Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-18-101

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Record of traffic cases - Report of convictions to

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department.

A. Every magistrate or judge of a court shall keep or cause to

be kept a record of every traffic complaint, traffic citation, or

other legal form of traffic charge deposited with or presented to

the court or its traffic-violations bureau, and shall keep a record

of every official action by the court or its traffic-violations

bureau, including, but not limited to, a record of every conviction,

forfeiture of bail, judgment of acquittal, and the amount of fine or

forfeiture resulting from every traffic complaint, citation or other

legal form of traffic charge deposited with or presented to the

court or traffic-violations bureau.

B. Within five (5) days after:

1. The conviction of any person holding a Class D driver

license; or

2. The conviction, as defined in subsection A of Section 6-

205.2 of this title, of any person holding a Class A, B or C driver

license; or

3. The forfeiture of bail of a person;

upon a charge of violating any law regulating the operation of

vehicles on highways every magistrate of the court or clerk of the

court of record, in which the conviction was had or bail was

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forfeited, shall prepare and immediately forward to Service Oklahoma

an abstract of the record covering the case in which the person was

convicted or forfeited bail, which shall be certified by the person

required to prepare the abstract to be true and correct.

C. A report shall not be made of any conviction:

1. Involving the illegal parking or standing of a vehicle;

2. Rendered by a nonlawyer judge, unless, within a period not

to exceed the preceding reporting period for Mandatory Continuing

Legal Education, the judge has completed courses held for municipal

judges which have been approved by the Oklahoma Bar Association

Mandatory Legal Education Commission for at least six (6) hours of

continuing judicial education credit, and Service Oklahoma receives

verification of such attendance, from the judge. In the case of

attendance of a continuing judicial education course, verification

may be made by a statement of attendance signed by the course

registration personnel; or

3. Involving any offense for which the offender is eligible for

participation in an approved drug court program. However, if the

offender does not successfully complete the drug court program, the

abstract of the record shall be forwarded as provided in subsection

B of this section, or if the offender has a prior felony conviction,

the abstract of the record shall be forwarded as provided in Section

471.9 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

D. The abstract shall be made upon a form furnished by Service

Oklahoma and shall include:

1. The name, address, sex, and date of birth of the person

charged;

2. The traffic citation number;

3. The driver license number, if any, of the person charged,

and the state or jurisdiction from which the license is issued;

4. The license plate number, make, and model of the vehicle

involved;

5. The nature and date of the offense, the date of hearing, the

plea, the judgment, or, if bail was forfeited, the amount of the

fine or forfeiture; and

6. The name of the court and whether it is a municipal or

district court.

E. Every court of record shall also forward a like report to

Service Oklahoma upon the conviction of any person of manslaughter

or other felony in the commission of which a vehicle was used.

F. The failure, refusal or neglect of any judicial officer to

comply with any of the requirements of this section shall constitute

misconduct in office and shall be ground for removal.

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