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2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 10. Children
§10-7508-1.1. Records retention.

10 OK Stat § 10-7508-1.1 (2014) What's This?

A. All records of any adoption finalized in this state shall be maintained for ninety-nine (99) years by the child-placing agency, entity, organization or person arranging or facilitating the adoption.

B. Child-placing agencies, attorneys, or other entities that facilitate adoptions who cease to operate or to practice in this state shall transfer their adoption records to the Department of Human Services, Adoption Division, or, after giving notice to the Department of Human Services, to a transferee agency that is assuming responsibility for the preservation of the agency's adoption records.

Added by Laws 1997, c. 366, § 44, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 371, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.

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