Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-60.14

A. The Legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from

actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking,

human trafficking, or child abduction, frequently establish new

addresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable

assailants from finding them. The purpose of this section is to

enable state and local agencies to respond to requests for public

records without disclosing the location of a victim of domestic

abuse, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or child

abduction, to enable interagency cooperation with the Attorney

General in providing address confidentiality for victims of domestic

abuse, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or child

abduction, and to enable state and local agencies to accept an

address designated by the Attorney General by a program participant

as a substitute mailing address.

B. As used in this section:

1. "Address" means a residential street address, school

address, or work address of an individual, as specified on the

application of an individual to be a program participant under this

section;

2. "Program participant" means a person certified as a program

participant under this section;

3. "Domestic abuse" means an act as defined in Section 60.1 of

this title and includes a threat of such acts committed against an

individual in a domestic situation, regardless of whether these acts

or threats have been reported to law enforcement officers;

4. "Stalking" means an act as defined in Section 60.1 of this

title regardless of whether the acts have been reported to law

enforcement;

5. "Human trafficking" means human trafficking, human

trafficking for labor, and human trafficking for commercial sex as

defined in paragraphs 4 through 6 of subsection A of Section 748 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

6. "Child abduction" means the abduction of a person pursuant

to Section 1119 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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C. The Address Confidentiality Program shall be staffed by

unclassified employees, who have been subjected to a criminal

history records search.

D. 1. An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf

of a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated

person, as defined by Section 1-111 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, may apply to the Attorney General to have an address

designated by the Attorney General serve as the address of the

person or the address of the minor or incapacitated person. The

Attorney General shall approve an application if it is filed in the

manner and on the form prescribed by the Attorney General and if it

contains:

a. a sworn statement by the applicant that the applicant

has good reason to believe:

(1) that the applicant, or the minor or incapacitated

person on whose behalf the application is made,

is a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault,

stalking, human trafficking, or child abduction,

and
tion if it is filed in the

manner and on the form prescribed by the Attorney General and if it

contains:

a. a sworn statement by the applicant that the applicant

has good reason to believe:

(1) that the applicant, or the minor or incapacitated

person on whose behalf the application is made,

is a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault,

stalking, human trafficking, or child abduction,

and

(2) that the applicant fears for the safety of self

or children, or the safety of the minor or

incapacitated person on whose behalf the

application is made,

b. a designation of the Attorney General as agent for

purposes of service of process and for the purpose of

receipt of mail,

c. the mailing address where the applicant can be

contacted by the Attorney General, and the phone

number or numbers where the applicant can be called by

the Attorney General,

d. the new address or addresses that the applicant

requests not be disclosed for the reason that

disclosure will increase the risk of domestic abuse,

sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or child

abduction, and

e. the signature of the applicant and application

assistant who assisted in the preparation of the

application, and the date on which the applicant

signed the application.

2. An adult or minor child who resides with the applicant who

also needs to be a program participant in order to ensure the safety

of the applicant may apply. Each adult living in the household must

complete a separate application. An adult may apply on behalf of a

minor.

3. Applications shall be filed with the Office of the Attorney

General.

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4. Upon filing a properly completed application, the Attorney

General shall certify the applicant as a program participant.

Applicants shall be certified for four (4) years following the date

of filing unless the certification is withdrawn or invalidated

before that date. The Attorney General shall by rule establish a

renewal procedure.

5. A person who falsely attests in an application that

disclosure of the address of the applicant would endanger the safety

of the applicant or the safety of the children of the applicant or

the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application is

made, or who knowingly provides false or incorrect information upon

making an application, may be found guilty of perjury under Sections

500 and 504 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

E. 1. If the program participant obtains a name change, the

participant loses certification as a program participant.

2. The Attorney General may cancel the certification of a

program participant if there is a change in the residential address,

unless the program participant provides the Attorney General notice

no later than seven (7) days after the change occurs.

3. The Attorney General may cancel certification of a program

participant if mail forwarded by the Attorney General to the address

of the program participant is returned as nondeliverable.

4. The Attorney General shall cancel certification of a program

participant who applies using false information.

F. 1. A program participant may request that state and local

agencies use the address designated by the Attorney General as the

address of the participant. When creating a new public record,

state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the

Attorney General as a substitute address for the program

participant, unless the Attorney General has determined that:

a. the agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative

requirement for the use of the address which would

otherwise be confidential under this section, and

b. this address will be used only for those statutory and

administrative purposes.

2. A program participant may use the address designated by the

Attorney General as a work address.

3. The Office of the Attorney General shall forward all first
ency has a bona fide statutory or administrative

requirement for the use of the address which would

otherwise be confidential under this section, and

b. this address will be used only for those statutory and

administrative purposes.

2. A program participant may use the address designated by the

Attorney General as a work address.

3. The Office of the Attorney General shall forward all first

class, certified and registered mail to the appropriate program

participants for no charge. The Attorney General shall not be

required to track or otherwise maintain records of any mail received

on behalf of a participant unless the mail is certified or

registered mail.

G. The Attorney General may not make any records in a file of a

program participant available for inspection or copying, other than

the address designated by the Attorney General, except under the

following circumstances:

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1. If directed by a court order, to a person identified in the

order; or

2. To verify the participation of a specific program

participant to a state or local agency, in which case the Attorney

General may only confirm information supplied by the requester.

No employee of a state or local agency shall knowingly and

intentionally disclose a program participant's actual address unless

disclosure is permitted by law.

H. The Attorney General shall designate state and local

agencies, federal government, federally recognized tribes, and

nonprofit agencies to assist persons in applying to be program

participants. A volunteer or employee of a designated entity that

provides counseling, referral, shelter, or other services to victims

of domestic abuse, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or

child abduction, and has been trained by the Attorney General shall

be known as an application assistant. Any assistance and counseling

rendered by the Office of the Attorney General or an application

assistant to applicants shall in no way be construed as legal

advice.

I. The Attorney General may enter into agreements with the

federal government and federally recognized tribes in this state or

other entities for purposes of the implementation of the Address

Confidentiality Program including the use and acceptance of the

substitute address designated by the Attorney General.

J. Effective July 1, 2008, all administrative rules promulgated

by the Office of the Secretary of State to implement this program

shall be transferred to and become part of the administrative rules

of the Office of the Attorney General. The Office of Administrative

Rules in the Office of the Secretary of State shall provide adequate

notice in "The Oklahoma Register" of the transfer of such rules, and

shall place the transferred rules under the Administrative Code

section of the Attorney General. Such rules shall continue in force

and effect as rules of the Office of the Attorney General from and

after July 1, 2008, and any amendment, repeal or addition to the

transferred rules shall be under the jurisdiction of the Attorney

General. The Attorney General shall adopt and promulgate rules to

implement this program, as applicable.

K. Beginning July 1, 2008, the Director of the Address

Confidentiality Program shall cease to be a position within the

Office of the Secretary of State. All unexpended funds, property,

records, personnel, and outstanding financial obligations and

encumbrances related to the position and the Office of Address

Confidentiality Program with the Office of the Secretary of State

shall be transferred to the Office of the Attorney General. All

personnel shall retain their employment position and status as

unclassified employees, any leave, sick and annual time earned, and

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any retirement and longevity benefits which have accrued during

tenure with the Office of the Secretary of State.