Oklahoma § 12-3001 - Definitions

§ 12-3001. Definitions

For purposes of this Code:

1. "Writings" and "recordings" means letters, words, or

numbers, or their equivalent, inscribed on a tangible medium or

stored in an electronic or other machine and retrievable in

perceivable form by handwriting, typewriting, printing,

photostating, photographing, mechanical or electronic recording, or

other technique;

2. "Photographs" mean a form of a record which consists of

still photographs, stored images, x-ray films, video tapes, or

motion pictures;

3. An "original" of a writing, recording, or other record means

the writing, recording, or other record itself or any counterpart

intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing

it. An "original", when applied to a photograph, includes the

negative or any print therefrom. The term "original" includes a

print out or other perceivable output of a record of data or images

stored in a computer or similar device if shown to reflect the data

or images accurately;

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4. A "duplicate" means a counterpart in the form of a record

produced by the same impression as the original, from the same

matrix, by means of photography, including enlargements and

miniatures, or by mechanical or electronic rerecording, by chemical

reproduction, or by another equivalent technique that accurately

reproduce the original;

5. "Image" means a form of a record which consists of a

digitized copy or image of information; and

6. "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible

medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is

retrievable in perceivable form.

Added by Laws 1978, c. 285, § 1001, eff. Oct. 1, 1978. Amended by

Laws 1992, c. 222, § 1; Laws 1995, c. 135, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995;

Laws 2002, c. 468, § 65, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.