Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-599.1
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A. All persons, businesses and organizations in this state
shall have access to search and identify individual names contained
in the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy Violent
Crime Offenders Registry for purposes of verifying a person’s
suitability for employment, volunteering, and for screening persons
at risk of potential harm to children who may work with or provide
services to children by utilizing one or more of the following
methods:
1. A person may contact the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation, complete a form and pay the required fees for a name
search of both the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy
Violent Crime Offenders Registry and, if desired, search other
criminal history records pertaining to the person upon payment of
the required fees;
2. A person may conduct a free self-initiated search of both
the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy Violent Crime
Offenders Registry using a computer-Internet link to connect to a
state-agency-controlled database containing the names of all persons
currently registered on the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the
Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registry; or
3. A person may contact either their local law enforcement
agency or the Department of Corrections, complete the form and pay
the required fees for a name search of both the Oklahoma Sex
Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders
Registry.
B. The Department of Corrections shall develop the necessary
policies, procedures, forms and data access to make the provisions
of this section effective statewide and may publish web sites or
other information to assist the public in learning where and how to
conduct a name search of the two registries authorized in this
section. The information provided in a name search shall include
the searched person’s full name, any alias names, the crime which
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 267
requires registration, and whether the person is deemed a habitual
or aggravated offender. In addition, information may be provided in
the name search concerning the date and place of the offense, the
sentence disposition, a photograph of the registered person, and
other pertinent information including the current residence
location. There shall be no liability to any governmental agency
for the release or publication of any information maintained on the
Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime
Offenders Registry under this section authorizing public access to a
name search for purposes of risk of potential harm to a child by a
caregiver or for suitability for employment.
A. All persons, businesses and organizations in this state
shall have access to search and identify individual names contained
in the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy Violent
Crime Offenders Registry for purposes of verifying a person’s
suitability for employment, volunteering, and for screening persons
at risk of potential harm to children who may work with or provide
services to children by utilizing one or more of the following
methods:
1. A person may contact the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation, complete a form and pay the required fees for a name
search of both the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy
Violent Crime Offenders Registry and, if desired, search other
criminal history records pertaining to the person upon payment of
the required fees;
2. A person may conduct a free self-initiated search of both
the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy Violent Crime
Offenders Registry using a computer-Internet link to connect to a
state-agency-controlled database containing the names of all persons
currently registered on the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the
Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registry; or
3. A person may contact either their local law enforcement
agency or the Department of Corrections, complete the form and pay
the required fees for a name search of both the Oklahoma Sex
Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders
Registry.
B. The Department of Corrections shall develop the necessary
policies, procedures, forms and data access to make the provisions
of this section effective statewide and may publish web sites or
other information to assist the public in learning where and how to
conduct a name search of the two registries authorized in this
section. The information provided in a name search shall include
the searched person’s full name, any alias names, the crime which
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 267
requires registration, and whether the person is deemed a habitual
or aggravated offender. In addition, information may be provided in
the name search concerning the date and place of the offense, the
sentence disposition, a photograph of the registered person, and
other pertinent information including the current residence
location. There shall be no liability to any governmental agency
for the release or publication of any information maintained on the
Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime
Offenders Registry under this section authorizing public access to a
name search for purposes of risk of potential harm to a child by a
caregiver or for suitability for employment.
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