Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-40.2: Victim protection order - Victims not to be discouraged

from pressing charges.

A. A victim protection order for any victim of rape, forcible

sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a

deadly weapon shall be substantially similar to a protective order

in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection from Domestic

Abuse Act.

B. A member of the immediate family of a victim of first-degree

murder may seek a victim protection order against the following

persons:

1. The person who was charged and subsequently convicted as the

principal in the crime of murder in the first degree; or

2. The person who was charged and subsequently convicted of

being an accessory to the crime of murder in the first degree.

A victim protection order for a member of the immediate family of a

victim of first-degree murder shall be substantially similar to a

protective order in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection

from Domestic Abuse Act.

C. No peace officer shall discourage a victim of rape, forcible

sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a

deadly weapon from pressing charges against any assailant of the

victim.