Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-40.2
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Victim protection order - Victims not to be discouraged
Official statutory text
from pressing charges.
A. A victim protection order for any victim of rape, forcible
sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a
deadly weapon shall be substantially similar to a protective order
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 51
in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection from Domestic
Abuse Act.
B. A member of the immediate family of a victim of first-degree
murder may seek a victim protection order against the following
persons:
1. The person who was charged and subsequently convicted as the
principal in the crime of murder in the first degree; or
2. The person who was charged and subsequently convicted of
being an accessory to the crime of murder in the first degree.
A victim protection order for a member of the immediate family of a
victim of first-degree murder shall be substantially similar to a
protective order in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection
from Domestic Abuse Act.
C. No peace officer shall discourage a victim of rape, forcible
sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a
deadly weapon from pressing charges against any assailant of the
victim.
A. A victim protection order for any victim of rape, forcible
sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a
deadly weapon shall be substantially similar to a protective order
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 51
in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection from Domestic
Abuse Act.
B. A member of the immediate family of a victim of first-degree
murder may seek a victim protection order against the following
persons:
1. The person who was charged and subsequently convicted as the
principal in the crime of murder in the first degree; or
2. The person who was charged and subsequently convicted of
being an accessory to the crime of murder in the first degree.
A victim protection order for a member of the immediate family of a
victim of first-degree murder shall be substantially similar to a
protective order in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection
from Domestic Abuse Act.
C. No peace officer shall discourage a victim of rape, forcible
sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a
deadly weapon from pressing charges against any assailant of the
victim.
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