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Oklahoma Open Records Act

Kevin Dodson

Tue, Mar 10, 2020 3:53 PM

I have not found it in the statutes but was wondering is there a
requirement that an Open Records Request be in writing?

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Kevin Dodson
Attorney at Law
308 A Northeast First Street
Pryor, OK 74361
918-824-3600 <(918)%20824-3600>
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I have not found it in the statutes but was wondering is there a requirement that an Open Records Request be in writing? -- Kevin Dodson Attorney at Law 308 A Northeast First Street Pryor, OK 74361 918-824-3600 <(918)%20824-3600> Fax: 918-824-3601 <(918)%20824-3601> E-Mail: kevinatdodsonlawoffice@gmail.com Notice: CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or previous e-mail messages attached to it, may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this message is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Interception of e-mail is a crime under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521 and 2107-2709. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us by replying to this e-mail or by calling 918-824-3600 <(918)%20824-3600>, and destroy the original transmission and its attachments without reading them or saving them to disk. Thank you.

Michael R. Vanderburg

Tue, Mar 10, 2020 6:40 PM

Mike Vanderburg

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From: Kevin Dodson
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:54 AM
To: oama@lists.imla.org
Subject: [Oama] Oklahoma Open Records Act

I have not found it in the statutes but was wondering is there a requirement that an Open Records Request be in writing?

--
Kevin Dodson
Attorney at Law
308 A Northeast First Street
Pryor, OK 74361
918-824-3600
Fax: 918-824-3601
E-Mail: kevinatdodsonlawoffice@gmail.com

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It is not statutory, but I believe that the consensus is that municipalities can establish their own procedures for handling ORA requests. By requiring that the request be in writing, you avoid or at least minimize disputes over what was asked for vs. what was provided. It also alerts you to a request that may involve protected data in a way that an oral request passed through one or more clerical intermediaries may not do. Mike Vanderburg Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Kevin Dodson Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:54 AM To: oama@lists.imla.org Subject: [Oama] Oklahoma Open Records Act I have not found it in the statutes but was wondering is there a requirement that an Open Records Request be in writing? -- Kevin Dodson Attorney at Law 308 A Northeast First Street Pryor, OK 74361 918-824-3600 Fax: 918-824-3601 E-Mail: kevinatdodsonlawoffice@gmail.com Notice: CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or previous e-mail messages attached to it, may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this message is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Interception of e-mail is a crime under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521 and 2107-2709. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us by replying to this e-mail or by calling 918-824-3600, and destroy the original transmission and its attachments without reading them or saving them to disk. Thank you.