{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-589","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-589","heading":"Registered offenders prohibited from certain employment -","body":"Penalties - Civil damages.\n\nA. It is unlawful for any person registered pursuant to the\n\nOklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent\n\nCrime Offenders Registration Act to work with or provide services to\n\nchildren or to work on school premises, or for any person or\n\nbusiness which contracts for work to be performed on school premises\n\nto knowingly and willfully allow any employee to work with children\n\nor to work on school premises who is registered pursuant to the\n\nOklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent\n\nCrime Offenders Registration Act. Upon conviction for any violation\n\nof the provisions of this subsection, the violator shall be guilty\n\nof a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand\n\nDollars ($1,000.00). In addition, the violator may be liable for\n\ncivil damages.\n\nB. 1. A person or business who offers or provides services to\n\nchildren shall ensure compliance with subsection A of this section\n\nby conducting a name search of employees at least annually against\n\nthe registries maintained pursuant to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders\n\nRegistration Act and the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders\n\nRegistration Act while such person is working with or serving\n\nchildren. All persons working with or providing services to\n\nchildren shall be required to sign a statement declaring that he or\n\nshe is not currently required to register under the provisions of\n\nthe Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy\n\nViolent Crime Offenders Registration Act. Compliance with the\n\nsigned statement shall be mandatory for all persons working with or\n\nproviding services to children, and there shall be no liability or\n\nobligation placed upon any person or business to ascertain the\n\ntruthfulness of the affidavit. Any person or business having a\n\ncontract with a school shall ensure compliance as provided by\n\nSection 6-101.48 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\n2. Failure of any person or business who works with or provides\n\nservices to children to conduct the annual name search of each\n\nperson employed shall be a misdemeanor. Upon conviction for failure\n\nto conduct a name search, the violator shall be guilty of a\n\nmisdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars\n\n($1,000.00). Refusal of any person who is employed to work with or\n\nprovide services to children to sign a statement declaring they have\n\nno requirement to register as provided in this section shall be a\n\nmisdemeanor, upon conviction, punishable by a fine not to exceed One\n\nThousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and the person shall be immediately\n\nterminated from employment. Any person discovering an employment or\n\nregistration violation as required by any provision of law for any\n\nperson currently employed to work with or provide services to\n\nchildren has a duty to and shall immediately report such findings to\n\nthe district attorney.\n\nC. It is unlawful for any law enforcement agency to employ any\n\nperson as a peace officer or criminal investigator who has received\n\na verdict of guilty or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any offense\n\nrequired to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act\n\nor the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act,\n\nincluding those receiving a verdict of guilt, pleading guilty or\n\nnolo contendere as part of a deferred judgment or other provision of\n\nlaw authorizing a delayed or suspended judgment or sentence. Every\n\nperson receiving a verdict of guilty or pleading guilty or nolo\n\ncontendere to any offense required to register pursuant to the Sex\n\nOffenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders\n\nRegistration Act shall be prohibited from being certified by the\n\nCouncil on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) as a peace\n\nofficer, private investigator, or security guard, and if at the time\n\nof the verdict or plea such person has been previously CLEET\nendere to any offense required to register pursuant to the Sex\n\nOffenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders\n\nRegistration Act shall be prohibited from being certified by the\n\nCouncil on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) as a peace\n\nofficer, private investigator, or security guard, and if at the time\n\nof the verdict or plea such person has been previously CLEET\n\ncertified such certification shall be revoked. Any violator shall\n\nbe guilty of a misdemeanor upon conviction of noncompliance with the\n\nprovisions of this subsection.","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":"1404fc3b582e3a4135a170e7ac1d59670c84dc2aed04aba93d868c8a610bcb0d","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-587","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-59"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}