{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-590","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-590","heading":"Residency restriction - Penalty","body":"A. It is unlawful for any person registered pursuant to the Sex\n\nOffenders Registration Act to reside, either temporarily or\n\npermanently, within a two-thousand-foot radius of any public or\n\nprivate school site, educational institution, property or campsite\n\nused by an organization whose primary purpose is working with\n\nchildren, a playground or park that is established, operated or\n\nsupported in whole or in part by a homeowners' association or a\n\ncity, town, county, state, federal or tribal government, a licensed\n\nchild care center or family child care home as defined in the\n\nOklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act or the residence of his\n\nor her victim. Establishment of a licensed child care center,\n\nfamily child care home or park in the vicinity of the residence of a\n\nregistered sex offender will not require the relocation of the sex\n\noffender or the sale of the property. On June 7, 2006, the distance\n\nindicated in this section shall be measured from the nearest\n\nproperty line of the residence of the person to the nearest property\n\nline of the public or private school site, educational institution,\n\nproperty or campsite used by an organization whose primary purpose\n\nis working with children, playground, park, licensed child care\n\ncenter, family child care home or residence of his or her victim;\n\nprovided, any nonprofit organization established and housing sex\n\noffenders prior to the effective date of this provision shall be\n\nallowed to continue its operation.\n\nNothing in this provision shall require any person to sell or\n\notherwise dispose of any real estate or home acquired or owned prior\n\nto the conviction of the person as a sex offender.\n\nB. It shall be unlawful for any person who is required to\n\nregister pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act for any\n\noffense in which a minor child was the victim to reside with a minor\n\nchild or establish any other living accommodation where a minor\n\nchild resides. Provided, however, the person may reside with a\n\nminor child if the person is the parent, stepparent or grandparent\n\nof the minor child and the minor child was not the victim of the\n\noffense for which the person is required to register. Any person\n\nsubject to the provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act who\n\nresides with a minor child must report to the statewide centralized\n\nhotline of the Department of Human Services the name and date of\n\nbirth of any and all minor children residing in the same household\n\nand the offenses for which the person is required to register\n\npursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act within three (3) days\n\nof intent to reside with a minor child.\n\nNothing in the provisions of this subsection shall prevent the\n\nDepartment of Human Services from conducting and completing a safety\n\nevaluation when a registered sex offender resides in the home of a\n\nminor child.\n\nC. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any\n\nregistered sex offender residing in a hospital or other facility\n\ncertified or licensed by the State of Oklahoma to provide medical\n\nservices.\n\nD. Any person willfully violating the provisions of this\n\nsection by:\n\n1. Intentionally moving into any neighborhood or to any real\n\nestate or home within the prohibited distance; or\n\n2. Intentionally moving into a residence with a minor child or\n\nestablishing any other living accommodation where a minor child\n\nresides as specified in subsection B of this section,\n\nshall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B5 felony offense\n\npunishable by a fine not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars\n\n($3,000.00), or by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of\n\nCorrections for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than\n\nthree (3) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person\n\nconvicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section shall\non,\n\nshall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B5 felony offense\n\npunishable by a fine not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars\n\n($3,000.00), or by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of\n\nCorrections for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than\n\nthree (3) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person\n\nconvicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section shall\n\nbe guilty of a Class B2 felony offense and shall be punished by a\n\nfine not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or by\n\nimprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a\n\nterm of not less than three (3) years, or by both such fine and\n\nimprisonment.","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":"402a4dd15082f6e925e29be042c4bda7e7dec801ab8c13a552f4438a54e740e8","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-59","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-590.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}