{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.28b","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-150.28b","heading":"Standardized sexual assault evidence kit","body":"\n\nA. All accredited crime laboratories in the State of Oklahoma\n\nmust supply to all law enforcement agencies the same standardized\n\nsexual assault evidence kit for the collection of DNA or other\n\nevidence as a result of an alleged crime of sexual assault.\n\nB. A sexual assault evidence kit, or other DNA evidence if a\n\nkit is not collected, must be submitted to the appropriate\n\naccredited crime laboratory for forensic testing within twenty (20)\n\ndays after receipt of the evidence by a law enforcement agency if a\n\nreport of the sexual assault is made to the law enforcement agency,\n\nunless the victim requests that the sexual assault evidence kit not\n\nbe tested.\n\nC. If, at the time the forensic medical examination is\n\nconducted, a report of the sexual assault is not made or if the\n\nvictim requests that the sexual assault evidence kit not be tested,\n\nthe medical provider shall inform the victim in writing of his or\n\nher right to request the testing of the sexual assault evidence kit\n\nat any future time. The law enforcement agency shall submit the\n\nsexual assault evidence kit to the appropriate accredited crime\n\nlaboratory for forensic testing within twenty (20) days of such\n\nrequest. However, nothing in this subsection shall negate the\n\nresponsibility of a medical provider to report a suspected sexual\n\nassault as provided for in Section 40.3A of Title 22 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes.\n\nD. A collected sexual assault evidence kit, whether tested or\n\nuntested, must be retained in a secure, environmentally safe manner\n\nfor not less than fifty (50) years or for the length of the statute\n\nof limitations for the alleged crime, whichever is longer.\n\nE. Each law enforcement agency is responsible for the\n\nmaintenance and storage of untested kits either in their own\n\nevidence storage or through an agreement with another agency with\n\nlarger capacity.\n\nF. By January 1, 2020, the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nInvestigation (OSBI) and each accredited crime laboratory, in\n\ncoordination with Oklahoma Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Task\n\nForce, shall adopt and disseminate guidelines and procedures for the\n\ncollection, submission and testing of DNA evidence that is obtained\n\nin connection with an alleged sexual assault. Priority testing\n\nshall be given for sexual assault evidence kits that will yield\n\nevidentiary value to the investigation and prosecution of the\n\nalleged sexual assault.\n\nG. OSBI may inquire as to the condition and location of a\n\nsexual assault evidence kit that has not been submitted to a\n\nforensic laboratory within the deadlines established in subsection B\n\nof this section.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"90040adf3fbbfc27655725a4134c1f1923d2e458729c805f4206037fc5961215","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.28a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-150.28c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}