Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-10-115
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Confidentiality of reports relating to collisions
Official statutory text
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 464
A. All collision reports made by persons involved in collisions
shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall
be for the confidential use of the Department or other state
agencies having use for the records for collision prevention
purposes, or for the administration of the laws of this state
relating to the deposit of security and proof of financial
responsibility by persons driving or the owners of motor vehicles,
except that the Department may disclose the identity of a person
involved in a collision when the identity is not otherwise known or
when the person denies any presence at a collision.
B. All collision reports and supplemental information filed in
connection with the administration of the laws of this state
relating to the deposit of security or proof of financial
responsibility shall be confidential and not open to general public
inspection, nor shall copying of lists of the reports be permitted,
except, however, that the reports and supplemental information may
be examined by, or the Department may provide a copy to, any person
named therein, a representative of the person as designated in
writing by the person, or as provided in Section 40-102 of this
title.
C. No reports or information mentioned in this section shall be
used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of a
collision, except that the Department shall furnish upon demand of
any party to a trial, or upon demand of any court, a certificate
showing that a specified collision report has or has not been made
to the Department in compliance with law.
A. All collision reports made by persons involved in collisions
shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall
be for the confidential use of the Department or other state
agencies having use for the records for collision prevention
purposes, or for the administration of the laws of this state
relating to the deposit of security and proof of financial
responsibility by persons driving or the owners of motor vehicles,
except that the Department may disclose the identity of a person
involved in a collision when the identity is not otherwise known or
when the person denies any presence at a collision.
B. All collision reports and supplemental information filed in
connection with the administration of the laws of this state
relating to the deposit of security or proof of financial
responsibility shall be confidential and not open to general public
inspection, nor shall copying of lists of the reports be permitted,
except, however, that the reports and supplemental information may
be examined by, or the Department may provide a copy to, any person
named therein, a representative of the person as designated in
writing by the person, or as provided in Section 40-102 of this
title.
C. No reports or information mentioned in this section shall be
used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of a
collision, except that the Department shall furnish upon demand of
any party to a trial, or upon demand of any court, a certificate
showing that a specified collision report has or has not been made
to the Department in compliance with law.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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