Oklahoma § 21-51.2 - Second and subsequent offenses ten years after completion

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§ 21-51.2. Second and subsequent offenses ten years after completion

of sentence.

Except as provided in Section 51.1a of this title, no person

shall be sentenced as a second and subsequent offender under Section

51.1 of this title, or any other section of the Oklahoma Statutes,

when a period of ten (10) years has elapsed since the completion of

the sentence imposed on the former conviction; provided, the person

has not, in the meantime, been convicted of a felony. Nothing in

this section shall prohibit the use of a prior conviction for

physical or sexually related child abuse as a prior conviction for

second and subsequent offender purposes if the person is presently

charged with a felony crime involving physical or sexually related

child abuse.

Added by Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 435, eff. July 1, 1999.

Amended by Laws 2000, c. 245, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2000; Laws 2002, c.

455, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 2002; Laws 2018, c. 126, § 2, eff.

Nov. 1, 2018.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments

Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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