Opinion No. (2007)

Dear Major General Wyatt:

This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following question:

Is the Oklahoma National Guard, while acting under the authority of 32 U.S.C. § 112 and 44 O.S. Supp.2006, § 231, considered a state law enforcement agency for purposes of sharing in the proceeds of federal drug-related property forfeitures under 21 U.S.C. § 881?

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INTRODUCTION

Your question requires an analysis of various provisions of state and federal law which pertain to the use of the National Guard in drug interdiction and counter drug…