Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7508-1.2

A. The Department of Human Services shall establish and

administer, directly or through a contractor, a Mutual Consent

Voluntary Registry whereby eligible persons as described in

subsection B of this section may indicate their willingness to have

their identity and whereabouts disclosed to each other under the

conditions specified under this part.

B. Subject to the restrictions of subsections C and D of this

section, the following persons may register with the Mutual Consent

Voluntary Registry:

1. An adult adopted person;

2. An adult person whose biological parent's parental rights

have been terminated;

3. The adoptive parents or guardian of an adopted person who is

under the age of eighteen (18) or who has been declared mentally

incompetent;

4. If an adopted person is deceased, the legal parent or

guardian of any minor child or mentally incompetent child of the

adopted person;

5. If an adopted person is deceased, any adult descendants of

the adopted person;

6. The legal parent or guardian of a minor or a person who has

been declared mentally incompetent whose biological parent's

parental rights have been terminated;

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7. The legal parent or guardian of any minor or mentally

incompetent child of a deceased person whose biological parent's

parental rights have been terminated;

8. The adult descendants of a deceased person whose biological

parent's parental rights have been terminated;

9. A parent whose parental rights were voluntarily terminated

by court order subsequent to the parent's consent or relinquishment,

or involuntarily terminated by court order, in an adoption,

juvenile, guardianship, or domestic relations proceeding; and

10. An adult biological relative of an adopted person or a

person whose biological parent's parental rights have been

terminated.

C. This registry shall not be used by:

1. An adult adopted person who has a minor biological sibling

in the same adoptive family or in an adoptive or foster family or

other placement whose location is known to the adult adopted person;

or

2. An adult whose biological parent's parental rights have been

terminated and who has a biological sibling in the same family or in

an adoptive or foster family or other placement whose location is

known to that adult.

D. If a biological relative, other than a biological parent,

registers pursuant to paragraph 9 of subsection B of this section,

the administrator of the Mutual Consent Voluntary Registry shall

ascertain from the State Registrar of Vital Statistics whether an

affidavit of nondisclosure by a biological parent is on file. If

such an affidavit is filed with the State Registrar and has not been

revoked, the administrator of the Mutual Consent Voluntary Registry

shall not process a match with any biological relative of the parent

who filed the affidavit of nondisclosure.

E. 1. An eligible person may register by submitting a

notarized affidavit, on a form provided by the Department of Human

Services, stating the registrant's current name, address, telephone

number, and the registrant's willingness to be identified to some or

all eligible relatives, identified by name or by relationship, who

also register. The registrant may also provide any previous name by

which the registrant was known, previous and current names, if

known, of specific eligible persons the registrant wishes to find,

the place and date of birth of the adopted minor or the minor whose

parent's rights have been terminated, and the name and address of

the adoption agency, intermediary, or other person, if any, who

placed the minor for adoption or took custody of the minor after the

minor's parent's rights were terminated. If the registrant is an

adult adopted person or an adult whose biological parent's rights

have been terminated, the affidavit shall also contain a statement

that the registrant does not have a minor biological sibling in the
adoption agency, intermediary, or other person, if any, who

placed the minor for adoption or took custody of the minor after the

minor's parent's rights were terminated. If the registrant is an

adult adopted person or an adult whose biological parent's rights

have been terminated, the affidavit shall also contain a statement

that the registrant does not have a minor biological sibling in the

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same family or in an adoptive or foster family or other placement

whose location is known to the registrant.

2. The form shall also indicate the registrant's desired method

of notification in the event a match occurs; however, the Department

shall not be required to utilize methods of notification that would

require it to incur unreasonable expense. The form shall also

indicate whether the registrant desires release of the registrant's

identifying information if a match occurs after the registrant's

death. No registration shall be accepted until the prospective

registrant submits satisfactory proof of the registrant's identity.

Registering persons may revise their consent with respect to change

of address, telephone number or method of notification. Any name

and accompanying information shall be removed from the list upon the

verified written request of the person who registered.

F. The administrator of the Mutual Consent Voluntary Registry

shall process each affidavit in an attempt to match the registrant

with any other eligible persons who have registered and consented to

have their identifying information released to the registrant. Such

processing may include, but not be limited to, research from agency

records, when available, and when agency records are not available,

from court records to determine conclusively whether registrants

match. When a match has occurred, the administrator shall notify

each registrant, by the registrant's designated method only, and

obtain the registrant's consent to an exchange of identifying

information before any identifying information is released. Nothing

in this section shall be construed to allow any state or local

governmental department, agency, institution, or contractor, or any

employee thereof, to solicit any consent for the release of

identifying information from someone who has not registered with the

registry.

G. Any affidavits filed and other information collected shall

be retained for twenty-two (22) years following the date of

registration.

H. Any person who discloses information from the registry in

violation of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be

fined up to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned for a

period of six (6) months or both.