Oklahoma § 22-40.2 - Victim protection order - Victims not to be discouraged
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 22-40.2 — Victim protection order - Victims not to be discouraged, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-40.2. Victim protection order - Victims not to be discouraged
from pressing charges.
A. A victim protection order for any victim of rape, forcible
sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a
deadly weapon shall be substantially similar to a protective order
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure
in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection from Domestic
Abuse Act.
B. A member of the immediate family of a victim of first-degree
murder may seek a victim protection order against the following
persons:
1. The person who was charged and subsequently convicted as the
principal in the crime of murder in the first degree; or
2. The person who was charged and subsequently convicted of
being an accessory to the crime of murder in the first degree.
A victim protection order for a member of the immediate family of a
victim of first-degree murder shall be substantially similar to a
protective order in domestic abuse cases pursuant to the Protection
from Domestic Abuse Act.
C. No peace officer shall discourage a victim of rape, forcible
sodomy, a sex offense, kidnapping or assault and battery with a
deadly weapon from pressing charges against any assailant of the
victim.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 220, § 3. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 325, §
13, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 2002, c. 466, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5,
2002; Laws 2015, c. 206, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2016, c. 183,
§ 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 22-40.2 ("Victim protection order - Victims not to be discouraged") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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