{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-152v2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-152v2","heading":"Statute of limitations","body":"A. Prosecutions for the crimes of bribery, embezzlement of\n\npublic money, bonds, securities, assets or property of the state or\n\nany county, school district, municipality or other subdivision\n\nthereof, or of any misappropriation of public money, bonds,\n\nsecurities, assets or property of the state or any county, school\n\ndistrict, municipality or other subdivision thereof, falsification\n\nof public records of the state or any county, school district,\n\nmunicipality or other subdivision thereof, and conspiracy to defraud\n\nthe State of Oklahoma or any county, school district, municipality\n\nor other subdivision thereof in any manner or for any purpose shall\n\nbe commenced within seven (7) years after the discovery of the\n\ncrime; provided, however, prosecutions for the crimes of\n\nembezzlement or misappropriation of public money, bonds, securities,\n\nassets or property of any school district, including those relating\n\nto student activity funds, or the crime of falsification of public\n\nrecords of any independent school district, the crime of criminal\n\nconspiracy, the crime of embezzlement pursuant to Sections 1451\n\nthrough 1461 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the crime of\n\nFalse Personation or Identity Theft pursuant to Sections 1531\n\nthrough 1533.3 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the financial\n\nexploitation of a vulnerable adult pursuant to Sections 843.1, 843.3\n\nand 843.4 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or Medicaid fraud\n\npursuant to Section 1005 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall\n\nbe commenced within five (5) years after the discovery of the crime.\n\nB. Prosecutions for criminal violations of any state income tax\n\nlaws shall be commenced within five (5) years after the commission\n\nof such violation.\n\nC. 1. Prosecutions for sexual crimes against children,\n\nspecifically rape or forcible sodomy, sodomy, lewd or indecent\n\nproposals or acts against children, involving minors in pornography\n\npursuant to Section 886, 888, 1111, 1111.1, 1113, 1114, 1021.2,\n\n1021.3, 1040.12a or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any\n\noffense prohibited by Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult pursuant to Section\n\n843.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, child trafficking\n\npursuant to Section 866 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nnonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images pursuant to\n\nSection 1040.13b of Title 21, and failure to report abuse or neglect\n\npursuant to Section 1-2-101 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes\n\nshall be commenced by the forty-fifth birthday of the alleged\n\nvictim. Prosecutions for such crimes committed against victims\n\neighteen (18) years of age or older shall be commenced within twenty\n\n(20) years after the discovery of the crime. As used in this\n\nparagraph, \"discovery\" means the date that a physical or sexually\n\nrelated crime involving a victim eighteen (18) years of age or older\n\nis reported to a law enforcement agency. Any offense for which the\n\nprosecution is not time-barred upon the effective date of this act\n\nshall be retroactively subject to the provisions of this subsection.\n\n2. However, prosecutions for the crimes listed in paragraph 1\n\nof this subsection may be commenced at any time after the commission\n\nof the offense if:\n\na. physical evidence is collected and preserved that is\n\ncapable of being tested to obtain a profile from\n\ndeoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and\n\nb. probable cause as to the identity of the offender is\n\nsubsequently established through the use of a DNA\n\nprofile using evidence listed in subparagraph a of\n\nthis paragraph, or\n\nc. the accused person has provided a confession or\n\nadmission related to the crime.\n\n3. No prosecution under this subsection shall be based upon the\n\nmemory of the victim that has been recovered through psychotherapy\n\nunless there is some evidence independent of such repressed memory.\nntly established through the use of a DNA\n\nprofile using evidence listed in subparagraph a of\n\nthis paragraph, or\n\nc. the accused person has provided a confession or\n\nadmission related to the crime.\n\n3. No prosecution under this subsection shall be based upon the\n\nmemory of the victim that has been recovered through psychotherapy\n\nunless there is some evidence independent of such repressed memory.\n\n4. Any person who knowingly and willfully makes a false claim\n\npursuant to this subsection or a claim that the person knows lacks\n\nfactual foundation may be reported to local law enforcement for\n\ncriminal investigation and, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a\n\nfelony.\n\nD. Prosecutions for criminal violations of any provision of the\n\nOklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code shall be commenced within three\n\n(3) years after the commission of such offense.\n\nE. Prosecutions for the crime of criminal fraud or workers'\n\ncompensation fraud pursuant to Section 1541.1, 1541.2, 1662 or 1663\n\nof Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall commence within three (3)\n\nyears after the discovery of the crime, but in no event greater than\n\nseven (7) years after the commission of the crime.\n\nF. Prosecution for the crime of false or bogus check pursuant\n\nto Section 1541.1, 1541.2, 1541.3 or 1541.4 of Title 21 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes shall be commenced within five (5) years after the\n\ncommission of such offense.\n\nG. Prosecution for the crime of solicitation for murder in the\n\nfirst degree pursuant to Section 701.16 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes shall be commenced within seven (7) years after the\n\ndiscovery of the crime. For purposes of this subsection,\n\n\"discovery\" means the date upon which the crime is made known to\n\nanyone other than a person involved in the solicitation.\n\nH. In all other cases a prosecution for a public offense must\n\nbe commenced within three (3) years after its commission.\n\nI. Prosecution for the crime of accessory after the fact must\n\nbe commenced within the same statute of limitations as that of the\n\nfelony for which the person acted as an accessory.\n\nJ. Prosecution for the crime of arson pursuant to Section 1401,\n\n1402, 1403, 1404 or 1405 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall\n\nbe commenced within seven (7) years after the commission of the\n\ncrime.\n\nK. Prosecutions for criminal violations in which a deadly\n\nweapon is used to commit a felony or prosecutions for criminal\n\nviolations in which a deadly weapon is used in an attempt to commit\n\na felony shall be commenced within seven (7) years after the\n\ncommission of the crime.\n\nL. Prosecutions for the crime of human trafficking pursuant to\n\nSection 748 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced\n\nwithin three (3) years after discovery of the crime. For purposes\n\nof this subsection, \"discovery\" means the date upon which the crime\n\nis reported to a law enforcement agency.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 5625. Amended by Laws 1943, p. 84, § 2, emerg. eff.\n\nApril 12, 1943; Laws 1945, p. 97, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 1, 1945;","path":["OK Code","Title 22"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os22.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"d2419adef92872eccc77996c64d33a0bcbc553c7ee3bdd6e360f4bb3fea95d1f","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-152v1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-153"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}