Oklahoma: Adult Convictions (OK-C-6)

Records relating to not more than two felony convictions can be expunged by the court 10 years after the last felony or misdemeanor conviction, so long as the person has no pending charges. 22 Okl. St. § 18(A)(13).

Record Detail(s)

Pardon

Felony

Previous Conviction Disqualifying

Potentially, see statute

Mandatory / Discretionary

Discretionary

Clearance Process

Petition-based

Remedy

Expunge

Ineligible Category or Citation

Offenses listed in 21 Okl. St. § 13.1 and any offense that would require the person to register pursuant to the provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act are ineligible for expungement.

Procedure General

The petition must be filed in the district court where the arrest information is located after receiving a full pardon from the governor. For the specific procedure, see 22 Okl. St. § 19 and 57 Okl. St. § 332.2.

Fees

There is no statutory language regarding fees.

Effect

"Expungement" means the sealing of criminal records, as well as any public civil record. 22 Okl. St. § 18(B). The person and criminal justice agencies can reply to inquiries that no official action against the person occurred and need not disclose any information in the sealed record. Employers, educational institutions, and other cannot require an applicant to disclose a sealed record, and the applicant can answer that no such action ever occurred. After 10 years, a sealed record can be obliterated or destroyed. 22 Okl. St. §§ 18, 19.

Waiting Periods

The petition can be filed 20 years after sentence completion so long as petitioner has received a full pardon.

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