You must file a Statement of Organization with the Ethics Commission within 10 days of raising or expending in excess of $1,000.00. Once registered, candidate committees will file periodic reports detailing contributions and funds accepted and expenditures made electronically in The Guardian System.

Note: LOCAL Campaigns (Municipal, County, School) will file reports with the County Election Board, Municipal Clerk or School District Clerk respectively using forms provided in our website.

We accept card payments online in the Guardian System, or you can pay with a check/cash by mail or in person.

Note: We DO NOT take card payments over the phone.

Advisory opinions interpret the ethics laws and apply those laws to the facts set forth in the request.  

The Commission may issue official advisory opinions interpreting the Ethics Rules as provided by Article XXIX, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma and as requested by specific individuals.

Formal advisory opinions are issued by the Commission itself and are binding on the Commission in any matter or administrative hearing concerning a person who acted in good faith and in reasonable reliance on that Advisory Opinion.  

Because the Commission itself must vote to adopt a formal Advisory Opinion, it can take sixty days or more for the Commission to issue a formal advisory opinion after receiving a request. Formal advisory opinions are published on the Ethics Commission webste: https://oklahoma.gov/ethics/resources/rules-and-laws.html

Okla. Const. art XXIX, § 5 gives the Commission discretion to “respond, pursuant to its rules, to questions of specific individuals seeking an interpretation of the Commission’s rules.”  

The Commission shall accept both written and oral comments about the draft advisory opinions and/or comments.

Ordinarily, the Commission will consider advisory opinions as they apply to the person requesting the opinion, not to third parties. In other words, the Commission would not consider a request as to how the Rules applied to someone other than the person asking the question.

The Staff preffers to have requests:

1. submitted in via email: Ethics@Ethics.ok.gov
2. identify a specific set of factual circumstances and involve a question about the applicability of one of the provisions of law over which the Commission has jurisdiction
3. specify that the request is for a formal advisory opinion

Yes, Formal Advisory Opinions are made public on the Ethics Commission's website on the Rules & Laws page.

An interpretation/informal advisory opinion, general/routine advice and guidance  provided by the Commission's staff, which may be specific to the requester and the set of facts presented in the request, are subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

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Beginning 11/1/2025, you will file your Reports online with the Ethics Commission.

Prior to that time, you will file paper copies with your county’s election board, school district clerk or municipal clerk.

The Commission’s physical address is 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., G-27, Oklahoma City, OK 73105. 

The Oklahoma Ethic Commission's main office  is located on the Ground (G) floor in room G-27, is on the West side of the ground floor (go past the State seal in the center of the Capitol), and shares an entrance from the West Foyer with the Oklahoma State Election Board.

*Ethics Commission Meetings are also typically held in the State Capital in room G3 on the Ground floor.

If you would prefer in-person options to drop off materials, conduct meetings, or more, please reach out to the Main office line at (405) 521-3451 or ethics@ethics.ok.gov in order to set up an appointment. 

Open Office Hours are generally 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Monday - Friday.

Upon arriving to the State Capitol Building, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd, OKC, OK 73105, you have a couple public parking options:

1. South Parking lot in non-reserved spaces or
2. Alternative Parking on the East Side of Lincoln Boulevard with a walk-thru underground tunnel to the entry.. 

Once parked you will make your way to the SE ground floor entry of the State Capital.   Entrances to the Capital require safety and security screenings, including the use of a metal detector.  

Subsection (B) of Ethics Rule 6.3 sets forth the procedure for written complaints filed by others. Such complaints must

1. Cite a specific Rule or Rules alleged to have been violated; 
2. Describe the factual details of such alleged violation(s);
3. Name of the Individual(s) invovled in the allegation;
4. Importantly, the individual(s) making such complaints must certify personal knowlesge of the alleged facts = submitting themselves to the jurisdiction as a frivolous complaint is deemed a violation of the Ethics Rules.

Ethics Rule 6.4 defines a Blackout Period as a time when the Commission shall not accept a complaint from any person alleging a violation of these Rules by a candidate or candidate committee during a period beginning the first day that the State Election Board may accept Declarations of Candidacy for the office sought by the candidate or candidates and ending on the day of either the Primary Election, only if such Primary Election determines the overall outcome of the winner of the Election, or the General Election during the same year. However, this section shall not prohibit acceptance of a complaint from a member or employee of the Commission.

This provision is intended to prevent the complaint process from being used for political purposes during a campaign.

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission abides by the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, 51 O.S. 2011, § 24A.1 et seq., and Oklahoma Ethics Commission Ethics Rules 6.5 and 6.9 in determining whether to release requested documents.

Staff attempts to assist the public with locating publicly available information and answering questions based on such information. However, all requests for information, or Open Records Act (ORA) Requests, must be directed to the Executive Director, General Counsel, or designee.