{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-595","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-595","heading":"Form – Information required – Address verification –","body":"Notification of address change – Notification if address not\n\nverified – Transmission and availability of data – DNA testing –\n\nHabitual violent crime offender registration.\n\nA. Any registration with the Department of Corrections required\n\nby the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act shall be\n\nin a form approved by the Department and shall include the following\n\ninformation about the person 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 the registrant shall submit to a blood or saliva test\n\nfor purposes of a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) profile. Submission\n\nto DNA testing shall be within thirty (30) days of notification by\n\nthe Department. Registrants who already have valid DNA 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 offense for which the person is required to register\n\npursuant to the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act,\n\nwhere the offense was committed, where the person was convicted or\n\nreceived the deferred or suspended sentence, and the name under\n\nwhich the person was convicted or received the sentence;\n\n4. The name and location of each hospital or penal institution\n\nto which the person was committed for each offense subject to this\n\nact;\n\n5. Where the person previously resided, where the person\n\ncurrently resides, how long the person has resided there, how long\n\nthe person expects to reside there, and how long the person expects\n\nto remain in the county and in this state; and\n\n6. The name and address of any school where the person expects\n\nto enroll or is enrolled or employed for any length of time.\n\nB. The Department of Corrections shall conduct address\n\nverification of each registered violent crime offender on an annual\n\nbasis by mailing a nonforwardable verification form to the last-\n\nreported address of the person. The person shall return the\n\nverification form in person to the local law enforcement authority\n\nof that jurisdiction within ten (10) days after receipt of the form\n\nand may be photographed by the local law enforcement authority at\n\nthat time. The local law enforcement authority shall forward the\n\nform to the Department of Corrections within three (3) days after\n\nreceipt of the form. The verification form shall be signed by the\n\nperson and state the current address of the person. Failure to\n\nreturn the verification form shall be a violation of the Mary Rippy\n\nViolent Crime Offenders Registration Act. The Department of\n\nCorrections shall have the authority to determine whether a person\n\nregistered is a habitual violent offender. If the offender has been\n\ndetermined to be a habitual violent offender by the Department of\n\nCorrections, the address verification shall be conducted every\n\nninety (90) days.\n\nC. Any person subject to the provisions of the Mary Rippy\n\nViolent Crime Offenders Registration Act who changes an address\n\nshall give written notification to the Department of Corrections and\n\nthe local law enforcement authority of the change of address and the\n\nnew address no later than three (3) business days prior to the\n\nabandonment of or move from the current address. If the new address\n\nis under the jurisdiction of a different local law enforcement\n\nauthority, the offender shall notify the new local law enforcement\n\nauthority of any previous registration. The new local law\n\nenforcement authority shall notify the most recent registering\n\nagency by teletype or letter of the change in address of the\n\noffender. If the new address is in another state that has a\n\nregistration requirement, the Department of Corrections shall\nt local law enforcement\n\nauthority, the offender shall notify the new local law enforcement\n\nauthority of any previous registration. The new local law\n\nenforcement authority shall notify the most recent registering\n\nagency by teletype or letter of the change in address of the\n\noffender. If the new address is in another state that has a\n\nregistration requirement, the Department of Corrections shall\n\npromptly notify the agency responsible for registration in that\n\nstate of the new address of the offender.\n\nD. The Department of Corrections shall notify the district\n\nattorney's office and local law enforcement authority of the\n\nappropriate county, within forty-five (45) days if the Department is\n\nunable to verify the address of a violent crime offender. A local\n\nlaw enforcement authority may notify the district attorney's office\n\nwhenever it comes to the attention of the local law enforcement\n\nauthority that a violent crime offender is not in compliance with\n\nany provision of the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration\n\nAct.\n\nE. 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\nF. The registration with the local law enforcement authority\n\nrequired by the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act\n\nshall be in a form approved by the local law enforcement authority\n\nand shall include the following information about the person\n\nregistering:\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 home address; and\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\nG. The Department of Corrections shall maintain a file of all\n\nviolent crime offender registrations. A copy of the information\n\ncontained in the registration shall promptly be made available to\n\nstate, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies. The file\n\nshall promptly be made available for public inspection or copying\n\npursuant to rules promulgated by the Department of Corrections. The\n\nDepartment of Corrections shall promptly provide all municipal\n\npolice departments, all county sheriff departments, and all campus\n\npolice departments a list of those violent crime offenders\n\nregistered and living in their county or jurisdiction.\n\nH. Each local law enforcement authority shall make its violent\n\ncrime offender registry available upon request, without restriction,\n\nat a cost that is no more than what is charged for other records\n\nprovided by the local law enforcement authority pursuant to the\n\nOklahoma Open Records Act.\n\nI. Samples of blood or saliva for DNA testing authorized by\n\nthis section shall be taken by employees or contractors of the\n\nDepartment of Corrections. The individuals shall be properly\n\ntrained to collect blood or saliva samples. The Department of\n\nCorrections shall ensure the collection of samples is mailed to the\n\nOklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) within ten (10) days\n\nafter the subject appears for testing. The Department shall use\n\nsample kits provided by the OSBI and procedures promulgated by the\n\nOSBI. Persons subject to DNA testing pursuant to this section shall\n\nbe required to pay to the Department of Corrections a fee of Fifteen\n\nDollars ($15.00). Any fees collected pursuant to this subsection\n\nshall be deposited in the Department of Corrections Revolving Fund.\n\nJ. 1. Any person who has been convicted of or received a\n\ndeferred or suspended sentence for any crime required to register\n\npursuant to this act and:\n\na. who is subsequently convicted of a crime or an attempt\n\nto commit a crime listed in subsection B of Section\n\n593 of this title, or\ny fees collected pursuant to this subsection\n\nshall be deposited in the Department of Corrections Revolving Fund.\n\nJ. 1. Any person who has been convicted of or received a\n\ndeferred or suspended sentence for any crime required to register\n\npursuant to this act and:\n\na. who is subsequently convicted of a crime or an attempt\n\nto commit a crime listed in subsection B of Section\n\n593 of this title, or\n\nb. who enters this state after November 1, 2004, 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 B of Section 593 of this\n\ntitle,\n\nshall be subject to all of the registration requirements of the Mary\n\nRippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act and shall be\n\ndesignated by the Department of Corrections as a habitual violent\n\ncrime offender. A habitual violent crime offender shall be required\n\nto register for the lifetime of the habitual violent crime offender.\n\n2. Upon registration of any person designated as a habitual\n\nviolent crime offender, a local law enforcement authority shall\n\nnotify, by any method of communication it deems appropriate, anyone\n\nthat the local law enforcement authority determines appropriate,\n\nincluding, but not limited to:\n\na. the family of the habitual violent crime offender,\n\nb. any prior victim of the habitual violent crime\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\n3. The notification shall include, but is not limited to, the\n\nfollowing information:\n\na. the name and physical address of the habitual violent\n\ncrime offender,\n\nb. a physical description of the habitual violent crime\n\noffender, including, but not limited to, age, height,\n\nweight and eye and hair color,\n\nc. a description of the vehicle that the habitual violent\n\ncrime offender is known to drive,\n\nd. any conditions or restrictions upon the probation,\n\nparole or conditional release of the habitual violent\n\ncrime offender,\n\ne. a description of the primary and secondary targets of\n\nthe habitual violent crime offender,\n\nf. a description of the method of offense of the habitual\n\nviolent crime offender,\n\ng. a current photograph of the habitual violent crime\n\noffender, and\n\nh. the name and telephone number of the probation or\n\nparole officer of the habitual violent crime offender.\n\n4. The local law enforcement authority shall make the\n\nnotification provided for in this subsection regarding a habitual\n\nviolent crime offender available to any person upon request.","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":"66875ad88ade910d0c914992fc775a3505ee7ad30aa7d0660dba6bf4ce314dd7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-594","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-596"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}