0 chapters · 273 sections in this title.
57 O.S. § 563.3 Private prison contractors not having contract with
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Department of Corrections which house federal inmates or inmates of another state. A. All private prison contractors and vendors operating in Oklahoma shall provide construction plans to the Department of Corrections for approval prior to commencement of construction of any new p…
57 O.S. § 563.4 Transitional living facility – Location — Notification -
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Definition. A. No transitional living facility that houses sex offenders or persons convicted of a capital offense shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of any public or private elementary or secondary school, secure facility for juveniles or residential …
57 O.S. § 564 Inmates to exhaust administrative remedies
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An inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections shall completely exhaust all available administrative remedies on all potential claims against the state, any governmental entity, the Department of Corrections, a private company providing services to the Department of Co…
57 O.S. § 564.1 Disciplinary proceedings – Judicial review –
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Requirements – Procedures. A. In those instances of prison disciplinary proceedings that result in the revocation of earned credits, the prisoner, after exhausting administrative remedies, may seek judicial review in the district court of the official residence of the Department …
57 O.S. § 565 Affidavit in forma pauperis - Considering inmates
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deposited funds. In determining whether or not an inmate shall be allowed to use an affidavit in forma pauperis, the court shall consider the amount of funds an inmate has on deposit with the Department of Corrections. Added by Laws 1985, c. 57, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
57 O.S. § 566 Dismissal of inmate's action - Definitions - Sanctions for
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frivolous or malicious claims - Judgment - Liability for costs and fees. A. Any action by an inmate initiated against any person, party or entity, the state, the Department of Corrections, an entity contracting with the Department of Corrections to provide correctional services, …
57 O.S. § 566.1 Payments and distributions from damage awards
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A. Any inmate as defined in paragraph 2 of subsection B of Section 566 of this title who successfully obtains a final court order or settlement agreement awarding damages for any cause of action in any federal or state proceedings against the state, a state agency, the Department…
57 O.S. § 566.2 Frivolous, malicious actions or failure to state claim
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upon which relief could be granted – Prepayment of fees. A. A prisoner who has, on three or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, or while on probation or parole, brought an action or appeal in a court of this state or a court of the United States …
57 O.S. § 566.3 Application for in forma pauperis - Partial payment of
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court costs - Affidavit of inability to pay - Dismissal - Grievance procedures. A. 1. If an applicant for in forma pauperis is a prisoner and the prisoner brings an action of any kind, upon filing, the court shall order the prisoner to pay, as a partial payment of any court costs…
57 O.S. § 566.4 Certain actions prohibited - Frivolous or malicious
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claims - Public records - Default judgment - Venue - Administrative fees - Judgments - Special report prior to answer - Appeals. A. No action may be brought in a court of this state by a prisoner or former prisoner for mental or emotional injury allegedly suffered while under arr…
57 O.S. § 566.5 Exhaustion of administrative and statutory remedies
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In any legal proceeding filed by an inmate, full and complete exhaustion of all administrative and statutory remedies on all potential claims against the state, the Department of Corrections, private entities contracting to provide correctional services, or an employee of the sta…
57 O.S. § 566.6 Claims in form of lien arising from prosecution
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incarceration, or supervision of inmate. A. Claims in the form of a lien from an inmate or from a former inmate which arise from the prosecution, incarceration, or supervision of the inmate shall not be accepted by any county clerk, court clerk, county treasurer, or any official …
57 O.S. § 568 Hospice Care and Certified Nurse Assistant training
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program. The Department of Corrections may establish a Hospice Care and Certified Nurse Assistant training program administered through the Health Services Division under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer. The program shall be designed to provide inmate education, traini…
57 O.S. § 57 Separate rooms for different classes and genders –
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Classifying prisoners – Double-celling barrack-style living space - Construction contracts with private contractors. A. In the city and county jails in this state, there shall be provided sufficient and convenient apartments for confining prisoners of different genders and classi…
57 O.S. § 571 See the following versions:
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OS 57-571v1 (HB 3936, Laws 2024, c. 59, § 40) OS 57-571v2 (SB 541, Laws 2025, c. 162, § 3)
57 O.S. § 571v1 Definitions
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As used in the Oklahoma Statutes, unless another definition is specified: 1. "Capacity" means the actual available bedspace as certified by the State Board of Corrections subject to applicable federal and state laws and the rules and regulations promulgated under such laws; and 2…
57 O.S. § 571v2 Definitions
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As used in the Oklahoma Statutes, unless another definition is specified: 1. “Capacity” means the actual available bedspace as certified by the State Board of Corrections subject to applicable federal and state laws and the rules and regulations promulgated under such laws; and 2…
57 O.S. § 58 Employment of prisoners
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Wherever any person shall be confined in any jail pursuant to the sentence of any court, if such sentence or any part thereof shall be that he be confined at hard labor, the sheriff of the county in which such person shall be confined shall furnish such convict with suitable tool…
57 O.S. § 58.1 Public property maintenance and jail work details
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From and after the effective date of this act, any and all prisoners committed to the county jail pursuant to sentence of any state or municipal court for nonpayment of a fine or jail time shall upon the order of the county commissioner or sheriff be required to assist in maintai…
57 O.S. § 58.2 Order of jail administrator for prisoner labor - Supply
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of guards. The jail administrator, upon the request of the county commissioners or the sheriff, shall issue an order requiring the prisoners to perform such duties under the direction of the maintenance superintendent or janitor of the county courthouse, upon the request of the m…
57 O.S. § 58.3 Sentence and fine or cost credits for prisoner labor
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Prisoners employed as provided herein shall be given a credit of two (2) days on a jail sentence for each day worked, and a credit of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per day upon the payment of a fine or court cost, if sentenced for nonpayment of a fine or court cost. The sheriff shall be…
57 O.S. § 581 Short title - Legislative findings
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A. Sections 581 et seq. of this title shall be known and may be cited as the "Sex Offenders Registration Act". B. The Legislature finds that sex offenders who commit other predatory acts against children and persons who prey on others as a result of mental illness pose a high ris…
57 O.S. § 582 See the following versions:
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OS 57-582v1 (HB 3936, Laws 2024, c. 59, § 41). OS 57-582v2 (HB 3450, Laws 2024, c. 151, § 14).
57 O.S. § 582.1 Determination of offender's numeric risk level prior to
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release. Before a person, who will be subject to the provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act, is due to be released from a correctional institution, the Department of Corrections shall determine the level of risk of the person to the community using the sex offender scre…
57 O.S. § 582.2 Forwarding of registration information and level
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assignment - Suspended sentences or probation - Duties of court. A. No less than seven (7) days prior to the date on which a person, who will be subject to the provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act, is to be released from a correctional institution, the person in charg…
57 O.S. § 582.4 Verification of numeric risk level by Department
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Upon receipt of notice pursuant to the provisions of Section 24 of this act, that a person subject to registration is to be released from a correctional institution, has been placed on any form of probation or parole, or intends to move to a new residence in this state, the Depar…
57 O.S. § 582.5 Sex offender level assignment committee – Requirements
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to override or increase level assignment – Release of records. A. The Department of Corrections shall establish a sex offender level assignment committee composed of at least five members, each of whom is a state employee whose service on the committee is in addition to the regul…
57 O.S. § 582v1 Persons and crimes to which act applies
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A. The provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall apply to any person residing, working or attending school within the State of Oklahoma who, after November 1, 1989, has been convicted, whether upon a verdict or plea of guilty or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or rec…
57 O.S. § 582v2 Persons and crimes to which act applies
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A. The provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall apply to any person residing, working or attending school within the State of Oklahoma who, after November 1, 1989, has been convicted, whether upon a verdict or plea of guilty or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or rec…
57 O.S. § 583 Registration - Time limits - Duration - Petition for
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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 wit…
57 O.S. § 584 Registration - Notice of change in address, employment, or
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student enrollment status - Notice of and access to registries - Habitual or aggravated sex offender designation - Immunity. A. Any registration with the Department of Corrections required by the Sex Offenders Registration Act shall be in a form approved by the Department and sha…
57 O.S. § 585 Notifying offenders of obligation to register
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A. Each person in charge of a correctional institution from which a person subject to the provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act, Section 581 et seq. of this title, is released and each judge who suspends the sentence of a person subject to the provisions of the Sex Off…
57 O.S. § 586 False or misleading registration information
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No person subject to the provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act, Section 581 et seq. of this title, shall furnish any false or misleading information in the registration required by said act. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be…
57 O.S. § 587 Penalty
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A. Any person required to register pursuant to the provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act who violates any provision of said act shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B5 felony offense. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by impr…
57 O.S. § 589 Registered offenders prohibited from certain employment -
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Penalties - Civil damages. A. It is unlawful for any person registered pursuant to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act to work with or provide services to children or to work on school premises, or for any person …
57 O.S. § 59 Grand juries shall examine prisons
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The grand jury at each term of the district court, shall make personal inspection of the condition of the county prison, as to the sufficiency of the same for the safekeeping of prisoners, their convenient accommodation and health, and shall inquire into the manner in which the s…
57 O.S. § 590 Residency restriction - Penalty
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A. It is unlawful for any person registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act to reside, either temporarily or permanently, within a two-thousand-foot radius of any public or private school site, educational institution, property or campsite used by an organization w…
57 O.S. § 590.1 Individual dwelling residency restrictions - Two or more
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sex offenders – Housing of registered sex offenders. A. 1. It is unlawful for two or more persons required to register as sex offenders to reside together in any individual dwelling during the term of registration as a sex offender. Every person violating this provision shall be …
57 O.S. § 590.2 Individual petition to remove requirement to register as
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sex offender. A. For purposes of this section, a person shall be considered for removal of the requirement to register as a sex offender if the person: 1. Was convicted of a violation of Section 1111.1 or 1114 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the person does not have any …
57 O.S. § 591 Short title
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Sections 1 through 9 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act". Added by Laws 2004, c. 358, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
57 O.S. § 592 Definition of local law enforcement authority
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As used in the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act, "local law enforcement authority" means: 1. The municipal police department, if the person resides or intends to reside or stay within the jurisdiction of any municipality of this state; or 2. The county sheriff,…
57 O.S. § 593 Persons to whom act applies - Crimes to be registered
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under act - Judge's determination. A. On and after November 1, 2004, the provisions of the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act shall apply to: 1. Any person residing, working or attending school in this state who is subsequently convicted of, or who receives a def…
57 O.S. § 594 Registration requirements – Duty of local law enforcement
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authority to inform offender of requirements. A. Any person who becomes subject to the provisions of the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act, shall be registered as follows: 1. With the Department of Corrections within three (3) business days after being convicted…
57 O.S. § 595 Form – Information required – Address verification –
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Notification of address change – Notification if address not verified – Transmission and availability of data – DNA testing – Habitual violent crime offender registration. A. Any registration with the Department of Corrections required by the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Re…
57 O.S. § 596 Immunity from civil liability
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Public officials, public employees, and public agencies are immune from civil liability for good faith conduct under any provision of the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act. 1. Nothing in the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act shall be deemed to …
57 O.S. § 597 Duties of persons in charge of correctional institutions
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and judges, Department of Public Safety and Department of Corrections – Notification – Rules – Coordination with surrounding states. A. Each person in charge of a correctional institution from which a person subject to the provisions of the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Regi…
57 O.S. § 598 Provision of false or misleading information
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No person subject to the provisions of the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act shall furnish any false or misleading information in the registration required by the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act. Added by Laws 2004, c. 358, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, …
57 O.S. § 599 Violation - Penalties
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Any person required to register pursuant to the provisions of the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act who violates any provision of the act shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished by incarceration as provided for in sub…
57 O.S. § 599.1 Access to registries - Policies, procedures, forms and
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data. 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 empl…
57 O.S. § 6 Courts may sentence to hard labor
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Any court, justice of the peace, police court or police magistrate, in cases where such courts have jurisdiction under the laws of this state, or as provided by the ordinances or charter of any incorporated town or city in the state, shall have full power and authority to sentenc…