Oklahoma

updated 6/18/09

Contact Person:

Lawana Hamrick, Coordinator
Sex and Violent Offender Registration Unit
3400 N. Martin Luther King Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK  73111
405-425-2872 Phone
405-425-7070 Fax

Offenders Required to Register: The provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act apply to any person residing, working, or attending school within the State of Oklahoma who has been convicted or received any probationary term for the commission or attempt to commit certain sex crimes* in the state after November 1, 1989, or who entered the state on or after November 1, 1989, having previously been convicted or received a suspended or deferred sentence for a crime or attempted crime which if committed or attempted in this state would be a crime as provided in the following section. A probationary term rendered by an Oklahoma court includes deferred sentences. Sentences rendered outside the Oklahoma judicial system include those from any court of another state, a federal court, an Indian tribal court or a military court.

New Law as of Nov 01, 2008: Registered sex offenders cannot reside within a 2000 ft of a public or private school site, educational institution, playground, park that is established in whole or in part  by city, county, state. federal or tribal government, or licensed child care center as defined by DHS.

* Abuse or Neglect of Child/Child Beating (when sexual abuse or sexual exploitation is involved); Assault With Intent to Commit a Felony (if the offense involved sexual assault); Kidnapping (if sexual abuse or sexual exploitation is involved; Caretaker Abuse or Neglect (when sexual abuse or sexual exploitation is involved); Trafficking in Children; Incest; Crime Against Nature/Sodomy; Forcible Sodomy; Child Stealing (if sexual abuse of sexual exploitation is involved; Indecent Exposure/Indecent Exhibitions/Obscene or Indecent Writings, Pictures, etc./Solicitation of Minors to Participate in any crime under this section; To Procure or Cause Minors to Participate in Obscene or Indecent Writings, Pictures, etc.; Guardians--Parents--Custodians Consent to Participation of Minor in Obscene Writings, pictures; , Solicitation sexual contact or communication with minor by use of technology; Unlawful Sale, Purchase, or Trafficking of Obscene Movies, Photographs, Pictures, Drawings, Video Games, Etc.; Procuring a Child Under 18 Years of Age for Prostitution, Lewdness, or Other Indecent Acts; Inducing, Keeping, Detaining, or Restraining for Prostitution a Child Under 18 Years of Age; Rape in the First Degree/Rape in the Second Degree/Rape by Instrumentation; Lewd or Indecent Proposals or Acts to a Child Under 16/Sexual Battery to a Person Over 16. Safety Zone law prohibits certain sex offenders from loitering within 300 feet of elementary or junior high school, childcare facility or playground if the offender victim is under the age of 13.

Information Collected: Names and Aliases, DNA sample, Fingerprints, photo, physical description, date of birth, criminal history, place of employment, vehicle registration date of birth, gender and relation of all people who reside in the same house as the offender, Age of victim, Current and previous address, list of all incarcerations/hospitalizations for the sex offense.
Administrating Agency: State Department of Corrections, local law enforcement.
Timeframe for Registration: Registered sex offenders are required to notify the Department of Corrections and local law enforcement no less than 3 business days prior to abandoning or moving from the address of the previous registration – within 3 days of release or being convicted or receiving a suspended sentence, or  3 days of entering state.  Offender must register with local law enforcement  where the person resides or intends to reside for  7 consecutive days or longer, must register within 3 days.
Applies to Out of State Offenders: Yes
Duration of Requirement:

All offenders are assigned a risk level using a screening tool.

 Level 1 offender register annually for 15 years; Level 2 offenders register semi-annually for  twenty five years and Level 3 offenders register every 90 days for lifetime.
Verification of Address: Yes, as listed above. In addition,  habitual or aggravated offenders every 90 days for lifetime.
Penalties for Non-Compliance: Felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and/or a $5,000 fine.
Access to Information: The sex offender registration list is available to the public without restriction.
Confidentiality Provision: N/A
Number Registered: 6153 active offenders in the State of Oklahoma as of 5/28/09.  858 Total delinquent offenders (whereabouts unknown)
Percent Compliance: 86%
Internet Access: Oklahoma:

Website:  www.doc.state.ok.us; click on offenders, then click on sex offender lookup  

http://docapp8.doc.state.ok.us/servlet/page?_pageid=190&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30
Bartlesville: http://www.cityofbartlesville.org/departments/police/sex_offenders/index.htm
Blaine County: http://www.pldi.net/~blaineso/blaine_county_sexual_predator_pa.htm
Bixby: http://www.bixby.com/police/offenders.htm
Broken Arrow: http://www.city.broken-arrow.ok.us/reg/register.htm
Claremore: http://www.claremorepolice.com/offenders.html
Edmond: http://www.edmondok.com/pd/pd_home1.html
Enid: http://www.enid.org/police/registered.htm
Hobart: http://myweb.cableone.net/hobartpd/
Oklahoma County: http://www.oklahomacounty.org/sheriff/registered_sex_offenders.htm
Owasso: http://www.cityofowasso.com/sex_offenders.htm
Seminole County: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/3831/sexoff.htm
Sequoyah County: http://www.sequoyahcountysheriff.org/
Vinita: http://www.neok.com/~vinitapd/offenders.htm


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