Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-583

release from registration requirement - Information to be provided

to offender.

A. Any person who becomes subject to the provisions of the Sex

Offenders Registration Act on or after November 1, 1989, shall

register, in person, as follows:

1. With the Department of Corrections within three (3) business

days of being convicted or receiving a suspended sentence or any

probationary term, including a deferred sentence imposed in

violation of subsection G of Section 991c of Title 22 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, if the person is not incarcerated, or not less

than three (3) business days prior to the release of the person from

a correctional institution, except as provided in subsection B of

this section;

2. With the local law enforcement authority having jurisdiction

in the area where the person resides or intends to reside for seven

(7) consecutive days or fourteen (14) days in a sixty-day period, or

longer, calculated beginning with the first day. The registration

is required within three (3) days after entering the jurisdiction of

the law enforcement authority; and

3. With the Department of Corrections and the local law

enforcement authority no less than three (3) business days prior to

abandoning or moving from the address of the previous registration,

or within three (3) business days of changing or terminating

employment, or changing enrollment status as a student.

For purposes of this section, "local law enforcement authority"

means:

a. the municipal police department, if the person resides

or intends to reside or stay within the jurisdiction

of any municipality of this state, or

b. the county sheriff, if the person resides or intends

to reside or stay at any place outside the

jurisdiction of any municipality within this state,

and

c. the police or security department of any institution

of higher learning within this state if the person:

(1) enrolls as a full-time or part-time student,

(2) is a full-time or part-time employee at an

institution of higher learning, or

(3) resides or intends to reside or stay on any

property owned or controlled by the institution

of higher learning.

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B. Any person who has been convicted of an offense or received

a deferred judgment for an offense in another jurisdiction, which

offense if committed or attempted in this state, would have been

punishable as one or more of the offenses listed in Section 582 of

this title and who enters this state on or after November 1, 1989,

shall register, in person, as follows:

1. With the Department of Corrections when the person enters

and intends to be in the state for any purpose for five (5)

consecutive days or longer, calculated beginning with the first day,

has any type of full-time or part-time employment, with or without

compensation for more than five (5) cumulative days in any sixty-day

period, or is enrolled as a full-time or part-time student within

this state. Such registration is required within two (2) days after

entering the state;

2. With the local law enforcement authority having jurisdiction

in the area where the person intends to reside or to stay for five
or part-time employment, with or without

compensation for more than five (5) cumulative days in any sixty-day

period, or is enrolled as a full-time or part-time student within

this state. Such registration is required within two (2) days after

entering the state;

2. With the local law enforcement authority having jurisdiction

in the area where the person intends to reside or to stay for five

(5) consecutive days or longer, calculated beginning with the first

day, has any type of full-time or part-time employment, with or

without compensation for more than five (5) cumulative days in any

sixty-day period, or is enrolled as a full-time or part-time student

within this state. The registration is required with local law

enforcement within two (2) days after entering the jurisdiction of

the law enforcement authority; and

3. With the Department of Corrections and the local law

enforcement authority no less than three (3) business days prior to

abandoning or moving from the address of the previous registration,

or within three (3) business days of changing or terminating

employment, or changing enrollment status as a student.

Upon registering a person who has been convicted of an offense

or received a deferred judgment for an offense in another

jurisdiction, which offense, if committed or attempted in this

state, would have been punishable as one or more of the offenses

listed in Section 582 of this title, the local law enforcement

authority shall forward the registration information to the sex

offender level assignment committee of the Department of

Corrections.

C. When a person has been convicted or received probation

within the State of Oklahoma, the person shall be required to

register with the Department of Corrections as follows:

1. For a total period of fifteen (15) years, if the level

assignment of the person is one;

2. For a total period of twenty-five (25) years, if the level

assignment of the person is two; and

3. For life, if the level assignment of the person is three or

the person is classified as a habitual or aggravated sex offender.

The registration period shall begin from the date of the completion

of the sentence, and shall not conclude until the offender has been

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in compliance for the total amount of time required by this act.

For level one and level two offenders, if the offender ceases to

properly register during the fifteen-year or twenty-five-year

periods, the Department of Corrections shall retain the name of the

offender on the registry until the offender has fully complied with

the requirements of this act for the total period of time required.

The Department of Corrections shall maintain records necessary to

determine whether the offender has registered for the total period

of time required. The information received pursuant to the

registration with the Department of Corrections required by this

section shall be maintained by the Department of Corrections for at

least ten (10) years from the date that the offender completed the

obligations under this act.

D. When a person has been convicted or received probation

within the State of Oklahoma, the person shall be required to

register with the local law enforcement authority as follows:

1. For a total period of fifteen (15) years, if the level of

the person is one;

2. For a total period of twenty-five (25) years, if the level

of the person is two; and

3. For life, if the level of the person is three or the person

has been classified as a habitual or aggravated sex offender.

The registration period shall begin from the date of completion of

the sentence and shall not conclude until the offender has been in

compliance for the total amount of time required by this act. The

information received pursuant to the registration with the local law

enforcement authority required by this section shall be maintained
s been classified as a habitual or aggravated sex offender.

The registration period shall begin from the date of completion of

the sentence and shall not conclude until the offender has been in

compliance for the total amount of time required by this act. The

information received pursuant to the registration with the local law

enforcement authority required by this section shall be maintained

by such authority for at least ten (10) years from the date that the

offender completed the obligations under this act.

E. Any person assigned a level of one who has been registered

for a period of ten (10) years and who has not been arrested or

convicted for any felony or misdemeanor offense since being released

from confinement, may petition the district court in the

jurisdiction where the person resides for the purpose of removing

the level designation and allowing the person to no longer be

subject to the registration requirements of the Sex Offenders

Registration Act.

F. When registering an offender as provided in this section the

Department of Corrections or the local law enforcement agency having

jurisdiction shall:

1. Inform the offender of the duty to register and obtain the

information required for registration as described in this section;

2. Inform the offender that if the offender changes address,

the offender shall appear in person and give notice of the move and

the new address to the Department of Corrections and to the local

law enforcement authority in the location in which the offender

previously resided no later than three (3) days before the offender

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establishes residence or is temporarily domiciled at the new

address;

3. Inform the offender that if the offender changes address to

another state, the offender shall appear in person and give notice

of the move and shall register the new address with the Department

of Corrections and with a designated law enforcement agency in the

new state not later than ten (10) days before the offender

establishes residency or is temporarily domiciled in the new state,

if the new state has a registration requirement;

4. Inform the offender that if the offender participates in any

full-time employment, with or without compensation, and changes or

terminates such employment, the offender shall appear in person and

give notice of the change or termination of employment to the

Department of Corrections and to the local law enforcement authority

in the location where the offender was employed within three (3)

days of such change or termination of employment;

5. Inform the offender that if the offender participates in any

full-time or part-time employment, in another state, with or without

compensation for more than fourteen (14) cumulative days in any

sixty-day period or an aggregate period exceeding thirty (30) days

in a calendar year, then the offender has a duty to register as a

sex offender in that state;

6. Inform the offender that if the offender enrolls in any type

of school in another state as a full-time or part-time student then

the offender has a duty to register as a sex offender in that state;

7. Inform the offender that if the offender enrolls in any

school within this state as a full-time or part-time student, then

the offender has a duty to register as a sex offender with the

Department of Corrections and the local law enforcement authority;

8. Inform the offender that if the offender participates in any

full-time or part-time employment at any school, with or without

compensation, or participates in any vocational course or occupation

at any school in this state, then the offender has a duty to appear

in person and notify the Department of Corrections and the local law

enforcement authority of such employment or participation at least

three (3) days before commencing or upon terminating such employment

or participation;
ent at any school, with or without

compensation, or participates in any vocational course or occupation

at any school in this state, then the offender has a duty to appear

in person and notify the Department of Corrections and the local law

enforcement authority of such employment or participation at least

three (3) days before commencing or upon terminating such employment

or participation;

9. Inform the offender that if the offender graduates,

transfers, drops, terminates or otherwise changes enrollment or

employment at any school in this state, then the offender shall

appear in person and notify the Department of Corrections and the

local law enforcement authority of such change in enrollment or

employment within three (3) days of the change; and

10. Require the offender to read and sign a form stating that

the duty of the person to register under the Sex Offenders

Registration Act has been explained.

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G. For the purpose of this section, the "date of the completion

of the sentence" means the day an offender completes all

incarceration, probation and parole pertaining to the sentence.

H. Any person who resides in another state and who has been

convicted of an offense or received a deferred judgment for an

offense in this state, or in another jurisdiction, which offense if

committed or attempted in this state would have been punishable as

one or more of the offenses listed in Section 582 of this title, and

who is the spouse of a person living in this state shall be

registered as follows:

1. With the Department of Corrections when the person enters

and intends to be in the state for any purpose for five (5)

consecutive days or longer, calculated beginning with the first day

or an aggregate period of five (5) days or longer in a calendar

year. Such registration is required within two (2) days after

entering the state; and

2. With the local law enforcement authority having jurisdiction

in the area where the person intends to reside or to stay within

this state for two (2) consecutive days or longer, calculated

beginning with the first day. The registration is required with

local law enforcement within two (2) days after entering the

jurisdiction of the law enforcement authority.

I. The duty to register as a sex offender in this state shall

not be prevented if, at the time of registration, it is determined

that the person owns or leases a residence that is located within a

restricted area provided for in Section 590 of this title.