To what extent, and for how long, does an MIP (Minor In Possession of
Alcohol) citation in Oklahoma remain on a person's permanent record?

Is this information that employers and educators will discover with a
Background Check for years to come?  Or is the citation not recorded
at all?

(This research is to decide whether to pay the ~$93 fine or go to court).

Thanks!

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Request for Question Clarification by denco-ga on 11 Sep 2005 14:29 PDT

Howdy yt_nitram-ga,

A reminder of the "Important Disclaimer: Answers and comments provided on
Google Answers are general information, and are not intended to substitute
for informed professional medical, psychiatric, psychological, tax, legal,
investment, accounting, or other professional advice."

The Stockwell Law Offices, located in Norman, Oklahoma, have a web page
that seems to indicate that a conviction for a "Minor in Possession of
Alcohol" charge will be part of the permanent record of that person.
http://www.oklahoma-attorney.net/practice.html

"Receiving a conviction for [Minor in Possession of Alcohol] could inhibit
your ability to get a good job or affect your standing in school. If you
attend the University of Oklahoma, you may be kicked out or is you like in
the dorms, you may be required to obtain a new place to live.

In addition to the above, if you are later arrested for other crimes, the
prosecuting attorney will not be so likely to go easy on you because you
have a history of alcohol related crimes."

The above law firm has a contact form.
http://www.oklahoma-attorney.net/contact.html

"Contact/ Free Case Evaluation Form"

There is a possibility of such a record being expungable, but that is not
a certainty.

If the above will do as an answer to your question, please tell me, and I
can then post it as such, along with my search strategy.  Thanks!

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 11 Sep 2005 14:47 PDT

The answer mostly depends on whether the person arrested for MIP is
over the age of 18 but under the legal drinking age. If you are over
18 at the time of conviction and the conviction was handed down by an
adult court, the answer is yes, it will go on your record. If you are
under 18 aat th etime of conviction and the conviction was handed down
by a juvenile court, the answer is "not necessarily", since juvenile
records can be sealed once the juvenile becomes an adult.

"Upon the sealing of any record of a person alleged to be delinquent
pursuant to this title, the record and official actions subject to the
order shall be deemed never to have occurred, and the person who is
the subject of the record and all juvenile justice agencies may
properly reply upon any inquiry in the matter that no such action ever
occurred and no such record exists with respect to such person. "

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
Title 10. Children 
Chapter 73 
Oklahoma Juvenile Code
Section 7307-1.7 - Effect of Adjudication on Juvenile - Order to Seal
and Unseal Certain Records - Record Destruction.
http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?citeid=64512

Does that answer your question?

tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by yt_nitram-ga on 11 Sep 2005 21:40 PDT

To denco_ga:
Your answer is not explicit or from enough of a credible source.  The
vague statement "Receiving a conviction for [Minor in Possession of
Alcohol] could inhibit your ability to get a good job or affect your
standing in school" does not specifically refer to a permanent record
and is written by a law firm that clearly wants to scare you to hire
them instead of paying the fine.

To tutuzdad_ga:
The answer is sufficient if you can specify how you concluded that "If
you are over 18 at the time of conviction and the conviction was
handed down by an
adult court, the answer is yes, it will go on your record."  I could
be reading it wrong, but it seems the document you referenced did not
include that information.  It only dealt with if you are a juvenile
and made no statement about if you are over 18.  (The subject in my
question is 19 yrs old).  So please specify where you concluded that. 
Thanks!