Oklahoma § 68-2899.1 - Requests to county assessors from county officials,

§ 68-2899.1. Requests to county assessors from county officials,

peace officers or law enforcement organizations to keep personal

information confidential.

A. All elected county officials, peace officers and law

enforcement organizations in the State of Oklahoma shall be

permitted to request to a county assessor that personal information

regarding elected county officials, peace officers or undercover or

covert law enforcement officers not be made publicly available on

the Internet, but instead kept in a secure location at the office of

the county assessor where it may be made available to authorized

persons pursuant to law. The program manager of the Oklahoma

Attorney General's Address Confidentiality Program, administered

under Section 60.14 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be

permitted to request to a county assessor that personal information

regarding a certified Address Confidentiality Program participant,

upon the participant's proof of certification, not be made publicly

available on the Internet, but instead kept in a secure location at

the office of the county assessor where it may be made available to

authorized persons pursuant to law.

B. Any elected county official, peace officer, law enforcement

official on behalf of an undercover or covert officer, or Address

Confidentiality Program participant who wishes to have the personal

information of the elected county official, peace officer,

undercover or covert officer, or Address Confidentiality Program

participant that is contained in the records of a county assessor be

kept confidential must obtain an order of a court that requires the

county assessor to maintain the personal information of the person

or entity in a confidential manner. Such an order must be based on

a sworn affidavit by the elected county official, peace officer, law

enforcement official, or current Address Confidentiality Program

participant which affidavit:

1. States that the individual whose information is to be kept

confidential is:

a.

an elected county official,

b.

a peace officer,

c.

an undercover or covert officer, or

d.

a current Address Confidentiality Program participant;

and

2. Sets forth sufficient justification for the request for

confidentiality.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 68. Revenue and Taxation

C. Upon receipt of such an order, a county assessor shall keep

such information confidential and shall not disclose the

confidential information to anyone not specifically authorized by

law to view the information, unless disclosure is specifically

authorized in writing by that person or the affiant. A county

assessor shall not post such confidential information on the

Internet.

D. As used in this section:

1. "Elected county official" means a person elected to a county

office;

2. "Peace officer" shall have the same meaning as that term is

defined in Section 99 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. "Program participant" shall have the same meaning as that

term is defined in Section 60.14 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma

Statutes; and

4. "Personal information" means:

a.

the home address of a person,

b.

the home address of the spouse, domestic partner or

minor child of a person, and

c.

any telephone number or electronic mail address of a

person.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 219, § 1, emerg. eff. April 29, 2019.

Amended by Laws 2021, c. 105, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2025, c.

49, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.