{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-142.18","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142.18","heading":"Victim compensation assessments - Probation or parole","body":"fees - Restitution funds.\n\nA. In addition to the imposition of any costs, penalties or\n\nfines imposed pursuant to law, any person convicted of, pleading\n\nguilty to or agreeing to a deferred judgment procedure under the\n\nprovisions set forth in the Oklahoma Statutes for a felony involving\n\ncriminally injurious conduct shall be ordered to pay a victim\n\ncompensation assessment of at least Fifty Dollars ($50.00), but not\n\nto exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), for each crime for\n\nwhich the person was convicted or for which the person agreed to a\n\ndeferred judgment procedure. In imposing this penalty, the court\n\nshall consider factors such as the severity of the crime, the prior\n\ncriminal record, the expenses of the victim of the crime, and the\n\nability of the defendant to pay, as well as the economic impact of\n\nthe victim compensation assessment on the dependents of the\n\ndefendant.\n\nB. In addition to the imposition of any costs, penalties or\n\nfines imposed pursuant to law, any person convicted of, pleading\n\nguilty to or agreeing to a deferred judgment procedure under the\n\nprovisions set forth in the Oklahoma Statutes for a felony or\n\nmisdemeanor offense, not including traffic offenses and not\n\nincluding misdemeanor offenses of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation\n\nCode or statutes relating to water safety, not described in\n\nsubsection A of this section, the court shall levy a victim\n\ncompensation assessment of at least Forty-five Dollars ($45.00), but\n\nnot to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each felony and\n\nat least Thirty Dollars ($30.00), but not to exceed Three Hundred\n\nDollars ($300.00) for each misdemeanor upon every fine, penalty, and\n\nforfeiture imposed and collected. When a cash bond is posted for\n\nany offense included in this subsection, the bond shall also include\n\na sufficient amount to cover the minimum amount for victim\n\ncompensation assessment.\n\nC. A victim compensation assessment of at least Thirty Dollars\n\n($30.00), but not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), shall\n\nbe levied by the court at the time a child has been adjudicated by\n\nthe court as a delinquent child, provided the child is committed to\n\nthe Department of Juvenile Justice, as defined in Sections 2-1-103\n\nand 2-7-503 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nD. All monies collected pursuant to this section shall be\n\nforwarded monthly by the court clerk to the Victims Compensation\n\nRevolving Fund.\n\nE. In any municipal court of record in which the defendant is\n\nordered by the court to pay municipal court costs as a result of a\n\ncrime involving violence, the threat of violence, or sexual assault,\n\nthe court shall levy and collect a victims compensation assessment\n\nof Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00). The municipal court clerk\n\ncollecting said assessment is authorized to deduct ten percent (10%)\n\nof the amount collected from said Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) for\n\nadministrative costs. In any municipal court of record in which the\n\ndefendant is ordered by the court to pay municipal court costs as a\n\nresult of driving under the influence of alcohol or other\n\nintoxicating substance, or both alcohol and other intoxicating\n\nsubstance, the court shall levy and collect a victims compensation\n\nassessment of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). The municipal court\n\nclerk collecting said assessment is authorized to deduct ten percent\n\n(10%) of the amount collected from said Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)\n\nfor administrative costs. All victims compensation assessments\n\ncollected by the municipal court clerk shall be forwarded to the\n\nCrime Victims Compensation Fund on a quarterly basis.\n\nF. Beginning July 1, 1996, the fee provided for in Section 991d\n\nof Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be deposited with the\n\nState Treasurer and transferred to the Department of Corrections\n\nRevolving Fund. There shall be a three-year statute of limitation\nion assessments\n\ncollected by the municipal court clerk shall be forwarded to the\n\nCrime Victims Compensation Fund on a quarterly basis.\n\nF. Beginning July 1, 1996, the fee provided for in Section 991d\n\nof Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be deposited with the\n\nState Treasurer and transferred to the Department of Corrections\n\nRevolving Fund. There shall be a three-year statute of limitation\n\nfrom the date of receipt of all restitution funds made payable to\n\nthe Department of Corrections. All restitution funds which have not\n\nbeen disbursed in three (3) years shall be transferred to the\n\nOklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Fund by the 15th of the month\n\nfollowing the end of each quarter. The statute of limitations\n\napplies to funds currently on the books of the Department of\n\nCorrections which have not been disbursed as of July 1, 1993, and\n\nJuly 1st of every year thereafter. Any funds being held since the\n\nrepeal of Section 991e of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, which\n\nwas effective July 1, 1995, shall be transferred to the Oklahoma\n\nCrime Victims Compensation Fund by July 31, 1996. Any restitution\n\ncollected through a county restitution program and deposited in a\n\ncounty treasury account shall also be forwarded to the Victims\n\nCompensation Fund using the same three-year statute of limitations.","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"984610db303d6f4c96662540073f36ccc735a0f916833be2723a51bb0dbdd546","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-142.17","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-142.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}