Oklahoma County District Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Counsel and parties must redact specified personal identifiers from filed documents unless the Court orders otherwise, and the Court Clerk does not review pleadings for redaction.

A. Redacted Filings It is the responsibility of counsel and the parties to be sure that all filed documents comply with this rule. The Court Clerk will not review any pleading for redaction. The parties shall refrain from including, or shall redact where inclusion is necessary, the following personal identifiers from any document filed with the Court Clerk, unless otherwise ordered by the Court:

A request to file a document or portion under seal must be made by motion and demonstrate strict compliance with the cited statutory provisions.

C. Filings Under Seal Subject to the limitations set out in 12 O.S. 2011, § 3226C(2) and 51 O.S. 2011, § 24A.29, the Court may order that any document (or portion thereof) be filed under seal without redaction. The Court may later unseal the filing or order the person who made the filing to file a redacted version for the public record. Any request to file a document (or portion thereof) under seal shall be made by motion and shall show strict compliance with §§ 3226C(2) & 24A.29.