| Offenders Required to Register: |
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 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 or a military court.
New Law as of Nov 01, 2003: Registered sex offenders cannot have a residence within 2000 ft of a public or private school, unless already in residence.
* 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; Caretaker Abuse or Neglect (when sexual abuse or sexual exploitation is involved); Trafficking in Children; Incest; Crime Against Nature/Sodomy; Forcible Sodomy; Child Stealing; 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; Facilitating, Encouraging, Offering, or Soliciting Sexual Conduct with a Minor (Misdemeanor); 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. New crime prohibits certain sex offenders from area within 300 feet of elementary or junior high school, childcare facility or playground.
|
