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The provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act apply to any person residing, working, or attending school within the State of Oklahoma who has been convicted or received any probationary term for the commission or attempt to commit certain sex crimes* in the state after November 1, 1989, or who entered the state on or after November 1, 1989, having previously been convicted or received a suspended or deferred sentence for a crime or attempted crime which if committed or attempted in this state would be a crime as provided in the following section. A probationary term rendered by an Oklahoma court includes deferred sentences. Sentences rendered outside the Oklahoma judicial system include those from any court of another state, a federal court, an Indian tribal court, a military court, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, or a court of a foreign country.
Registration as a sex offender is mandatory for any person who has been convicted of a crime requiring them to register pursuant to the terms of the Sex Offenders Registration Act. 22 O.S. § 991a provides that neither the sentencing court nor the district attorney may exempt the person from the registration requirements of the Act.
The provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act will not apply to any person who has received a criminal history records expungement for a conviction in another state for a crime or attempted crime which, if committed or attempted in this state, would be a registerable crime.
Modified Law as of 11/01/2010: It is unlawful for me to reside, either temporarily or permanently, within a 2000-foot radius of any public or private school site, educational institution, property or campsite used by an organization whose primary purpose is working with children, a playground or park that is established, operated or supported in whole or in part by the city, county, state, federal or tribal government, or licensed child care center as defined by the Department of Human Services.
Out of State Convictions as of 11/1/11: Offenders must provide law enforcement with certified copy of court/sentencing documents.
* Abuse or Neglect of Child/Child Beating (when sexual abuse or sexual
exploitation is involved); Assault With Intent to Commit a Felony (if
the offense involved sexual assault); Kidnapping (if sexual abuse or
sexual exploitation is involved; Caretaker Abuse or Neglect (when
sexual abuse or sexual exploitation is involved); Trafficking in
Children; Incest; Crime Against Nature/Sodomy; Forcible Sodomy; Child
Stealing (if sexual abuse of sexual exploitation is involved; Indecent
Exposure/Indecent Exhibitions/Obscene or Indecent Writings, Pictures,
etc./Solicitation of Minors to Participate in any crime under this
section; To Procure or Cause Minors to Participate in Obscene or
Indecent Writings, Pictures, etc.; Guardians--Parents--Custodians
Consent to Participation of Minor in Obscene Writings, pictures; ,
Solicitation sexual contact or communication with minor by use of
technology; Unlawful Sale, Purchase, or Trafficking of Obscene Movies,
Photographs, Pictures, Drawings, Video Games, Etc.; Procuring a Child
Under 18 Years of Age for Prostitution, Lewdness, or Other Indecent
Acts; Inducing, Keeping, Detaining, or Restraining for Prostitution a
Child Under 18 Years of Age; Rape in the First Degree/Rape in the
Second Degree/Rape by Instrumentation; Lewd or Indecent Proposals or
Acts to a Child Under 16/Sexual Battery to a Person Over 16.
Purchase, Procurement, or Possession of Child Pornography; Child
Endangerment.
The Child Safety Zone Law amended 4/08 states:
It is unlawful for any offender required to register to loiter within 500 feet of any elementary, junior high or high school, permitted or licensed child care center as defined by the Department of Human Services, playground, or park if convicted of a crime, in this or any other jurisdiction, that requires registration pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act and the victim was a child under 13 years of age. The offender is exempt, with limitations for a reasonable amount of time to complete such tasks, if the offender is the custodial parent or legal guardian of a child enrolled as a student at the school or child care facility, and is enrolling, delivering or retrieving such child at the school or child care facility during regular school or facility hours or for school or child care facility sanctioned extracurricular activities. Prior to entering the zone of safety for these purposes, the offender shall inform school or child care center administrators of my status
as a registered sex offender and shall update monthly, or as often as required by the school or center the information about the specific times the offender will be within the zone of safety. The safety zone does not apply when the offender is receiving treatment at a hospital or other medical services facility. The safety zone does not prevent the offender from attending a recognized church or religious denomination for worship, however, they must notify the religious leader of their status as a sex offender and receive written permission to attend.
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