{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-590.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-590.2","heading":"Individual petition to remove requirement to register as","body":"sex offender.\n\nA. For purposes of this section, a person shall be considered\n\nfor removal of the requirement to register as a sex offender if the\n\nperson:\n\n1. Was convicted of a violation of Section 1111.1 or 1114 of\n\nTitle 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the person does not have any\n\nother conviction for a violation of Section 1111.1 or 1114 of Title\n\n21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n2. Is required to register as a sex offender solely on the\n\nbasis of a violation of Section 1111.1 or 1114 of Title 21 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes; and\n\n3. Was not more than four (4) years older than the victim of\n\nthe violation who was fourteen (14) years of age or older but not\n\nmore than seventeen (17) years of age at the time the person\n\ncommitted the violation.\n\nB. If a person meets the criteria provided for in subsection A\n\nof this section, the person may petition the court in which the\n\nsentence for the conviction occurred for removal of the requirement\n\nto register as a sex offender. The person shall allege in the\n\npetition that the person meets the criteria provided for in\n\nsubsection A of this section and that removal of the registration\n\nrequirement will not conflict with federal law. The district\n\nattorney shall be given notice of the petition at least twenty-one\n\n(21) days before the hearing on the petition. The district attorney\n\nmay present evidence in opposition to the requested relief or may\n\notherwise demonstrate why the petition should be denied. The court\n\nshall rule on the petition and, if the court determines that the\n\nperson meets the criteria provided for in subsection A of this\n\nsection and removal of the registration requirement will not\n\nconflict with federal law, may grant the petition and order the\n\nremoval of the registration requirement. If the court denies the\n\npetition, the person shall not be authorized to file any further\n\npetition for removal of the registration requirement pursuant to\n\nthis section.\n\nC. If a person, who has yet to be sentenced for a conviction\n\nfor a violation of Section 1111.1 or 1114 of Title 21 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, meets the criteria provided for in subsection A\n\nof this section, the person may move the sentencing court for\n\nremoval of the requirement to register as a sex offender. The\n\nperson shall allege in the motion that the person meets the criteria\n\nprovided for in subsection A of this section and that removal of the\n\nrequirement to register as a sex offender will not conflict with\n\nfederal law. The district attorney shall be given notice of the\n\nmotion at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the hearing on the\n\nmotion. The district attorney may present evidence in opposition to\n\nthe requested relief or may otherwise demonstrate why the motion\n\nshould be denied. The court shall rule on the motion and, if the\n\ncourt determines that the person meets the criteria provided for in\n\nsubsection A of this section and that removal of the requirement to\n\nregister will not conflict with federal law, may grant the motion\n\nand order the removal of the registration requirement. If the court\n\ndenies the motion, the person shall not be authorized to file any\n\nfurther motions or petitions for removal of the registration\n\nrequirement pursuant to this section.\n\nD. If a person provides to the Department of Corrections a\n\ncertified copy of the order of the court removing the requirement\n\nthat the person register as a sex offender, the registration\n\nrequirement shall not apply to the person and the Department shall\n\nremove all information about the person from the public registry of\n\nsex offenders maintained by the Department. However, the removal of\n\ninformation about the person from the public registry shall not mean\n\nthat the public is denied access to information about the criminal\n\nhistory or record of the person that is otherwise available as a\n\npublic record.","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":"1b849bf470acc648e97c823eb8ac4aea95a4307e9d0f68d69f3ae7d97346d081","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-590.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-591"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}