Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.21
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Legal division established - Duties - Restrictions
Official statutory text
A. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shall establish
or provide for a legal division and the Director may employ
attorneys as needed, which attorneys, in addition to advising the
Director, the Commission and employees of the Bureau on legal
matters, may appear for and represent the Director, the Commission
and employees of the Bureau in administrative hearings and other
legal actions and proceedings. No attorney of the Bureau shall
enter an appearance in a criminal action nor engage in private
practice of the law while in the employment of the Oklahoma State
Bureau of Investigation, except for the purpose of representing the
agency in motions to quash subpoenas, other discovery matters,
expungement applications, evidentiary hearings, forfeiture
proceedings or when requested to do so by another prosecuting
authority.
B. It shall continue to be the duty of the Attorney General to
give official opinions to and to prosecute and defend actions for
the Director, Commission and employees of the Bureau, if requested
to do so.
or provide for a legal division and the Director may employ
attorneys as needed, which attorneys, in addition to advising the
Director, the Commission and employees of the Bureau on legal
matters, may appear for and represent the Director, the Commission
and employees of the Bureau in administrative hearings and other
legal actions and proceedings. No attorney of the Bureau shall
enter an appearance in a criminal action nor engage in private
practice of the law while in the employment of the Oklahoma State
Bureau of Investigation, except for the purpose of representing the
agency in motions to quash subpoenas, other discovery matters,
expungement applications, evidentiary hearings, forfeiture
proceedings or when requested to do so by another prosecuting
authority.
B. It shall continue to be the duty of the Attorney General to
give official opinions to and to prosecute and defend actions for
the Director, Commission and employees of the Bureau, if requested
to do so.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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