#Oklahoma Resources
Table of Contents
Contents of this brief guide include major sources of law and legal information in Oklahoma, as well as general information about state and local government. Members of the Georgetown University community may seek additional assistance at the reference desk or online .
RESEARCH GUIDES
- Marylin K. Nicely, Oklahoma Legal and Law-related Documents and Publications (2d ed. 1995) KFO1201 .C67 1995
- Darin K. Fox, State Documents Bibliography. Oklahoma. a Guide to Legal Research in Oklahoma (2009) KFO1201 .C67 2009
- University of Oklahoma College of Law online research guides
STATUTES LEGISLATION
Constitution
- Constitution. from the Oklahoma Legislature
Statutes/Code
- Print.
- Oklahoma Statutes (official) KFO1230 1991 .A4 1991 (Subscription cancelled in 2012)
- Oklahoma Statutes Annotated (West; unofficial) KFO1230 1936 .A4 (Subscription cancelled in 2012)
- Electronic.
- Westlaw. includes the Oklahoma Statutes Annotated and Oklahoma State Court Rules
- Oklahoma Statutes. Oklahoma State Legislature page with options to search or browse
- Oklahoma Statutes Citationized. Browse and search from the Oklahoma State Courts Network page
Legislative History
- Historical Statutes. searchable PDF from HeinOnline (1890 to 1931)
- Session Laws
- HeinOnline. searchable PDF (1890 to present
- Westlaw. enacted legislation from current legislative session
- Lexis. Browse Sources Search Sources Oklahoma Statutes Legislation Oklahoma Advance Legislative Service - full text of all statutes enacted in current legislative session
- Bloomberg Law. text of enacted legislation (1997 to present)
- Oklahoma Legislature. search and track bills from current and previous sessions via state legislature's webpage
- Westlaw. bills introduced in current legislative session
- Lexis. Browse Sources Search Sources Oklahoma Statutes Legislation OK Bill Tracking Reports - does not contain full text of bill, but has summary and legislative history for pending legislation in current session
Legislature
- Oklahoma State Legislature. webpage includes tools for finding and tracking legislation, as well as Committee information, calendars, and directories
REGULATIONS AGENCIES
Regulations
- Print. Oklahoma Administrative Code KFO1235 1996 .A22 (all rules through 1996)
- Electronic.
- Westlaw. current version of the Oklahoma Adminstrative Code
- Lexis. Browse Sources Search Sources Oklahoma Administrative Codes Oklahoma Administrative Code
- Bloomberg Law. current version of Oklahoma Administrative Code
Agencies
Administrative Decisions and Guidance
- Westlaw. includes Attorney General Opinions (1977 to present), as well as decisions and opinions from a number of state commissions and agencies
- Lexis. Browse Sources Search Sources Oklahoma Administrative Materials - includes Attorney General Opinions, as well as decisions and opinions from other state commissions and agencies
- Bloomberg Law. selected forms and decisions from Oklahoma agencies and departments, including Attorney General Opinions (1922 to present)
- HeinOnline. State Attorney General Reports Opinions (1979 to 2014)
- Department of Labor and Merit Protection Committee Decisions. from the Oklahoma Public Legal Research System
- Attorney General Opinions. recent opinions available from Attorney General's website; for collections of later years, provides links to University of Oklahoma College of Law and Oklahoma Supreme Court Network
CASES COURTS
Cases
- Oklahoma State and Federal Cases. cases from Oklahoma state courts, the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appellate courts authoritative in the Tenth Circuit, U.S. bankruptcy and district courts in Oklahoma, and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
- Oklahoma State Cases. Supreme Court cases (1907 to present), Court of Criminal Appeals cases (1908 to present), Court of Civil Appeals cases (1967 to present), and Court of the Judiciary (1968 to present)
- Oklahoma Trial Court Orders. selected civil, criminal, and bankruptcy court orders from Oklahoma state and federal trial courts (2001 to present)
- Lexis. Browse Source Search Sources Oklahoma Cases
- Federal: 10th Circuit District Court Cases 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Cases
- State: OK Supreme Court Cases from 1884, OK Court of Appeals Cases from 1968, OK Court of Criminal Appeals from 1908
- Bloomberg Law
- Oklahoma Federal Courts. includes 10th Circuit and Oklahoma District Courts
- Oklahoma State Courts. Supreme Court cases, Court of Criminal Appeals cases, Court of Civil Appeals cases, Court of the Judiciary, and decisions of Judicial Ethics Advisory Panel
- Oklahoma State Courts Network - Court Opinions. from the Oklahoma Supreme Court (Supreme Court, 1890 to present; Court of Appeals, 1968 to present; Court of Criminal Appeals, 1908 to present); from the Oklahoma Supreme Court
- Oklahoma Public Legal Research System - Court Opinions. from the OUT College of Law OBA Family Law Section (Supreme Court, 1909 to present; Court of Appeals 1968 to present; Court of Criminal Appeals, 1929 to present)
Courts
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
STATE LAW REVIEWS BAR JOURNALS
- Issues of Oklahoma's Law Reviews and Bar Journals can often be searched from individual publication's webpages, or on Westlaw. Lexis. Bloomberg Law. or HeinOnline
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