{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-18p-9","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-18p-9","heading":"Crime victim and witness notification and victim","body":"protective order system.\n\nA. The Attorney General may establish a crime victim and\n\nwitness notification and victim protective order system to assist\n\npublic officials in carrying out their duties to notify and inform\n\ncrime victims and witnesses as the Attorney General specifies by\n\nrule. The system shall download necessary information from\n\nparticipating officials into its computers, where it shall be\n\nmaintained, updated, and automatically transmitted to victims and\n\nwitnesses by telephone, computer, or written notice.\n\nB. The Department of Corrections, the Pardon and Parole Board,\n\nand each county sheriff office within the state shall cooperate with\n\nthe Attorney General in the implementation of this section and shall\n\nprovide information as necessary to the effective operation of the\n\nsystem.\n\nC. District attorneys and local law enforcement and other\n\nauthorities may enter into agreements with the Attorney General for\n\nparticipation in the system. The Attorney General may provide those\n\nwho elect to participate with the equipment, software, or training\n\nnecessary to bring their offices into the system.\n\nD. The Attorney General may provide for telephonic, electronic,\n\nor other public access to the database established under this\n\nsection.\n\nE. This section does not limit any rights or responsibilities\n\notherwise enjoyed by or imposed upon victims or witnesses of violent\n\ncrimes, nor does it grant any person a cause of action for damages\n\nor attorney fees. Any act of omission or commission by any law\n\nenforcement officer or district attorney, by the Attorney General,\n\nDepartment of Corrections, Pardon and Parole Board, or other state\n\nagency, or private entity under contract with the state, or by any\n\nemployee of any state agency or private entity under contract with\n\nthe state acting in good faith in rendering crime victim’s\n\nassistance or otherwise enforcing this section shall not impose\n\ncivil liability upon the individual or entity or his or her\n\nsupervisor or employer. Nothing in this section shall create a\n\nbasis for vacating a conviction or a ground for appellate relief in\n\nany criminal case. Failure of the crime victim to receive notice as\n\nrequired, however, shall not deprive the court of the power to act\n\nregarding the proceeding before it; nor shall any such failure grant\n\nthe defendant the right to seek a continuance.","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":"07de74f7cb0627dfa4c920331d0e25f972318d67523b070a322296b9b3d813c6","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-18p-8","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-18q"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}