OK HB1263

Courts must order reimbursement of all filing fees and court costs to petitioners whose expungement petitions are granted under paragraph 3 of Section 18 of Title 22.

District court index references of sealed materials shall be destroyed, removed, or obliterated, and sealed records may be obliterated or destroyed if not unsealed within 10 years of the expungement order.

Employers, educational institutions, and government agencies cannot require applicants to disclose sealed arrest and criminal records information, and cannot deny applications solely because applicants refuse to disclose sealed records.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation $150 fee for processing expungement orders is waived for individuals granted expungement under paragraph 3 of Section 18.

Effective date: November 1, 2015.