{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-590.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-590.1","heading":"Individual dwelling residency restrictions - Two or more","body":"sex offenders – Housing of registered sex offenders.\n\nA. 1. It is unlawful for two or more persons required to\n\nregister as sex offenders to reside together in any individual\n\ndwelling during the term of registration as a sex offender. Every\n\nperson violating this provision shall be guilty, upon conviction, of\n\na misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a\n\nterm not more than one (1) year and a fine in an amount not to\n\nexceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Every person convicted of\n\na second or subsequent violation of this section shall be guilty of\n\na Class B5 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody\n\nof the Department of Corrections for a term not more than five (5)\n\nyears and a fine in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars\n\n($2,000.00).\n\n2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall not\n\nbe construed to prohibit a registered sex offender from residing in\n\nany properly zoned and established boarding house, apartment\n\nbuilding or other multi-unit structure; provided the individual\n\ndwellings are separate for each registered person. Nothing in this\n\nsubsection shall prohibit the sharing of living quarters, jail or\n\nprison space, or any multi-person or dormitory-style housing of sex\n\noffenders in the custody of any jail or correctional facility or any\n\nproperly zoned facility under contract with a jail or correctional\n\nagency for the purpose of housing prisoners, or any properly\n\nestablished treatment or nonprofit facility located in a properly\n\nzoned area determined by the local governing authority and housing\n\npersons for purposes of sex offender services and treatment.\n\nNothing in this subsection shall prohibit married persons, both of\n\nwhom are required to register as sex offenders, or two or more blood\n\nrelatives who are required to register as sex offenders, from\n\nresiding in any individual dwelling during the term of registration\n\nas a sex offender.\n\n3. For purposes of this subsection, “individual dwelling”\n\nmeans:\n\na. a private residential property, whether owned, leased\n\nor rented, including all real property zoned as\n\nsingle-family residential property or zoned as multi-\n\nfamily residential property due to any adjacent,\n\ndetached or separate living quarters of any kind on\n\nsuch property,\n\nb. any room available within any boarding house or group\n\nhome as such term is defined by subsection D of this\n\nsection,\n\nc. any single apartment for rent or lease within an\n\napartment building, or\n\nd. any separate residential unit made available for sale,\n\nrent or lease within a multi-unit structure, including\n\na condominium, duplex, triplex, quadriplex or any unit\n\nthat is constructed together with other separate units\n\ninto one structure.\n\n4. For purposes of this section, “multi-unit structure” means a\n\nstructure with multiple residential units that provide independent\n\nliving facilities for living, sleeping, cooking, eating, and\n\nsanitation within each individual unit. Manufactured homes, mobile\n\nhomes, trailers, and recreational vehicles that do not meet the\n\ndescriptions of this paragraph are not multi-unit structures.\n\nB. The Department of Corrections is prohibited from contracting\n\nfor the housing of any person required to register as a sex offender\n\nin any individual dwelling, as defined by paragraph 3 of subsection\n\nA of this section, where another person required to register as a\n\nsex offender also resides.\n\nC. No halfway house, nonprofit organization, or private entity\n\nshall contract with the Department of Corrections or any jail to\n\nhouse any person required to register as a sex offender or offer\n\nhousing independently to any person required to register as a sex\n\noffender if such housing facility is located within a single-family\n\nzoned residential neighborhood or is not properly zoned as a multi-\n\nunit housing structure, jail or correctional facility.\nentity\n\nshall contract with the Department of Corrections or any jail to\n\nhouse any person required to register as a sex offender or offer\n\nhousing independently to any person required to register as a sex\n\noffender if such housing facility is located within a single-family\n\nzoned residential neighborhood or is not properly zoned as a multi-\n\nunit housing structure, jail or correctional facility.\n\nD. No person or entity shall knowingly establish or operate a\n\nboarding house or group home, or otherwise knowingly rent or lease\n\nrooms, for the residency of persons required to register pursuant to\n\nthe Sex Offenders Registration Act unless treatment services are\n\nprovided. Said facility must also be in a properly zoned area\n\ndetermined by the local governing authority. For purposes of this\n\nsubsection, “boarding house or group home” means a dwelling that is\n\nused for the residency of two or more unrelated persons.\n\nE. No person or entity shall knowingly establish, lease,\n\noperate, or own any structure or portion of a structure where\n\npersons required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders\n\nRegistration Act are allowed to reside together in violation of this\n\nsection or knowingly allow any other violation of this section.\n\nF. Every person convicted of a first violation of subsection E\n\nof this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be\n\npunished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),\n\nor by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1)\n\nyear, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person convicted\n\nof a second violation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be\n\npunished by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred\n\nDollars ($2,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not\n\nmore than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any\n\nperson convicted of a third or subsequent violation shall be guilty\n\nof a Class B5 felony offense and shall be punished by a fine of not\n\nless than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) and not more\n\nthan Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment in the\n\ncustody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5)\n\nyears, or by both such fine and imprisonment.","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":"fa86d0559b88d74b2a963a111f4675c7369cf5c8fc3b73e477a6c4661cee1488","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-590","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-590.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}