The Insurance Commissioner shall have an official seal, the center of which shall be the same as that of the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma, and which shall be distinguished by the words "Insurance Commissioner - State of Oklahoma" inscribed in the circular band surrounding the remainder of the device. This seal shall be the official seal of the office. Every certificate and other document or paper duly executed by the Insurance Commissioner, authorized employees of the Insurance Department, or independent hearing examiners and all copies or photographic copies of papers certified by authority of the Commissioner and authenticated by the seal shall have the same force and effect as the original would in any suit or proceedings in any court of this state.
Added by Laws 1957, p. 218, § 303. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 418, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.