon authorization by a vote of the majority of the\n\nCommittee,\n\ne. the Director of the Department of Human Services, or\n\ndesignee, as authorized by Section 1-2-105 of Title\n\n10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or\n\nf. a district court judge as authorized by Section 1-2-\n\n103 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\n2. Requests for investigations shall be submitted in writing\n\nand shall contain specific allegations of wrongdoing under the laws\n\nof the State of Oklahoma.\n\nB. The Governor may initiate special background investigations\n\nwith the written consent of the person who is the subject of the\n\ninvestigation.\n\nC. The chair of any Senate committee which is fulfilling the\n\nstatutory responsibility for approving nominations made by the\n\nGovernor may, upon a vote by a majority of the committee and with\n\nthe written consent of the person who is to be the subject of the\n\ninvestigation, initiate a special background investigation of any\n\nnominee for the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission as established by\n\nSection 201 of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes or any nominee for\n\nthe Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission as\n\nestablished by Section 704 of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nThe Bureau shall submit a report to the committee within thirty (30)\n\ndays of the receipt of the request. Any consideration by the\n\ncommittee of a report from the Bureau shall be for the exclusive use\n\nof the committee and shall be considered only in executive session.\n\nD. 1. All records relating to any investigation being\n\nconducted by the Bureau, including any records of laboratory\n\nservices provided to law enforcement agencies pursuant to paragraph\n\n1 of Section 150.2 of this title, shall be confidential and shall\n\nnot be open to the public or to the Commission except as provided in\n\nSection 150.4 of this title; provided, however, officers and agents\n\nof the Bureau may disclose, at the discretion of the Director, such\n\ninvestigative information to:\n\na. officers and agents of federal, state, county, or\n\nmunicipal law enforcement agencies and to district\n\nattorneys, in the furtherance of criminal\n\ninvestigations within their respective jurisdictions,\n\nb. employees of the Department of Human Services in the\n\nfurtherance of child abuse investigations, and\n\nc. appropriate accreditation bodies for the purposes of\n\nthe Bureau's obtaining or maintaining accreditation.\n\n2. Any unauthorized disclosure of any information contained in\n\nthe confidential files of the Bureau shall be a misdemeanor. The\n\nperson or entity authorized to initiate investigations in this\n\nsection, and the Attorney General in the case of investigations\n\ninitiated by the Insurance Commissioner, shall receive a report of\n\nthe results of the requested investigation. The person or entity\n\nrequesting the investigation may give that information only to the\n\nappropriate prosecutorial officer or agency having statutory\n\nauthority in the matter if that action appears proper from the\n\ninformation contained in the report, and shall not reveal or give\n\nsuch information to any other person or agency. Violation hereof\n\nshall be deemed willful neglect of duty and shall be grounds for\n\nremoval from office.\n\nE. It shall not be a violation of this section to reveal\n\notherwise confidential information to outside agencies or\n\nindividuals who are providing interpreter services, questioned\n\ndocument analysis, laboratory services, or other specialized\nation hereof\n\nshall be deemed willful neglect of duty and shall be grounds for\n\nremoval from office.\n\nE. It shall not be a violation of this section to reveal\n\notherwise confidential information to outside agencies or\n\nindividuals who are providing interpreter services, questioned\n\ndocument analysis, laboratory services, or other specialized\n\nservices that are necessary in the assistance of Bureau\n\ninvestigations. Individuals or agencies receiving the confidential\n\nand investigative information or records or results of laboratory\n\nservices provided to the Bureau by those agencies or individuals,\n\nshall be subject to the confidentiality provisions and requirements\n\nestablished in subsection D of this section.\n\nF. It shall not be a violation of this section to reveal for\n\ntraining or educational purposes otherwise confidential information\n\nfrom records relating to any investigation previously conducted by\n\nthe Bureau, including any records of laboratory services provided to\n\nlaw enforcement agencies pursuant to paragraph 1 of Section 150.2 of\n\nthis title, so long as ten (10) or more years have passed since the\n\nproduction of the information or record.\n\nG. It shall not be a violation of this section to reveal\n\notherwise confidential information from records relating to any\n\ninvestigation being conducted by the Bureau, including any records\n\nof laboratory services provided to law enforcement agencies pursuant\n\nto paragraph 1 of Section 150.2 of this title or to the public,\n\nprovided, release of the confidential information has been\n\nauthorized by the Director of the Bureau for the purposes of\n\ndeveloping or obtaining further information reasonably necessary to\n\nthe successful conclusion of a criminal investigation being\n\nconducted by the Bureau or authorized by the Director of the Bureau\n\nfor the purpose of advising crime victims or family representatives\n\nof homicide victims regarding the status of a pending investigation.\n\nH. The State Treasurer shall initiate a complete background\n\ninvestigation of the positions with the written consent of the\n\npersons who are the subject of the investigation pursuant to\n\nsubsection I of Section 71.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nThe Bureau shall advise the State Treasurer and the Cash Management\n\nand Investment Oversight Commission in writing of the results of the\n\ninvestigation.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ff2fc3030207a6aeaf4323e0a5017f370e6025e8dab03d8addd2b593b2ab8b40","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.4","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.5a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}