1. A. Officers and employees of the Department designated by the Commissioner, for the purpose of administering the motor vehicle laws, are authorized to administer oaths and acknowledge signatures and shall do so without fee.

2. B. The Commissioner and such officers of the Department as the Commissioner may designate are hereby authorized to prepare under the seal of the Department and deliver upon request a certified copy of any record of the Department, charging a fee of Three Dollars ($3.00) for each record so certified, and every such certified copy shall be admissible in any proceeding in any court in like manner as the original thereof. A certification fee shall be charged:

   1. 1. Only if the person requesting the record specifically requests that the record be certified; and
   2. 2. In addition to the copying and reproduction fees provided by the Oklahoma Open Records Act or any other applicable law.

3. C. The Commissioner and any other officers of the Department as the Commissioner may designate are hereby authorized to provide a copy of any record required to be maintained by the Department at no charge to any of the following government agencies when requested in the performance of official governmental duties:

   1. 1. The driver license agency of any other state;
   2. 2. Any court, court clerk, district attorney or municipal prosecutor in this state or any other state;
   3. 3. Any law enforcement agency in this state or any other state or any federal agency empowered by law to make arrests for public offenses;
   4. 4. Any public school district in this state for purposes of verifying the driving record of a currently employed school bus driver or person making application for employment as a school bus driver; or

   5. 5. Any state agency in this state.

      Any record required to be maintained by the Department may be released to any other entity free of charge when the release of the record would be for the benefit of the public, as determined by the Commissioner or a designee of the Commissioner

Laws 1961, HB 556, p. 327, § 2-110. eff. September 1, 1961; Amended by Laws 1983, SB 54, c. 286, § 11, emerg. eff. July 1, 1983; Amended by Laws 1999, HB 1305, c. 80, § 1, eff. November 1, 1999 (superseded document available).