Oklahoma Statutes
Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories
§57-594. Registration requirements – Duty of local law enforcement 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 or receiving a deferred or suspended sentence, if the person is not incarcerated, or within three (3) business days after release of the person from a correctional institution, including parole release, 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 more than seven (7) days. 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.
B. Any person who enters this state and is subject to the provisions of this act 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 thirty (30) days or longer, has any type of full-time or part-time employment, with or without compensation for more than fourteen (14) days or an aggregate period exceeding thirty (30) days within a calendar year, or is enrolled as a full-time or part-time student within this state. Such registration is required within three (3) 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 more than seven (7) days, has any type of full-time or part-time employment, with or without compensation for more than fourteen (14) days or an aggregate period exceeding thirty (30) days within a calendar year, or is enrolled as a full-time or part-time student within this state. The registration is required with local law enforcement within three (3) days after entering the jurisdiction of the local 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.
C. 1. The person shall be continuously registered during the term of the sentence, as provided in subsections A and B of this section, and for a period of ten (10) years after the date of the completion of the sentence.
2. Information received pursuant to the registration shall be maintained by the Department of Corrections for at least ten (10) years from the date of the completion of the offender’s sentence.
3. The information received pursuant to the registration shall be maintained by the local law enforcement authority for at least ten (10) years from the date of the completion of the offender’s sentence.
4. As used in this subsection, “date of the completion of the sentence” means the day an offender completes the entire term of the incarceration imposed by the sentence including any term that is deferred, suspended or subject to parole.
D. When registering an offender as provided in this section, the Department of Corrections or the local law enforcement authority 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 give notice of the move and the new address to the Department of Corrections in writing no later than three (3) days before the offender 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 give notice of the move and shall register the new address with the Oklahoma 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 or part-time employment, in another state, with or without compensation for more than fourteen (14) days or an aggregate period exceeding thirty (30) days in a calendar year, the offender shall register as a violent crime offender in that state, if the state has a registration requirement;
5. Inform the offender that if the offender enrolls in any type of school in another state as a full-time or part-time student, the offender shall register as a violent crime offender in that state, if the state has a registration requirement;
6. Inform the offender that if the offender enrolls in any type of school within this state as a full-time or part-time student, the offender shall register as a violent crime offender with the Department of Corrections and the local law enforcement authority;
7. 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, the offender shall notify the Department of Corrections and the local law enforcement authority in writing of the employment or participation at least three (3) days before commencing or upon terminating such employment or participation;
8. Inform the offender that if the offender graduates, transfers, drops, terminates, or otherwise changes enrollment or employment at any school in this state, the offender shall notify the Department of Corrections and the local law enforcement authority in writing of the change in enrollment or employment within three (3) days of the change; and
9. Require the offender to read and sign a form stating that the duty of the person to register under the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act has been explained to the offender.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 358, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.

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