Civil procedure; forcible entry and detainer records; Oklahoma Open Records Act; effective date.

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 1130 By: Pogemiller

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to civil procedure; providing for
records of certain forcible entry and detainer
actions from being public records; exempting records
of certain forcible entry and detainer actions from
the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1148.17 of Title 12, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
All court records relating to a forcible entry and detainer
action in which the court dismisses the action, the plaintiff drops
the action, or when the court rules in favor of the defendant the
records of that action shall not be considered public records and
shall not be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records
Act.

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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

60-1-11029 JL 12/31/24