{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-584","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-584","heading":"Registration - Notice of change in address, employment, or","body":"student enrollment status - Notice of and access to registries -\n\nHabitual or aggravated sex offender designation - Immunity.\n\nA. Any registration with the Department of Corrections required\n\nby the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall be in a form approved by\n\nthe Department and shall include the following information about the\n\nperson registering:\n\n1. The name of the person and all aliases used or under which\n\nthe person has been known;\n\n2. A complete description of the person, including a photograph\n\nand fingerprints, and when requested by the Department of\n\nCorrections, such registrant shall submit to a blood or saliva test\n\nfor purposes of a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) profile. Submission\n\nto testing for individuals registering shall be within thirty (30)\n\ndays of registration. Registrants who already have valid samples on\n\nfile in the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) DNA\n\nOffender Database shall not be required to submit duplicate samples\n\nfor testing;\n\n3. The offenses listed in Section 582 of this title for which\n\nthe person has been convicted or the person received a suspended\n\nsentence or any form of probation, where the offense was committed,\n\nwhere the person was convicted or received the suspended sentence or\n\nany form of probation, and the name under which the person was\n\nconvicted or received the suspended sentence or probation;\n\n4. The name and location of each hospital or penal institution\n\nto which the person was committed for each offense listed in Section\n\n582 of this title;\n\n5. Where the person previously resided, where the person\n\ncurrently resides including a mappable address and a zip code, how\n\nlong the person has resided there, how long the person expects to\n\nreside there, and how long the person expects to remain in the\n\ncounty and in this state. The address of the residence shall be a\n\nphysical address, not a post office box. The Department of\n\nCorrections shall conduct address verification of each registered\n\nsex offender as follows:\n\na. on an annual basis, if the numeric risk level of the\n\nperson is one,\n\nb. on a semiannual basis, if the numeric risk level of\n\nthe person is two, or\n\nc. every ninety (90) days, if the offender has been\n\ndetermined to be a habitual or aggravated sex offender\n\nby the Department of Corrections or has been assigned\n\na level assignment of three.\n\nThe Department of Corrections shall mail a nonforwardable\n\nverification form to the last-reported address of the person. The\n\nperson shall return the verification form in person to the local law\n\nenforcement authority of that jurisdiction within ten (10) days\n\nafter receipt of the form and may be photographed by the local law\n\nenforcement authority at that time; provided that the person shall\n\nbe photographed by the local law enforcement authority at that time\n\nif the photograph in the Department of Corrections sex offender\n\nregistry is more than one year old, or if it cannot be determined\n\nwhen the photograph in the registry was taken. The local law\n\nenforcement authority shall require the person to produce proof of\n\nthe identity of the person and a current mappable address with a zip\n\ncode. Upon confirming the information contained within the\n\nverification form, the local law enforcement authority shall forward\n\na copy of the form to the Department of Corrections, in a manner\n\napproved by the Department of Corrections, within three (3) days\n\nafter receipt of the form. The verification form shall be signed by\n\nthe person and state the current address of the person. In the\n\nabsence of receipt of the mailed verification form by the offender,\n\nthe offender must continue to comply with the reporting requirements\n\nas provided in this paragraph. The offender should report as\n\nrequired to the local law enforcement agency for current address\nafter receipt of the form. The verification form shall be signed by\n\nthe person and state the current address of the person. In the\n\nabsence of receipt of the mailed verification form by the offender,\n\nthe offender must continue to comply with the reporting requirements\n\nas provided in this paragraph. The offender should report as\n\nrequired to the local law enforcement agency for current address\n\nverification. The Department of Corrections will provide an\n\nalternative address verification form to local law enforcement for\n\nconformity. Failure to return the verification form or report as\n\nrequired shall be a violation of the Sex Offenders Registration Act.\n\nThe Department of Corrections shall notify the office of the\n\ndistrict attorney and local law enforcement authority of the\n\nappropriate county, within forty-five (45) days if unable to verify\n\nthe address of a sex offender. A local law enforcement authority\n\nmay notify the office of the district attorney whenever it comes to\n\nthe attention of the local law enforcement authority that a sex\n\noffender is not in compliance with any provisions of Section 581 et\n\nseq. of this title. A local law enforcement authority designated as\n\nthe primary registration authority of the person may, at any time,\n\nmail a nonforwardable verification form to the last-reported address\n\nof the person. The person shall return the verification form in\n\nperson to the local law enforcement authority that mailed the form\n\nwithin ten (10) days after receipt of the form. The local law\n\nenforcement authority shall require the person to produce proof of\n\nthe identity of the person and a current mappable address with a zip\n\ncode;\n\n6. The name and address of any school where the person expects\n\nto become or is enrolled or employed for any length of time;\n\n7. A description of all occupants residing with the person\n\nregistering, including, but not limited to, name, date of birth,\n\ngender, relation to the person registering, and how long the\n\noccupant has resided there;\n\n8. The level assignment of the person; and\n\n9. Any electronic mail address information, instant message,\n\nchat or other Internet communication name or identity information\n\nthat the person uses or intends to use while accessing the Internet\n\nor used for other purposes of social networking or other similar\n\nInternet communication.\n\nB. Conviction data and fingerprints shall be promptly\n\ntransmitted at the time of registration to the Oklahoma State Bureau\n\nof Investigation (OSBI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation\n\n(FBI) if the state has not previously sent the information at the\n\ntime of conviction.\n\nC. Any person subject to the provisions of the Sex Offenders\n\nRegistration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders\n\nRegistration Act, who has an out-of-state conviction that requires\n\nregistration, shall provide the local law enforcement authority\n\nwhere the offender intends to reside with a certified copy of the\n\noffender's judgment and sentencing report within sixty (60) days of\n\nthe offender's initial registration with this state. If an offender\n\nmoves to a different location in this state outside of the\n\njurisdiction of the law enforcement authority that has a certified\n\ncopy of the judgment and sentencing report, the offender shall\n\nprovide the local law enforcement authority of the new location\n\nwhere the offender intends to reside with a certified copy of the\n\njudgment and sentencing report within sixty (60) days of\n\nestablishing residency in the new location.\n\nOn or after November 1, 2011, the Department of Corrections\n\nshall notify by regular first-class mail to the registered addresses\n\nin the sex offender registry all offenders required to register in\n\nthis state that have an out-of-state conviction to obtain a\n\ncertified copy of the offender's judgment and sentencing report and\n\nfile it with the local law enforcement authority in which the\nocation.\n\nOn or after November 1, 2011, the Department of Corrections\n\nshall notify by regular first-class mail to the registered addresses\n\nin the sex offender registry all offenders required to register in\n\nthis state that have an out-of-state conviction to obtain a\n\ncertified copy of the offender's judgment and sentencing report and\n\nfile it with the local law enforcement authority in which the\n\noffender resides within one hundred twenty (120) days of receipt of\n\nthe mailed notice.\n\nD. The registration with the local law enforcement authority\n\nrequired by the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall be in a form\n\napproved by the local law enforcement authority and shall include\n\nthe following information about the person registering:\n\n1. The full name of the person, alias, date of birth, sex,\n\nrace, height, weight, eye color, social security number, driver\n\nlicense number, and a mappable home address with a zip code. The\n\nhome address shall be a physical address, not a post office box;\n\n2. A description of the offense for which the offender was\n\nconvicted, the date of the conviction, and the sentence imposed, if\n\napplicable;\n\n3. A photocopy of the driver license of the person;\n\n4. The level assignment of the person.\n\nFor purposes of this section, \"local law enforcement authority\"\n\nmeans:\n\na. the municipal police department, if the person resides\n\nor intends to reside or stay within the jurisdiction\n\nof any municipality of this state, or\n\nb. the county sheriff, if the person resides or intends\n\nto reside or stay at any place outside the\n\njurisdiction of any municipality within this state,\n\nand\n\nc. the police or security department of any institution\n\nof higher learning within this state if the person:\n\n(1) enrolls as a full-time or part-time student,\n\n(2) is a full-time or part-time employee at an\n\ninstitution of higher learning, or\n\n(3) resides or intends to reside or stay on any\n\nproperty owned or controlled by the institution\n\nof higher learning; and\n\n5. Any electronic mail address information, instant message,\n\nchat or other Internet communication name or identity information\n\nthat the person uses or intends to use while accessing the Internet\n\nor used for other purposes of social networking or other similar\n\nInternet communication.\n\nE. Any person subject to the provisions of the Sex Offenders\n\nRegistration Act who changes address, employment or student\n\nenrollment status shall appear in person and give notification to\n\nthe local law enforcement authority of the change of address and the\n\nnew mappable address with zip code, the change of employment or the\n\nchange of student enrollment status no later than three (3) business\n\ndays prior to the abandonment of or move from the current address\n\nor, in the case of change of employment or student enrollment,\n\nwithin three (3) business days of such change. The address given to\n\nthe local law enforcement authority shall be a physical address, not\n\na post office box. If the new address, employment or student\n\nenrollment is under the jurisdiction of a different local law\n\nenforcement authority:\n\n1. The local law enforcement authority shall notify the\n\nDepartment of Corrections and the new local law enforcement\n\nauthority by teletype or electronic transmission of the change of\n\naddress, employment or student enrollment status;\n\n2. The offender shall notify the new local law enforcement\n\nauthority of any previous registration; and\n\n3. The new local law enforcement authority shall notify the\n\nmost recent registering agency by teletype or electronic\n\ntransmission of the change in address, employment or student\n\nenrollment status of the offender. If the new address is in another\n\nstate the Department of Corrections shall promptly notify the agency\n\nresponsible for registration in that state of the new address of the\n\noffender.\n\nF. Any person registered as a sex offender, pursuant to the Sex\nt recent registering agency by teletype or electronic\n\ntransmission of the change in address, employment or student\n\nenrollment status of the offender. If the new address is in another\n\nstate the Department of Corrections shall promptly notify the agency\n\nresponsible for registration in that state of the new address of the\n\noffender.\n\nF. Any person registered as a sex offender, pursuant to the Sex\n\nOffenders Registration Act, who has provided a post office box as an\n\naddress shall be contacted by local law enforcement and required to\n\nprovide a physical address.\n\nG. Any person subject to the provisions of the Sex Offenders\n\nRegistration Act who is unable to provide a mappable address with a\n\nzip code to the Department of Corrections or local law enforcement\n\nauthority as required in subsections A, C and D of this section and\n\nregisters as a transient shall report in person to the nearest local\n\nlaw enforcement authority every seven (7) days and provide to the\n\nlocal law enforcement authority the approximate location of where\n\nthe person is staying and where the person plans to stay.\n\nH. Any person subject to the provisions of the Sex Offenders\n\nRegistration Act who resides with a minor child must report to the\n\nstatewide centralized hotline of the Department of Human Services\n\nthe name and date of birth of any and all minor children residing in\n\nthe same household and the offenses for which the person is required\n\nto register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act within\n\nthree (3) days of intent to reside with a minor child.\n\nI. The Department of Corrections shall maintain a file of all\n\nsex offender registrations. A copy of the information contained in\n\nthe registration shall promptly be available to state, county and\n\nmunicipal law enforcement agencies, the State Superintendent of\n\nPublic Instruction, the State Commissioner of Health, and the\n\nNational Sex Offender Registry maintained by the Federal Bureau of\n\nInvestigation, unless otherwise prohibited by law. The file shall\n\npromptly be made available for public inspection or copying pursuant\n\nto rules prescribed by the Department of Corrections and may be made\n\navailable through Internet access, unless otherwise prohibited by\n\nlaw. The Department of Corrections shall promptly provide all\n\nmunicipal police departments, all county sheriff departments and all\n\ncampus police departments a list of those sex offenders registered\n\nand living in their county.\n\nJ. The Department of Corrections shall, upon the request of any\n\nInternet entity, release to such entity any information required\n\npursuant to paragraph 9 of subsection A of this section or paragraph\n\n5 of subsection D of this section that would enable the Internet\n\nentity to prescreen or remove sex offenders from its services or, in\n\nconformity with state and federal law, advise law enforcement or\n\nother governmental entities of potential violations of law or\n\nthreats to public safety. Before releasing information to an\n\nInternet entity the Department shall require an Internet entity that\n\nrequests information to submit to the Department the name, address\n\nand telephone number of such entity and the specific legal nature\n\nand corporate status of such entity. Except for the purposes\n\nspecified in this subsection, an Internet entity shall not publish\n\nor in any way disclose or redisclose any information provided to it\n\nby the Department pursuant to this subsection. The Department shall\n\nupdate any information released pursuant to this subsection on a\n\nmonthly basis to ensure that the information of every individual\n\nthat has been removed from the sex offender registry in this state\n\nis no longer released pursuant to this subsection. The Department\n\nmay charge the Internet entity a fee for access to information\n\npursuant to this subsection. The Department shall promulgate any\n\nrules necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection. As\na\n\nmonthly basis to ensure that the information of every individual\n\nthat has been removed from the sex offender registry in this state\n\nis no longer released pursuant to this subsection. The Department\n\nmay charge the Internet entity a fee for access to information\n\npursuant to this subsection. The Department shall promulgate any\n\nrules necessary to implement the provisions of this subsection. As\n\nused in this subsection \"Internet entity\" means any business,\n\norganization or other entity providing or offering a service over\n\nthe Internet which permits persons under eighteen (18) years of age\n\nto access, meet, congregate or communicate with other users for the\n\npurpose of social networking. This definition shall not include\n\ngeneral e-mail services.\n\nK. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is authorized to\n\ncopy and shall distribute information from the sex offender registry\n\nto school districts and individual public and private schools within\n\nthe state with a notice using the following or similar language: \"A\n\nperson whose name appears on this registry has been convicted of a\n\nsex offense. Continuing to employ a person whose name appears on\n\nthis registry may result in civil liability for the employer or\n\ncriminal prosecution pursuant to Section 589 of Title 57 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes.\"\n\nL. The State Commissioner of Health is authorized to distribute\n\ninformation from the sex offender registry to any nursing home or\n\nlong-term care facility. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed\n\nto impose any liability upon or give rise to a cause of action\n\nagainst any person, agency, organization, or company for failing to\n\nrelease information in accordance with the Sex Offenders\n\nRegistration Act.\n\nM. Each local law enforcement authority shall make its sex\n\noffender registry available upon request, without restriction, at a\n\ncost that is no more than what is charged for other records provided\n\nby the local law enforcement authority pursuant to the Oklahoma Open\n\nRecords Act.\n\nWhen a local law enforcement authority sends a copy of or\n\notherwise makes the sex offender registry available to any public or\n\nprivate school offering any combination of prekindergarten through\n\ntwelfth grade classes or child care facility licensed by the state,\n\nthe agency shall provide a notice using the following or similar\n\nlanguage: \"A person whose name appears on this registry has been\n\nconvicted of a sex offense. Continuing to employ a person whose\n\nname appears on this registry may result in civil liability for the\n\nemployer or criminal prosecution pursuant to Section 589 of Title 57\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes.\"\n\nN. Samples of blood or saliva for DNA testing required by\n\nsubsection A of this section shall be taken by employees or\n\ncontractors of the Department of Corrections. The individuals shall\n\nbe properly trained to collect blood or saliva samples. Persons\n\ncollecting samples for DNA testing pursuant to this section shall be\n\nimmune from civil liabilities arising from this activity. The\n\nDepartment of Corrections shall ensure the collection of samples is\n\nmailed to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) within\n\nten (10) days of the time the subject appears for testing. The\n\nDepartment shall use sample kits provided by the OSBI and procedures\n\npromulgated by the OSBI. Persons subject to DNA testing pursuant to\n\nthis section shall be required to pay to the Department of\n\nCorrections a fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00). Any fees collected\n\npursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the Department of\n\nCorrections revolving account.\n\nO. 1. Any person who has been convicted of or received a\n\nsuspended sentence or any probationary term, including a deferred\n\nsentence imposed in violation of subsection G of Section 991c of\n\nTitle 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for any crime listed in Section\neen Dollars ($15.00). Any fees collected\n\npursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the Department of\n\nCorrections revolving account.\n\nO. 1. Any person who has been convicted of or received a\n\nsuspended sentence or any probationary term, including a deferred\n\nsentence imposed in violation of subsection G of Section 991c of\n\nTitle 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for any crime listed in Section\n\n582 of this title and:\n\na. who is subsequently convicted of a crime or an attempt\n\nto commit a crime listed in subsection A of Section\n\n582 of this title, or\n\nb. who enters this state after November 1, 1997, and who\n\nhas been convicted of an additional crime or attempted\n\ncrime which, if committed or attempted in this state,\n\nwould be a crime or an attempt to commit a crime\n\nprovided for in subsection A of Section 582 of this\n\ntitle,\n\nshall be subject to all of the registration requirements of the Sex\n\nOffenders Registration Act and shall be designated by the Department\n\nof Corrections as a habitual sex offender. A habitual sex offender\n\nshall be required to register for the lifetime of the habitual sex\n\noffender.\n\n2. On or after November 1, 1999, any person who has been\n\nconvicted of a crime or an attempt to commit a crime, received a\n\nsuspended sentence or any probationary term, including a deferred\n\nsentence imposed in violation of subsection G of Section 991c of\n\nTitle 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, for a crime provided for in\n\nSection 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, if the offense\n\ninvolved sexual abuse or sexual exploitation as these terms are\n\ndefined in Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nSection 885, 888, 1111.1, 1114 or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes shall be subject to all the registration requirements of\n\nthe Sex Offenders Registration Act and shall be designated by the\n\nDepartment of Corrections as an aggravated sex offender. An\n\naggravated sex offender shall be required to register for the\n\nlifetime of the aggravated sex offender.\n\n3. Upon registration of any person designated as a habitual or\n\naggravated sex offender, pursuant to this subsection, a local law\n\nenforcement authority shall notify, by any method of communication\n\nit deems appropriate, anyone that the local law enforcement\n\nauthority determines appropriate, including, but not limited to:\n\na. the family of the habitual or aggravated sex offender,\n\nb. any prior victim of the habitual or aggravated sex\n\noffender,\n\nc. residential neighbors and churches, community parks,\n\nschools, convenience stores, businesses and other\n\nplaces that children or other potential victims may\n\nfrequent, and\n\nd. a nursing facility, a specialized facility, a\n\nresidential care home, a continuum-of-care facility,\n\nan assisted living center, and an adult day care\n\nfacility.\n\n4. The notification may include, but is not limited to, the\n\nfollowing information:\n\na. the name and physical address of the habitual or\n\naggravated sex offender,\n\nb. a physical description of the habitual or aggravated\n\nsex offender, including, but not limited to, age,\n\nheight, weight and eye and hair color,\n\nc. a description of the vehicle that the habitual or\n\naggravated sex offender is known to drive,\n\nd. any conditions or restrictions upon the probation,\n\nparole or conditional release of the habitual or\n\naggravated sex offender,\n\ne. a description of the primary and secondary targets of\n\nthe habitual or aggravated sex offender,\n\nf. a description of the method of offense of the habitual\n\nor aggravated sex offender,\n\ng. a current photograph of the habitual or aggravated sex\n\noffender,\n\nh. the name and telephone number of the probation or\n\nparole officer of the habitual or aggravated sex\n\noffender, and\n\ni. the level assignment of the person.\n\n5. The local law enforcement authority shall make the\n\nnotification provided for in this subsection regarding a habitual or\ne of the habitual\n\nor aggravated sex offender,\n\ng. a current photograph of the habitual or aggravated sex\n\noffender,\n\nh. the name and telephone number of the probation or\n\nparole officer of the habitual or aggravated sex\n\noffender, and\n\ni. the level assignment of the person.\n\n5. The local law enforcement authority shall make the\n\nnotification provided for in this subsection regarding a habitual or\n\naggravated sex offender available to any person upon request.\n\nP. If the probation and parole officer supervising a person\n\nsubject to registration receives information to the effect that the\n\nstatus of the person has changed in any manner that affects proper\n\nsupervision of the person including, but not limited to, a change in\n\nthe physical health of the person, address, employment, or\n\neducational status, higher educational status, incarceration, or\n\nterms of release, the supervising officer or administrator shall\n\nnotify the appropriate local law enforcement authority or\n\nauthorities of that change.\n\nQ. Public officials, public employees, and public agencies are\n\nimmune from civil liability for good faith conduct under any\n\nprovision of the Sex Offenders Registration Act.\n\n1. Nothing in the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall be\n\ndeemed to impose any liability upon or to give rise to a cause of\n\naction against any public official, public employee, or public\n\nagency for releasing information to the public or for failing to\n\nrelease information in accordance with the Sex Offenders\n\nRegistration Act.\n\n2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent law\n\nenforcement officers from notifying members of the public of any\n\npersons that pose a danger under circumstances that are not\n\nenumerated in the Sex Offenders Registration Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 57"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os57.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"5e1f384275845f355f91ee18448018d951121353e25865d90b9c9ad3a5f19306","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-583","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-585"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}