Okla. Stat. tit. 68 § 2899.1

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 2899.1 - Requests to county assessors from county officials, peace officers or law enforcement organizations to keep personal information confidential

A. All elected county officials, peace officers and law enforcement organizations in the State of Oklahoma shall be permitted to request to a county assessor that personal information regarding elected county officials, peace officers or undercover or covert law enforcement officers not be made publicly available on the Internet, but instead kept in a secure location at the office of the county assessor where it may be made available to authorized persons pursuant to law.

B. Any elected county official, peace officer or law enforcement official on behalf of an undercover or covert officer, who wishes to have the personal information of the elected county official, peace officer or undercover or covert officer that is contained in the records of a county assessor be kept confidential must obtain an order of a court that requires the county assessor to maintain the personal information of the person or entity in a confidential manner. Such an order must be based on a sworn affidavit by the elected county official, peace officer or law enforcement official, which affidavit:

1. States that the individual whose information is to be kept confidential is :

a. an elected county official,

b. a peace officer, or

c. an undercover or covert officer; and

2. Sets forth sufficient justification for the request for confidentiality.

C. Upon receipt of such an order, a county assessor shall keep such information confidential and shall not disclose the confidential information to anyone not specifically authorized by law to view the information, unless disclosure is specifically authorized in writing by that person or the affiant. A county assessor shall not post such confidential information on the Internet.

D. As used in this section:

1. "Elected county official" means a person elected to a county office;

2. "Peace officer" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 99 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

3. "Personal information" means:

a. the home address of a person,

b. the home address of the spouse, domestic partner or minor child of a person, and

c. any telephone number or electronic mail address of a person.

Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 2899.1

Amended by Laws 2021 , c. 105, s. 2, eff. 11/1/2021.

Added by Laws 2019 , c. 219, s. 1, eff. 4/29/2019.