1. (a) Secretary's responsibility.

   1. (1) Documents accepted by the OAR, as well as the OAR's publications, are available for public inspection, and copying and certification as set forth in 655:10-19-2 and 655:10-19-3, in the Secretary of State's Office of Administrative Rules, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. If records are stored off-site or have been transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, availability of these records will depend on accessibility to the off-site locations.
   2. (2) Documents and publications may not be borrowed or removed from the Office of Administrative Rules. Documents may be photocopied, and publications may be photocopied or purchased, as set forth in this Subchapter, 655:10-15-7, and 655:10-17-4.
2. (b) Issuing agency's responsibility. The agency submitting the rules shall make such rules available to the public in accordance with the Open Records Act [75:254(B)]; however, copies must be clearly identified as "unofficial."

3. (c) County clerks' responsibility. Copies of the Register are sent to those county clerks who request it [75:255(A)(2)]. Each year, the Secretary of State announces the availability of that year's Code to the county clerks. Each county clerk may either:

   1. (1) purchase the printed product, or the electronic product in lieu of the printed product, and make the publication available to the public during the county clerk's business hours, or
   2. (2) waive his/her right to that year's publication.
4. (d) Depository libraries. Copies of the published Code, and copies of each issue of the Register, are deposited with the Oklahoma Publications Clearinghouse for distribution to each Oklahoma Government Publications Depository Library. [75:257.1(B)(2)]
5. (e) Open Records Act. The OAR shall make its records available for public inspection and copying pursuant to the Open Records Act, 51:24A.1 et seq. [75:256.3].

Amended at 9 Ok Reg 2983, eff 7-13-92

Amended at 15 Ok Reg 3353, eff 7-15-98

Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2597, eff 7-1-99

Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2476, eff 7-1-04

Amended at 31 Ok Reg 584, eff 3-18-14 (emergency)

Amended at 32 Ok Reg 2250, eff 9-11-15

Amended at 42 Ok Reg, Number 20, effective 7-11-25