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§ 22-152. See the following versions:

OS 22-152v1 (HB 3668, Laws 2024, c. 310, § 1)

OS 22-152v2 (HB 1935, Laws 2025, c. 115, § 1)

§22-152v1.

Statute of limitations.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure

A. Prosecutions for the crimes of bribery, embezzlement of

public money, bonds, securities, assets or property of the state or

any county, school district, municipality or other subdivision

thereof, or of any misappropriation of public money, bonds,

securities, assets or property of the state or any county, school

district, municipality or other subdivision thereof, falsification

of public records of the state or any county, school district,

municipality or other subdivision thereof, and conspiracy to defraud

the State of Oklahoma or any county, school district, municipality

or other subdivision thereof in any manner or for any purpose shall

be commenced within seven (7) years after the discovery of the

crime; provided, however, prosecutions for the crimes of

embezzlement or misappropriation of public money, bonds, securities,

assets or property of any school district, including those relating

to student activity funds, or the crime of falsification of public

records of any independent school district, the crime of criminal

conspiracy, the crime of embezzlement pursuant to Sections 1451

through 1461 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the crime of

False Personation or Identity Theft pursuant to Sections 1531

through 1533.3 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the financial

exploitation of a vulnerable adult pursuant to Sections 843.1, 843.3

and 843.4 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or Medicaid fraud

pursuant to Section 1005 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall

be commenced within five (5) years after the discovery of the crime.

B. Prosecutions for criminal violations of any state income tax

laws shall be commenced within five (5) years after the commission

of such violation.

C. 1. Prosecutions for sexual crimes against children,

specifically rape or forcible sodomy, sodomy, lewd or indecent

proposals or acts against children, involving minors in pornography

pursuant to Section 886, 888, 1111, 1111.1, 1113, 1114, 1021.2,

1021.3, 1040.12a or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, child

abuse pursuant to Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, and child trafficking pursuant to Section 866 of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced by the forty-fifth

birthday of the alleged victim. Prosecutions for such crimes

committed against victims eighteen (18) years of age or older, and

sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult pursuant to Section 843.1 of

Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced within twelve

(12) years after the discovery of the crime. As used in this

paragraph, "discovery" means the date that a physical or sexually

related crime involving a victim eighteen (18) years of age or older

is reported to a law enforcement agency.

2. However, prosecutions for the crimes listed in paragraph 1

of this subsection may be commenced at any time after the commission

of the offense if:

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physical evidence is collected and preserved that is

capable of being tested to obtain a profile from

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and

the identity of the offender is subsequently

established through the use of a DNA profile using

evidence listed in subparagraph a of this paragraph.

A prosecution under this exception must be commenced within

three (3) years from the date on which the identity of the suspect

is established by DNA testing.

3. No prosecution under this subsection shall be based upon the

memory of the victim that has been recovered through psychotherapy

unless there is some evidence independent of such repressed memory.

4. Any person who knowingly and willfully makes a false claim

pursuant to this subsection or a claim that the person knows lacks

factual foundation may be reported to local law enforcement for

criminal investigation and, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a

felony.

D. Prosecutions for criminal violations of any provision of the

Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code shall be commenced within three

(3) years after the commission of such offense.

E. Prosecutions for the crime of criminal fraud or workers'

compensation fraud pursuant to Section 1541.1, 1541.2, 1662 or 1663

of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall commence within three (3)

years after the discovery of the crime, but in no event greater than

seven (7) years after the commission of the crime.

F. Prosecution for the crime of false or bogus check pursuant

to Section 1541.1, 1541.2, 1541.3 or 1541.4 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced within five (5) years after the

commission of such offense.

G. Prosecution for the crime of solicitation for murder in the

first degree pursuant to Section 701.16 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes shall be commenced within seven (7) years after the

discovery of the crime. For purposes of this subsection,

"discovery" means the date upon which the crime is made known to

anyone other than a person involved in the solicitation.

H. In all other cases a prosecution for a public offense must

be commenced within three (3) years after its commission.

I. Prosecution for the crime of accessory after the fact must

be commenced within the same statute of limitations as that of the

felony for which the person acted as an accessory.

J. Prosecution for the crime of arson pursuant to Section 1401,

1402, 1403, 1404 or 1405 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall

be commenced within seven (7) years after the commission of the

crime.

K. Prosecutions for criminal violations in which a deadly

weapon is used to commit a felony or prosecutions for criminal

violations in which a deadly weapon is used in an attempt to commit

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a felony shall be commenced within seven (7) years after the

commission of the crime.

L. Prosecutions for the crime of human trafficking pursuant to

Section 748 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced

within three (3) years after discovery of the crime. For purposes

of this subsection, "discovery" means the date upon which the crime

is reported to a law enforcement agency.

R.L. 1910, § 5625. Amended by Laws 1943, p. 84, § 2, emerg. eff.

April 12, 1943; Laws 1945, p. 97, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 1, 1945;

Laws 1965, c. 245, § 1, emerg. eff. June 16, 1965; Laws 1968, c.

218, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 1968; Laws 1983, c. 74, § 1, eff.

Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 1985, c. 112, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1986,

c. 218, § 2, emerg. eff. June 9, 1986; Laws 1989, c. 348, § 14, eff.

Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1990, c. 308, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1990; Laws

1991, c. 182, § 64, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1994, 2nd Ex. Sess., c.

1, § 2, emerg. eff. Nov. 4, 1994; Laws 2000, c. 245, § 3, eff. Nov.

1, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 18, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c.

475, § 3; Laws 2005, c. 101, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2006, c.

126, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2006, c. 215, § 2, eff. July 1,

2006; Laws 2007, c. 25, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2007, c. 358, §

4, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 434, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008;

Laws 2009, c. 51, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws 2009, c. 234, § 130,

emerg. eff. May 21, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 2, § 6, emerg. eff. March 3,

2010; Laws 2010, c. 96, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2015, c. 290, §

2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 19, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws

2017, c. 134, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2022, c. 174, § 1, eff.

Nov. 1, 2022; Laws 2024, c. 310, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.

NOTE: Laws 2009, c. 93, § 1 repealed by Laws 2010, c. 2, § 7,

emerg. eff. March 3, 2010.

§22-152v2. Statute of limitations.